Ottelia Sauvignon Blanc 2026
AU$30, 10.2% alcohol, screwcap, Mount Gambier.
This is both racy and good. In fact it packs in a lot of flavour, especially given that it’s only 10.2% alcohol. Lemon, lime, passionfruit and brine characters come threaded with lemongrass and fragrant herb notes. It’s lovely. It’s juicy. It’s super-fresh. And it works a treat.
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.
