This Riedel Tyrol decanter, launched in Spring 2007, features a unique design with a generous capacity, allowing a large surface area for the wine"s exposure to oxygen. This is not your traditional standup decanter, but a distinguished, rather horizontal design that seems to lay on its side, and offers a large pour spout. It is made of lead crystal, allowing it brilliance and clarity while showing off its contents, and is amazingly lightweight. The name Tyrol commemorates the Riedel Family"s new beginning 50 years ago in Austria in the federal state of Tyrol.