Here is that word again...minerality!

It has been a while since the last discussion here on WLDG so thought I would post a link to a very readable article from David Crossley who lives in the UK. A recently retired lawyer, a regular on winepagesdotcom and an expert in wines especially from the Jura Valley. One has to briefly scroll down.

https://wideworldofwine.co/

Those are two good articles by David which express very well what I have been struggling to say every time for the last 15 years or so that someone has attacked the use of "minerality" in TNs.

. One has to briefly scroll down.

INteresting article, well found. You can go directly to it here https://wideworldofwine.co/2016/10/17/on-rocky-ground-again/

Also this month is an article on The mystery of minerality by Caroline Gilbey MW (and with a PhD in plant sciences) in in The Wine Society newsletter here http://www.thewinesociety.com/resources/feature_images/latest-news/society-news-pdf/past-editions/downloads/oct_16.pdf

[Jenise]

Interesting article. Best sentence of all is his conclusion: "Does it matter that “minerality” lacks precision, even if it doesn’t lack meaning as a descriptive term? The scientific, analytical approach of the Master of Wine qualification might well say that it certainly does matter. I think that the poet would say that it doesn’t. And the best wine writing surely combines both analytical precision (to educate us) and poetry to inspire us."