The Scents of Wine - Le Nez du Vin

To develop our sense of smell :
We all have a very sensitive sense of smell but practice help us to recognize and identify with ease the different aromas present in wine.

Learning the language of wine :
How can we detect the aromas in wines if these  are not stored in our scent memory of if we cannot put a name to them?
Jean Lenoir approaches the problem as if writing a dictionary, introducing us to aromas and helping us remember them as if we were learning a foreign language. The collection provides users with a way of communicating their love of wine.

Improving our appreciation of wine :
We all enjoy drinking good wine but that pleasure is heightened if we are able to appreciate different tastes and assess the wine's richness and complexity.

CONTENT

A collection of 54 aromas in bottles :
These are typical aromas found in white and red wines from France and around the world. They give us an indication of the wine's origin and the grape variety as well as the vineyard and the winemaking. Keeping these aromas in mind helps establishing and an accurate and coherent vocabulary to further stimulate our appreciation of fine wines.

54 illustrated explanatory cards :
These cards specify the aromas and the corresponding molecules and list the wines in which they can be found.

A booklet :
This explains why the taste of wine depends on its aromas and suggests three different methods of initiation :

• From aromas to wines
• From grape varieties to aromas
• From the vineyard to aromas

Smell the aromas, try to identity them and let yourself be drawn into the pleasure of the game. You will soon become proficient at recognizing the different aromas and find that you are enjoying wine more and more.
Le Nez du Vin is acknowledged as a reference manual and has been translated into several languages.
It is used by wine trade professionals and amateurs alike.

• 14 new aromas with a separate kit devoted to wine faults.
• Aromas are classified by group, not alphabetically, making the exercises easier.
• The quality of the aromas has been enhanced so they will last at least 10 years.
• The aromas are closely related to molecular composition of wine. For example the taste of lemon in wine comes from citral, so citral is the sample in our bottle.
• Information on the sense of smell and the aromas themselves has been updated to account for the spectacular progress made in science over the last five years.

Market price : 299 €

Our price :  276 € /inc. VAT  ( 262 € exc. VAT)