Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

mineral

English answer:

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

Added to glossary by Charles Davis
Feb 27, 2014 13:16
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English term

mineral

English Other Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
Mouth feel _ robust and at the same time pleasantly fresh, firm, mineral and with just enough acid
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Feb 28, 2014 19:27: Charles Davis Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (2): Carol Gullidge, Yvonne Gallagher

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Discussion

Tina Vonhof (X) Feb 27, 2014:
I would suggest searching some websites about wine growing, wine making, vintages, etc. to get a sense of what it's all about. That is the exciting thing about translating, that you learn things you would normally never look into.
Carol Gullidge Feb 27, 2014:
Bin, have you tried Googling these terms before posting the question? Most of them are basic tasting terms. I guess that all you really need is to know whether they collocate in the context rather than an explanation of their meaning.

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

"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...
Peer comment(s):

agree Carol Gullidge
59 mins
Thanks, Carol :)
agree Tina Vonhof (X)
3 hrs
Thanks, Tina :)
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a type of taste

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.
Peer comment(s):

agree Carol Gullidge : but don't forget this question s specifically about wine tasting, and not some general thing like drinking water!
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30 mins

flint, stone, gravel etc.

Flavours from the soil or "terroir" rather than the fruitiness of the grapes. Think of the flavours of different mineral waters.
Peer comment(s):

agree Carol Gullidge
44 mins
Thanks Carol
agree Anita Hedman
1 hr
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