Clo Oxygen White 2018
- $35
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An assemblage of champagne grapes in a still wine on red granite soils in Tumbarumba, I already like where this is going. Crown sealed bottle with a line drawn face looking out from the label, perhaps a nod to the minimalist intervention approach.
The Oxygen white is familiar in a way only wine lovers will know. The way great champagne is drunk by us; flat, warm or any way you can get it. This wine has the hallmarks of all three varietals. Bright lemon curd, golden apple and crème fraiche with a warmed butter and praline biscuit element. Its juicy but creamy and finishes dry and nutty. A wine for thought and an array of quirky pairings. Artichoke barigoule, truffled mac and cheese, chicken nuggets and sweet and sour sauce in the car at midnight in a dodgy carpark, count me in.
Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.
