La Ferme de Sato "Sous Bois" Cabernet Franc, Yoshi & Kyoko Sato, Pisa Range, Central Otago 2023

Sato Wine, Yoshi & Kyoko Sato, Pisa Range, Central Otago

Kyoko and Yoshi met in 1998 at a Japanese bank, where they were working. After 12 years of work at the bank in Tokyo and London, they moved to New Zealand in 2006, aiming eventually to make their own wines and both studied for graduate diploma in viticulture & oenology at Lincoln University in Christchurch. Immediately after graduation, they settled in Central Otago and started their winemaking careers.

La Ferme de Sato refers to the range of small-production wine from 3.2 ha of vineyards owned by Yoshi & Kyoko Sato on the mainly schistose soils of the Cromwell Basin below the Pisa mountain range. 

La Ferme de Sato "Sous Bois" Cabernet Franc is a rare, organic red wine from Sato Wines in Central Otago, New Zealand. Made by Yoshiaki and Kyoko Sato from a tiny 0.28-hectare plot, "Sous Bois" (meaning forest undergrowth).

Complex aromas of crushed blackberries, fresh grass, dark tea leaves, cedar, and earthy forest floor. Medium-bodied with juicy black cherry, dark plum, graphite, and a touch of spice or herbal complexity. Structured, fresh, and mineral-driven with fine, integrated tannins.

Grape: 100% Cabernet Franc

Organic