Kotata Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2026
AU$25, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Marlborough/NZ.
This wine is well measured and feels neat in general, but wow does it have some fruit intensity. No problems here; you get what you came for, and then some. Passionfruit, lemongrass, gravel and citrus (juice and blossom) characters rocket through the palate and out through the finish. It’s both crisp and generous. It’s good.
92 points – Campbell Mattinson.
Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
