This white wine is very mineral.
mi-ne-RA-le — four syllables, stress on third.
When tasting a white wine with a distinctive mineral, stony, or saline character — common in wines from volcanic or limestone soils.
'Minerale' = mineral. The mineral quality in wine is debated scientifically (minerals do not volatilise into aromas) but is widely used as a descriptor for wines with a clean, stony, saline, or oyster-shell character. Common in wines from volcanic soils (Etna, Soave).
Sento il sale in questo vino.
I taste salt in this wine.
Saline quality is classic in wines from Campania (Fiano, Greco) and Sicilian coast wines
È un vino da territorio vulcanico?
Is it a wine from volcanic soil?
Volcanic soils (Etna, Soave, Campi Flegrei) often produce distinctively mineral wines
Questo bianco ha una bella freschezza acida.
This white wine has a beautiful acid freshness.
Acidity ('freschezza acida') is the structural element that carries minerality
Mount Etna has become one of the world's most exciting wine regions in the past 20 years. Nerello Mascalese (red) and Carricante (white) grown on the volcano's basaltic soils produce wines of extraordinary minerality and complexity. The altitude (600–1000m), old vines, and volcanic soil combine for unique terroir.