Fume Blanc is a quality white wine made from Sauvignon Blanc grape in California. It began as the brainchild of renowned winemaker Robert Mondavi, as a way of cultivating the negative image held by the Sauvignon Blanc grape in California at the time. Not anymore of course but at one time..I know..I know hard to believe!
So I decided to try something different and purchased this bottle for $15 and some change at a local wine shop. I was not sure what to expect and really it was not half bad.
This wine has a terrific nose of kumquat oranges and melon with a very light hint of dried herbs. The flavors change across the taste buds first starting with lemon zest, a touch of lime and Bradford pear notes, developing into melon notes and finishing with a terrific fresh fig flavor, perhaps a bit of grass. Sort of reminded me of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc which always seems to have grassy notes. The oak comes through in a subtle smokiness with a touch of fig flavors. This wine would work well with menus of chicken or pork in a creamy mushroom sauce or butter sauteed sea foods.
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