Fetzer Echo Ridge Fumé Blanc 2002

Fetzer Echo Ridge Fumé Blanc 2002

This Fetzer Echo Ridge Fumé Blanc 2002 was very good, very typical Fumé Blanc (which is essentially a Sauvignon Blanc that's had some aging in oak). This bottle, which set us back about $16, was purchased specifically to go with a parsley-and-cumin chicken salad. Cilantro and yogurt, both of which the meal contained, are traditionally flavors that go well with Sauvignon Blanc. Curry is another, and cumin is a part of that--so it really was a match made in heaven. (Or India, or wherever our recipe came from.)

This was not a citrusy wine; it was much more on the herbal/flinty end of Fumé Blancness. "Refreshing," was Margaret Anne's mother's take on it. With the caveat that we did not try it on its own, but only with the meal, which was well-designed for precisely this kind of wine, we rate it 8/10--and would definitely buy it again.