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Question: Confused about how the soil in which grape vines grow affects your perception of the taste in the resulting wine. Can you please simplify it for me?
Answer: A very complicated question that can’t be answered fully here. Also your scribe is not a qualified geologist. However there are several outstanding detailed articles by Alex Maltman on the subject in The World of Fine Wine – an invaluable publication resource for wine lovers! Four excellent ones are “Tuff, tufa, tufo, and tuffeau: A tangled world” here, “LIMESTONE: Holy grail or charismatic illusion?” here. “FLINT: a striking story” here and “CLAY: What it is and why it matters here“.
The first explains well about TUFF (volcanic) and TUFA (calcareous) plus the grape Greco di TUFO. The second one explains well calcareous soils from CHALK in Champagne, LIMESTONE in Meursault, and MARL in Chablis. The last two are so educational on understanding better about FLINT & CLAY. Highly recommend these insightful articles that will help you a lot.
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