Sato Le Ferme de Sato Les Violettes Pinot Noir 2021

This is a fantastic new wine with 100% whole berry fermentation with medium to full body, it is firm and layered, and has plenty of strawberry, cherry, cedar and creamy tannins. It evolves beautifully in the bottle. A triumph. Better after 2026 but already gorgeous..

100% whole bunches here, giving the wine quite a stemmy and spicy note. Two and a half weeks of carbonic maceration. Herbs, pepper, root vegetables and smoky earth notes. Lovers of the whole bunch style will love it. For me, a touch much though it is a thoroughly good Pinot. A well-structured style. Fifteen years.

This is the first vintage of this wine. A second tasting a few weeks later saw more of an undergrowth note with black jellybean notes, and an ever-so-slightly elevated score.