The Duo 24 aromas

The aromas

24 essential aromas found in white wines (including champagnes) and in red wines, selected from the collection in the Master Kit 54 aromas:

12 white wine aromas:

• Fruity notes: 1 lemon, 2 grapefruit, 4 pineapple, 6 lychee, 8 muscat, 10 pear
• Floral notes: 24 hawthorn, 27 honey
• Vegetal note: 37 boxwood (blackcurrant bud)
• Animal note: 47 butter
• Roasted notes: 48 toast, 50 roasted hazelnut

12 red wine aromas:

• Fruity notes: 12 strawberry, 13 raspberry, 15 blackcurrant, 17 blackberry, 18 cherry
• Floral note: 29 violet
• Vegetal notes: 30 green (bell) pepper/capsicum, 32 truffle, 36 liquorice, 40 vanilla, 43 pepper
• Roasted note: 54 smoky note

The book

This kit contains three booklets:

• A general booklet explains the origin of wine aromas and how the sense of smell works, and offers guidance on how to improve your tasting skills and refine your olfactory memory: What are the primary, secondary and tertiary aromas in a wine? What’s the difference between an aroma and a smell? How can Le Nez du Vin be used to train the sense of smell?
• A specific booklet on red wines, revealing the 12 key aromas and where they occur by grape variety and by vineyard in France and around the world: What are the characteristic aromas of Pinot Noir? Of Saint-Émilion reds? In which appellations in the New and Old Worlds can the aroma of violets often be identified?
• A specific booklet on white wines, presenting the 12 key aromas and their links with wines: Which grape variety produces a characteristic note of blackcurrant bud during vinification? What is the traditional grape variety of Montagne de Reims?