Book Le Nez du Vin "White wines and champagne 12 flavors"
Book Le Nez du Vin "White wines and champagne 12 flavors"

Éditions Jean Lenoir

Book Le Nez du Vin "White wines and champagne 12 flavors"

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Discover the key aromas of white wines and champagne. A must for wine lovers who want to deepen their tasting knowledge.

Le Nez du Vin: White wines and champagne - 12 basic aromas

With Le Nez du Vin, explore the world of white wine and Champagne aromas through a hand-picked selection of 12 essential aromas. This collection is an essential tool to hone your wine tasting skills and develop a deeper understanding of the complex scents of white wines and Champagne.

Contents of the set:

  • 12 carefully selected aromas that capture the essence of white wines and champagne, divided into categories such as Fruity, Floral, Herbal, Animal and Roasted.
  • A practical companion book that offers valuable insights into how the sense of smell works and helps you master the art of wine tasting.
  • 12 illustrated explanatory texts explaining in which wines these key aromas are noticeable, with examples of great white wines from France and around the world.

This set is perfect for beginners looking for a thorough introduction to the world of Le Nez du Vin, as well as a valuable addition to any wine collection. Presented in an elegant book-shaped case with a crimson fabric covering, it combines luxury with education.

Le Nez du Vin contains a collection of aromatic scents and a companion book to help you progress quickly in wine tasting.

Le Nez du Vin white wines and champagne contains:

  • The 12 basic aromas in white wine and champagne from the large treasure chest collection with 54 aromas:
    • Fruity: 1 lemon, 2 grapefruit, 4 pineapple, 6 lychee, 8 nutmeg, 10 pear.
    • Floral: 24 hawthorn, 27 honey.
    • Herbal: 37 Blackcurrant bud.
    • Animal: 47 butter.
    • Toasted: 48 Toasted White Bread, 50 Roasted Hazelnut.
  • An accompanying booklet provides information about how the sense of smell works and how to taste wine.
  • 12 illustrated explanatory texts provide information on how and in which types of wine these key aromas are noticeable. Great white wines from France and all over the world are listed as examples.

An introduction for those who want an introduction to Le Nez du Vin and an ideal book format for a library.

Book-shaped box with carmine red fabric covering; size: 172 x 247 x 35 mm, weight 700 g. Made in France. Our aromas are guaranteed for 5 years. Under favorable conditions, the collection can be kept for around ten years.
With "Le Nez du Vin" you can not only perfect your sense of smell, but also understand the production process that is responsible for the aromas.

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Le Nez du Vin

Make Rapid Progress in Tasting

Le Nez du Vin® includes a collection of aromas along with a companion book to help you make rapid progress in wine tasting. With it, you can:

  1. Train and enrich your sense of smell

The sense of smell is the most important sensory organ in perceiving wine. It accounts for 80% of the tasting experience. You've probably noticed that when you have a cold, you can't taste anything.

It is often difficult to recognize an aroma in a wine glass. Have you ever had the feeling of knowing a smell without being able to identify it? That's normal! Just like reading, writing, or arithmetic, smelling must also be learned.

Le Nez du Vin® is not only recognized by professionals but can also be used in a playful way. Choose aromas at random, smell them attentively (especially blind), categorize them, try to name them, and then check. After just a few weeks, you will surely be able to identify, recognize, and, most importantly, name these aromas.

Better analyze tasted wines - But what does that achieve?

First of all, recognizing aromas enriches your tasting vocabulary. When you can put your impressions into words, it enhances the tasting experience and allows you to share it with others.

Furthermore, the aromas of the wine provide information about the variety and geographic origin, the type of winemaking, and the aging process. The companion book serves as a guide. It links the aroma collection with the tasted wines and includes a list of typical aromas sorted by grape varieties and wine regions in France and worldwide.

Refine your taste

As a beginner, you might enjoy white wines with pronounced notes of light-fleshed fruits (apricot, peach), flowers (rose, linden blossom), and honey. Thanks to Le Nez du Vin®, you now know that you can confidently turn to the grape varieties Gewürztraminer and Muscat.

Gewürztraminer is mainly grown in Alsace and Germany. The most common notes of this particularly aromatic wine are lychee, rose, and clove.

There are several varieties of Muscat, all characterized by a high terpene content, which gives the wine its open, pleasantly fragrant character. Muscat grapes are mainly grown in southern France.

Become a wine detective

As an enthusiast, you taste a glass of white wine. Through regular practice with our aromas, you are able to perceive notes of hawthorn, roasted hazelnut, butter, and vanilla. These are clues to the grape variety and the origin of the wine, as well as the winemaker's methods of winemaking and aging.

From the book, you learn that this aromatic profile is typical of the Chardonnay grape variety. The buttery note in the wine is produced by diacetyl, a molecule that forms during malolactic fermentation.

Vanilla is present in wines aged in new oak barrels because vanillin is produced during the breakdown of lignin in the wood.

Aromas and Scents

54 aromas, 12 red wine aromas, 12 woody aromas, 12 fault aromas: we offer collections for every taste and level. To find the one that best suits your needs, it is best to explore the entire collection of Le Nez du Vin®.