I guess you can call me a traditionalist. To me, it’s part of enjoying good wine. You’ll never see anyone putting that aerator into a bottle of 89 Haut Brion.
With that said, I don’t think it’s important to decant every wine. HenryJames is posting a lot of young Pinots that probably don’t need it. You also won’t need to decant much of your local, young HEB wines. But if you’re going to spend the money on a good bottle, spend the time to decant it. The cost of the decanter is peanuts compared to the cost of the wines.
Also, you might have misinterpreted what I said about giving the wine some air. I’m a firm believer that the wine will evolve over time as air is introduced. There’s no reason to drink white burgundy out of an oaked chardonnay glass otherwise. All I’m saying is the lab studies cannot discern a difference in the composition of the wine over time, other than some of the volitiles do evaporate.