Fumé Blanc [FOO-may BLAHN]
Term originally coined by the Robert Mondavi winery and another name for Sauvignon Blanc. Many feel that Mondavi’s extensive marketing campaign for its dry, oak-aged style of Sauvignon Blanc is what established this variety as California’s second most popular white-wine grape after Chardonnay.
The New Wine Lovers Companion, 2nd Edition, by Ron Herbst and Sharon Tyler Herbst. Copyright © (1) 2003, 1995 by Ron Herbst and Sharon Tyler Herbst. Reprinted by arrangement with Barron's Educational Series, Inc.