Fumé Blanc

[French fumé, smoky (from past participle of fumer, to smoke) + French blanc, white.]

[FOO-may BLAHN; BLAHNGK] 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.