Granite

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Hard, granular, igneous rock predominantly composed of quartz, mica, and feldspar, that once decomposed, becomes generally acidic and infertile soil. Wines grown in granitic sands are often associated with lifted aromatics.

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Slate

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Bluish, greenish, grayish, or brownish hard metamorphic rock that breaks into long fragments easily. Slate is hardly soil, or rather crackable rock through which grapevines...

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Limestone

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A hard sedimentary rock predominantly composed of skeletal fragments of marine organisms. In other words, it’s condensed chalk from an ancient seabed low in organic...

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