Rob Moose

9.0

A much improved wine on day 2. This Pinot seems to have staying power, nice structure with a delicate blessing of red fruit. Would like to revisit with food, as opposed to a hotel room tipple in OKC — 9 years ago

Rob Moose

9.6

Wow. Serious wow. Paired with Fried Eggplant at Dos Cielos in Barcelona. Would've guessed 1er Burgundy. Very excited to start collecting this! Beautiful. — 10 years ago

Anna Tyack

9.7

2012 pinot noir from Pisa Terrace vineyard in Central Otago, NZ | Natural wine made by Yoshi & Kyoko Sato | 15% whole bunch, aged for 15 months in French oak (25% new), SO2 added only at bottling | 3,220 bottles made — 11 years ago

Ronald Du Preez

8.9

Any Pinot lovers dream. Lighter style with a lot of raspberry flavors. This wine is pricey well into the $70 retail range. Nothing super special for that price unfortunately. Sorry I am ripping on this wine. — 11 years ago

Shaun Ferris

9.0

Very nice — 10 years ago

Anna Tyack

9.0

2013 is Sato-san's first vintage for his pinot gris skin contact (4 weeks) | Grown on schist on Mt. Pisa, Central Otago and aged in oak | Beautiful amber color, great precision and savouriness-- bravo, Yoshi! — 10 years ago

Sally McEniry

10

Dry Riesling, citrus/acid — 11 years ago

James Canning

9.5

Great pinot noir, much nicer than Mount difficulty — 11 years ago

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.1

New world Pinot is rarely this good! — 12 years ago

with Cleora

Shaughn Jenkins

9.0

Hello once again Rocky Knoll Vineyard!
New release 2012 at the cellar door on July 1st.
About 500 cases of triumphant Central Pinot. Lacks the acidity of previous years, but makes up for it in plenty of whole bunching tannic punch!
35% new French oak and 18 months in oak all around makes for one bucking bronco of a 2012 Pinot!
Never mind the snow on the Pisa range in March the said, let's make something to cellar a decade or more why not!
Rich, dark and spicy, just throw it in the cellar!

Cheers! — 10 years ago

Fabien Lainé

Blogger VinDeling.com

9.1

From one of the iconic NZ estate, , in its middle life step, this wine is friendly and approachable, some nice evolution bringing a more subtle character with spicy notes - farming on the estate runs biodynamic and once more the wine as the rest of the range never disappoint, a nice and sure value 😃 — 10 years ago

Denis Roudenko

9.4

18/20 (95/100) — 11 years ago

Mohammed Andersen

9.0

One if today's top Pinot not from Otago. Structured and meaty with style. — 11 years ago