Concentrated with dark berried fruit and woody, earthy undertones, this maintains real elegance. The tannins are fine and it has a gentle, mineral drive about it. From NZ's most high profile Pinot Noir region, growing Cab Franc in Central Otago is a labour of love, Yoshiaki and Kyoko Sato make all that labour taste effortless. La Ferme de Sato wines come from their organically farmed home vineyard.

In a short space of time, Sato Wines have gained quite the following, and with good reason, the wines are so thoroughly engaging. Established in Central Otago in 2009, Yoshiaki and Kyoko Sato produced their first Pinot Noir with purchased organic fruit. In 2016 they planted their own 3.2 hectare vineyard in Pisa, in the Cromwell Basin. From the outset they’ve had a very clear vision for how they want to produce wine. 

“We believe grape vines need to be grown in an organic way, preferably a biodynamic way, and grapes have to be transformed to wine with minimal intervention by human hand, chemicals or additives. In this way, we consider a natural microbiological balance is maintained in the vineyard, and the wine in process in the winery so that the real character of the terroir, where the grape vines grow, is truly expressed in a pure manner."