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minerality

minerality

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A taste in wine like stone or wet earth
  • noun
  • /ˌmaɪnəˈrælɪti/
  • Jargon
: mineralidad
  • This region is known for its unique minerality, which gives the wine an earthy quality.
  • sweetness and minerality

Examples

  • The wine's distinct minerality reminded me of the taste of wet stones.

  • Lots of notes, F# minerality, E flat, A minus.

  • That tends to kill the wine's minerality.

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  • Both Chablis A and Chablis B have beautiful aromatics, sweet citrus notes, and slate-like minerality.

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  • Chablis is a historic wine-producing town located in northern Burgundy, producing white wines that have crisp acidity and minerality.

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  • On the palate, it's light, fresh, juicy, and crunchy, with a minerality and graininess that is characteristic of many Jura reds.

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  • The wines are paired with a leek and goat cheese tart, a luxurious yet uncomplicated dish with just the right amount of richness to balance the bracing minerality of the Chablis.

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  • Her expertise in wine allowed her to detect the minerality that enhanced its flavor profile.

Surface Forms

minerality singular
mineralties plural

Morphology

minerality = mineral (semi-transparent) = mineral + ity

The formation is regular ('mineral' + '-ity'), but the wine-sensory sense is a specialized/figurative usage that learners may not infer from the base word alone.

Etymology

The word minerality comes from mineral, a word for a natural substance from the ground, and the ending -ity that means 'the quality of'. Think of tasting tiny stones or wet earth in a wine — that 'stone' or 'earth' feeling is the minerality people describe in the taste of wine.