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Buy OnlineLa Ferme de Sato ("Sato Farm") are the range of wines from Yoshiaki and Kyoko Sato's very own vineyard. Here these vines have been tended to all year by Yoshiaki and Kyoko and made on-site too in their winery which is located at the top of their hillside vineyard.
Winery notes (2022 Vintage)
"Sato Pisa Vineyard. Soil: Alluvial, sandy or silt loam with schist & quartz gravel. Viticulture: No pesticides, herbicides, systemic fungicides or inorganic fertilisers used. Harvest: Hand picked, 22 March – 9 April 2022. 47 hl/ha. Vinification: Natural yeast fermentation. 14% whole bunch, 26 – 29 days on skins. No additives except for 15 mg/l sulfites before bottling. Maturation: 19 months in French oak barrels. 10% new oak. Bottled: 15 December 2023 without fining or filtration. 6842 bottles produced."
97/100 & No.11 in the Suckling Top 100 Wines of NZ for 2024, JamesSuckling.com (2022 Vintage)
"The aromas and flavours are marked with dried-strawberry, nutmeg, bark and mushroom character. Tar too. This is structured, showing fine tannins that give a beautiful mouthfeel and tension. Medium-bodied with a dusty texture in the finish and a long and thoughtful ending. Rather ethereal and energetic. Drink now or hold."
17.5/20 Jancis Robinson, JancisRobinson.com, August 2025 (2022 Vintage)
"Pale garnet. Really appetising, subtle nose. Richer than many a burgundy but just as rich as some grands crus! This is really delicious! There's a hint of orange peel as well as some floral notes with an undertow of savour. There's good structure but no obvious tannin. Sore-throat remedy? Very long."
94/100 Erin Larkin, RobertParker.com, Wine Advocate, June 2025 (2022 Vintage)
"The 2022 Sur Les Nuages is the voice of the vineyard, taking Pinot Noir fruit from all blocks at the estate, just as the Le Chant du Vent does with the Chardonnay. Aromatically, the wine leads with red fruits and woodsy spice, the palate revealing the same characteristic mineral flow of tannin and texture as all of the wines—red and white—show. The structure is the attribute of these wines; they feel mineral and fresh but also fine and ductile. The fruit is predominantly destemmed, only a small whole bunch, and the tannins feel very much derived from the skin of the grape, from the place. While the Les Violettes is undoubtedly a purist's wine of shape and kaleidoscopic complexity, this is an undeniably beautiful expression of place, hand and variety. I love them both for different reasons."
