Wynns O’Deas Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

For younger readers, this is the perfect wine for starting your cellaring journey. Not wild or showy, just well-made, classic, and will over-deliver with time. Denser and more giving than any other red I have seen in this release. Pencil shavings, lead, pomegranate juice, plum skins. The fruit is vibrant, but plush and just ripe. In the mouth, it tastes like the Australian heartthrob that it is. Pink pepper corns, cinnamon, mulberry, strawberry skins, black plum skins and toasted gum nuts. Barky, drying tannins, a touch of fennel. It’s savoury, firm in what it is, and has plenty of structural acid holding it in line. Oak is dusty and firm. All signifying a wine that will last the ages. As I’m writing this, it is tight as a tiger. Decant before serving. Or by case and drink one every 5 years. With food. 

Cyndal Petty

Wine Critic at Winepilot

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.

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