Jericho Fumé Blanc 2025
- 92
- $27
- Drink by: 2026-2030
Share
There are fumés and there’s fumés. And some can get a bit carried away with the introduction of excessive oak. In this case, it’s been neatly handled and controlled to complement rather than dominate the essential, vibrant tropical fruits of the variety. Adelaide Hills is well-suited to Sauvignon Blanc. And this one has emerged really well. It has a crisp acidity, and just that combination of toasty-creamy oak and the vibrant fresh fruit works so well. Fumé styles can often be cellared, but this, quite frankly, is a wine I’d prefer to drink over the next couple of years.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
