Crittenden Savagnin Macvin #5 2022
- 96
- $95
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Equal parts aged flor Savagnin and current vintage Savagnin then fortified with grape spirit. I’m like a broken record, I’ve said it time and time again. But this is the wine you never knew you needed in your life. The PERFECT wine to bring to a dinner party, because it invokes conversation, has the ability to pair well with an array of courses and will keep the party going into the early morning hours. The wine brings forth aromas of treacle tart, upside down pineapple cake and baklava. Its scintillating lift of acidity perfectly compliments the bright fruit nectar. Brazil nut skin, dukkah and brandy oranges. This would be heavenly with caramelised fatty salmon belly or just as delicious with a wash rind cheese and kumquat jam. Move over Botrytis sweet wines, this is my pick time and time again.
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.
