Wine Review: Sauvignon Blanc, 2007, from Marlborough, New Zealand (Blogcritics.org)

Wine Review: Sauvignon Blanc, 2007, from Marlborough, New Zealand (Blogcritics.org)
Waiter, there’s a stone in my wine! If you are like most people, it’s hard to wrap your head around the concept of “mineral” in a wine. Most of us do not go around eating stones, or even smelling them. Yet tasting note after tasting note in all the glossy wine magazines refer to aromas of “wet stone” or “chalk” or “minerals.” What does it all mean, and where does it come from?Right…