Driftwood Margaret River Artifacts Fumé Blanc 2022
- 91
- $35
- Drink by: 2022-2025
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Fumé is making a comeback – a modest comeback – but it’s definitely got a retro vibe about it these days. The introduction of oak to Sauvignon Blanc tempers some of the grape’s exuberant, often outrageous herbaceousness. Driftwood shows a measured approach to the style with a tantalising hint of French oak smokiness that plays a charming background role to lively grapefruit and green apple flavours with high pitch herbal notes and snow pea. And there’s texture. That’s the other thing about a good fumé, the role of oak allows for a smooth ride across the tongue.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
