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Wine Details
Price:
$13.99 per bottle
Description:
A term first credited to Robert Mondavi in the seventies, "Fume Blanc" typically refers to a barrel aged Sauvignon Blanc. In order to reduce some of the herbaceousness of Sauvignon Blanc, barrel aging is used to soften the acidity and round out the grassiness with soft hints of cedar. This wine spent eight months on oak before achieving the richness which makes it one of our favorite dry whites.
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Varietal Definition
Sauvignon Blanc:
Sauvignon Blanc is widely grown in California — at over 15,000 acres, it’s now the third most planted variety — and often assumes the moniker ‘Fume Blanc’. This popular synonym, credited to Napa’s Robert Mondavi, derives from the grape’s historic home of Pouilly in France’s Upper Loire Valley, where Sauvignon Blanc is the dominant varietal and goes locally by the name of ‘Blanc Fumé’. When treated with respect and afforded suitable growing conditions, Sauvignon Blanc is one of the wine world’s darlings. Steely, racy acidity, green, gooseberry fruit, asparagus and a grassy, herbaceous character characterize dry wines made from this grape.
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