Ottelia Riesling 2025
- 93
- $33
- Drink by: 2025-2031
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Ohhhhh, a Riesling that leads with minerality and texture. How indulgent. Nectarine kernel, soft silver-rocks (whatever that means) and mango-seed flesh. It’s smart and soft-spoken, yet smug enough to sit back with wry amusement at the youngsters. Lime sherbet, grapefruit pith, torn orange blossom. I’m really enjoying the dialled-up phenolics that frame the fruit weight and saltiness — it slaps, really. The generosity is very noticeable on the mid-palate, giving sweet fruit and more pith. Rugged acid leaves the finish clean and dry. It’s serious, but not too serious… and I’m about it.
A hopeless romantic for wine and food, Cyndal is nearing 15 years in hospitality while still (just) under 30. A Chef-turned-Sommelier and award-winning wine professional, Cyndal recently left a Group Sommelier role where she curated seven wine lists across multiple venues and led the wine team to Gourmet Traveller Wine Bar of the Year—just months after opening. Now freelance, Cyndal is a wine consultant, event host, wine judge, and wine writer. Passionate about sharing wine’s story with the world, she brings a fresh voice and creative solutions to the industry. After studying and traveling through most of her 20s, she’s now based in WA’s southwest, proudly embracing her role as a WA coastal cowgirl.
