Or a fresh apple right iff the tree, or Pomegranate berries or…
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Genuine question, why would people be against describing a wines texture? The use of Light/Med/Full body has been standard for years.
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Apples can be crisp. Indeed should be. I hate those mushy varieties. Toast is crunchy, or should be. Sorry for repeating myself.
Im getting the impression im just out of line in how I use these words.
Don’t crisp things crunch when you bite into them? Just a different way to say the same thing.
We just don’t have enough words for differentiating various crunches in English, maybe because we are so culturally averse to variable textures in the West. I am told Korean in particular has a broad array of words/inflections to describe particular types of snap, crackle and pop. And crunch.
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Rice Crispies?
I was going to write a lengthy, thoughtful defense of use of the word, but I’m crunched for time.
For those who don’t understand that metaphorical concept, it means I didn’t have enough time. Not that I had trouble typing because my hand was crushed in a vise.
For those unable to accept it now that I’ve explained it, sorry for your loss.
How’s that for a snappy reply? I hope it pops.
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I think there’s one other thing to really consider here. When you are writing a Tasting note or describing a Wine, are you doing so to simply state what you get or to try to impress upon others what they might also get as well?
Tasting notes are personal. They are all subjective. We all perceive things differently. And as you can see by this simple thread, there is many different ways to perceive a single word.
And for those who think that this term is only for those those really into Wine, I would suggest that it is a perfect term for someone to use who’s not really into Wine who gets the impression that the Wine gives them this.
I certainly have used this term in the past, notably, with bright and slightly under ripe fruit paired with good acidity. But I’m not assuming that others will perceive the same thing or describe it in the same way. It doesn’t matter if they do or not because that is what I perceive.
Carry on and disagree away 
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if the majority of people understand what you are trying to convey with the word who cares if it may not be literal? When someone describes a wine as crunchy I know what to expect and more often than not I do find that characteristic, so the word did its job.
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This thread is getting pretty crunchy.
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That’s a rather stale comment
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Maybe flakey will be a new term to describe the “fruitiness” of wine. Kind of like crunchy, which is a sound… 
Then I really need to listen closer to my wine.
There are many many descriptors here of what crunchy means in a tasting note and I don’t think I’ve read one that sounds off base really. Consequently I’m thinking the word is pretty useful to give a general impression without going into a list of 3 obscure fruits that most of us couldn’t tell apart blind anyways.
If a novice doesn’t understand immediately though, a five word entry into google Gemini pretty much sums up there exactly what we took 3 days to discuss here.
And that is precisely my take. Most people are novice vs. us Berserkers. If they have to ponder for a few seconds as to what does the description crunchy mean, then perhaps use a more relevant choice of a word(s) to describe the wines taste. No biggie. I get crunchy.
Does crunchy mean something similar to what da bomb meant in the 90’s? It’s awesome or fantastic or whatever you want to say.
I had a tasting today of one of my bucket list wines and the wine tasted totally crunchy! No clue if I’m using that correctly but either way had a great tasting today.
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What % of novices are really reading TNs on WB/CT? I firmly believe geeks read TNs, so the term is appropriately used.
People in my region refer to the modern hippy or even teva wearing colorado-loving nature-oriented folks as “crunchy” a la “granola”. Is that what you mean?
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My whisky friends refer to discussions like this as “masturbating adjectives.” The shoe seems to fit…
I mean, if that’s what you want it to mean, man, that’s cool, man. 
