mineral

English translation: (tasting of minerals) - lively, high acidity, not especially fruity, herbal or spicy

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English term or phrase:mineral
Selected answer:(tasting of minerals) - lively, high acidity, not especially fruity, herbal or spicy
Entered by: Charles Davis

13:16 Feb 27, 2014
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
English term or phrase: mineral
Mouth feel _ robust and at the same time pleasantly fresh, firm, mineral and with just enough acid
Bin Tiede (X)
Germany
Local time: 13:26
(tasting of minerals) - lively, high acidity, not especially fruity, herbal or spicy
Explanation:
"Mineral" is a buzzword in wine description, and seems to be distinctly positive but it's very hard to define, and seems to cover a whole range of very subjective qualities. It suggests a taste of something mineral: a suggestion of soil, or stone, or slate, for example, which tasters claim to detect. It doesn't denote the actual mineral content of the wine. But it is often used as a kind of default term for a wine that is not particularly fruity, herbal or spicy. It is often applied to wines that are lively, with a "buzz", and nearly always goes with relatively high acidity.

Here's an enlightening and fairly lengthy discussion of how it's used:
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142412788732382910...
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 13:26
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4 +2(tasting of minerals) - lively, high acidity, not especially fruity, herbal or spicy
Charles Davis
4 +1a type of taste
acetran
3 +2flint, stone, gravel etc.
Mark Nathan


Discussion entries: 2





  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a type of taste


Explanation:
Here "mineral" used to define taste. Inorganic elements, such as calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, or sodium give a natural taste to drinks. For eg. drinking water has something called TDS (Total Dissolved Solids). By reverse osmosis, one may reduce it to 80 and get a very plain or "non-mineral" taste. Normal drinking water has about 300-350 TDS.

acetran
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge: but don't forget this question s specifically about wine tasting, and not some general thing like drinking water!
1 hr
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(tasting of minerals) - lively, high acidity, not especially fruity, herbal or spicy


Explanation:
"Mineral" is a buzzword in wine description, and seems to be distinctly positive but it's very hard to define, and seems to cover a whole range of very subjective qualities. It suggests a taste of something mineral: a suggestion of soil, or stone, or slate, for example, which tasters claim to detect. It doesn't denote the actual mineral content of the wine. But it is often used as a kind of default term for a wine that is not particularly fruity, herbal or spicy. It is often applied to wines that are lively, with a "buzz", and nearly always goes with relatively high acidity.

Here's an enlightening and fairly lengthy discussion of how it's used:
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142412788732382910...

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 13:26
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge
59 mins
  -> Thanks, Carol :)

agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tina :)
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
flint, stone, gravel etc.


Explanation:
Flavours from the soil or "terroir" rather than the fruitiness of the grapes. Think of the flavours of different mineral waters.

Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 13:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge
44 mins
  -> Thanks Carol

agree  Anita Hedman
1 hr
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