Crittenden Estate, Oggi White 2012 75cl

Critenden Estate’s Oggi is an extraordinary and peculiar wine in more ways than one. Australian winemakers have always been famous for their experimentation and it’s not uncommon to find wines made with uncommon blends or winemaking techniques quietly ageing in a corner of the cellar just to “see what will happen”. Oggi is a great example of why this remains one of the most important characteristics of the country’s wineries. Made with a blend of three classic Italian grape varieties, this is a white made as if it were a red, with the fermentation with skin contact in open vats before being aged for 10 months in old oak barrels. Stone fruit and citrus peel on the palate with gentle spice tones and the very textural mouth feel make