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Wine Recommendation
Dry Creek Vineyard
2005 Fumé Blanc DCV3(Dry Creek Valley)
First, let’s decode that “Fumé Blanc DCV3” moniker. “Blanc fumé” is a French synonym for “Sauvignon Blanc.” In the early 1970s Robert Mondavi appropriated the name, reversed the word order, aged some Sauvignon Blanc in oak, and created a marketing phenomenon. This wine has nothing to do with that. It’s a French-style Sauvignon Blanc that comes from the winery’s oldest Sauvignon Blanc vineyard, known as “DCV3.” It sees no oak at all.
The 2005 vintage is a delightful double of Saint Bris, a French Sauvignon Blanc. Saint Bris is one of the very few appellations in France historically entitled (“required” may be the better word) to use a grape name in its wine labeling. So what’s Saint Bris taste like? It’s Loire-like, it’s savory and minerally rather than soft and melony, it’s meticulously balanced and refreshing in the finish, and it tastes like no California SB ever made. If you like Sauvignon, you owe it to yourself to try this.
Reviewed July 26, 2007 by Thom Elkjer.
Other reviewed wines from Dry Creek Vineyard
 2005 Sauvignon Blanc Musqué, Taylor's Vineyard (Dry Creek Valley)Thom Elkjer 7/26/2007 |
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The Wine
Winery: Dry Creek Vineyard |
The Reviewer
Thom Elkjer
Thom Elkjer has been reviewing wines professionally for more than ten years. He has contributed to Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast, served as Wine Editor for Wine Country Living and is Wine Editor for WineCountry.Com. He also writes for newspapers and magazines in the U.S. and Europe and judges at major international wine competitions. |