I'm pretty sure that they have tested to see if the minerality from the soil chemically ends up in the wine produced from that soil, and it doesn't. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I do use the term "minerality" among people who are on the same page about what it means, meaning mostly winemakers. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Do you eschew the term "minerality" at all times, or does it occasionally make sense as a descriptor? ❋ Unknown (2009)
Do you think the readers of wine reviews know what "minerality" means? ❋ Unknown (2009)
Part of the problem is that "minerality" is hard to define. ❋ Unknown (2009)
But ever since "minerality" came into vogue in the 1990s, geologist Alex Maltman told a GSA audience last week, the notion that, say, a vineyard set in slate bedrock yields wine with a "slaty" taste has persisted in some circles. ❋ Unknown (2009)
"But whatever 'minerality' in wine is, it is not the taste of vineyard minerals," he said.
Austrian wines share many of the same characteristics of Alsatian wines, such as minerality, fruitiness, and less oak aging, but tend to be, on a whole, a bit drier. ❋ Genevelyn (2008)
But tasting that magical transformation from lime-fresh minerality of youth to the gently honeyed, toasty quality of mature bottles can be worth the wait. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Chenin Blanc is the perfect wine – fruit like chard, acid like SB and a minerality all its own. ❋ Unknown (2009)
At the meeting, Alex Maltman presented a paper with this to say about minerality: The widely cited direct, literal connection between vineyard geology and wine taste seems scientifically impossible. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I often cringe when I hear a wine professional espouse causality between soil minerals with minerality in the wine. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Many geologists object to two things: misusing “minerality” and being misquoted. ❋ Unknown (2009)
For me is very complicate to get minerality in hot climates. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Totally dry on the palate, the wine still has great acidity and minerality as well as a suppleness of age. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The take home was that it clearly is a non-linear issue that we know virtually nothing about, but that the use of terms like ‘minerality’ are over-done and have no connection or basis for being derived directly from some mineral aspect in the soil. ❋ Unknown (2009)
You can follow my tweets as pitterroir and discussion about minerality are commun. ❋ Unknown (2009)
