Country: New Zealand

Region: Central Otago

Grapes: Riesling

Vintage: 2020

ABV: 13.5%

Bottle size: 75cl

Viticulture: Organic, Natural, Biodynamic

Winemaking: Whole bunch pressed, wild fermentation, matured in stainless steel for 10 months, minimal SO2 at bottling. 

Vegan?: Yes

Slight petrol nose followed by the pure fruity flavour of citrus, crushed apple, pear and baked bread, rounded with savoury yeasty creaminess. 

About the producer: Sato Wines Ltd was established by Yoshiaki Sato, and his wife, Kyoko Sato, as a small project in 2009. 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.