Umami, a festival for the taste buds! 😋

Forget everything you thought you knew about taste! There's more to life than sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. Prepare your taste buds for umami, the fifth flavor that will revolutionize your palate.

Coming straight from Japan, umami (pronounced "oumami") is synonymous with "delicious" and "savory." Imagine an intense, full-bodied flavor that explodes in your mouth and adds a new dimension to wines. That's umami!

It is mainly (if not entirely) the great white wines that offer this flavor, the umami then comes from certain fermentations and the aging of the wine on lees.

Natural white wines with long fermentations and aging on lees increase glutamate and amino acids, responsible for the fifth flavor. It's the same chemistry that occurs when you drink Japanese broth or reheat a stew, like Grandma's beef bourguignon.

Here is our house selection of wines with high "umamique" potential👇

Xarel lo Macabeu white 2019, Cyclic Beer Farm

A wine full of energy, there's life in it!

• Grape varieties: Macabeu, xarel lo
• Region: Catalonia
• Wine pairing: Homemade seafood tapas
• Price: €22.70

Livia Blanc 2022, Under the Plant

A light maceration for a supersonic vintage created by Patrick Bouju, to serve you!

• Grape varieties: Muscat à petits grains
• Region: Samos, Greece
• Food and wine pairing: Firm fish, cream sauce or shellfish
• Price: €24.00

The Litre Arbitre Blanc 2020, Château Lafitte

All the power of the Pyrenees in a glass... of wine!

• Grape varieties: Petit and Gros Manseng
• Region: Jurançon
• Food and wine pairing: A beautiful Ossau-Iraty Béarnais
• Price: €39.90

Munjebel White 2019, Frank Cornelissen

Beware of the (flavor) explosion, worthy of a volcano

• Grape varieties: Grecanico dorato, carricante
• Region: Etna
• Food and wine pairing: A line-caught fish, muscular and with firm flesh
• Price: €39.00

Saint-Romain Combe Bazin Blanc 2021, Chassorney estate

Be careful, there won't be enough for everyone...

• Grape varieties: Chardonnay
• Region: Burgundy
• Food and wine pairing: Bresse poultry with cream, morel sauce
• Price: €73.50

Westerberg White 2021, Domaine Einhart

A flashy, captivating and stunning white, what a treat!

• Grape varieties: Riesling and Gewurztraminer
• Region: Alsace
• Food and wine pairing: Double dose of umami with homemade sauerkraut
• Price: €34.00