Accolades

2012 Vintage: 95 Points - Gourmet Traveller
"Pure, bright and delicately scented with dark cherry, violet and wild thyme, plus a subtle smoky oak character. Supple and reasonably concentrated with a deliciously appealing texture. A long, linear wine with cellaring potential."

91 Points - Wine Advocate

90 Points - Wine Spectator

About the Winery

Amisfield's Pisa Winery complex was opened in 2006. This two-level architecturally designed rustic agricultural style production facility has a 550 tonne production capacity designed to enable winemakers to craft wines as efficiently as possible. From an elevated receival and fruit sorting area, hand-picked fruit is transferred via conveyer belts into purpose build fermentation tanks. This "hands off" approach ensures the maximum retention of fruit integrity and quality. Wine barrels are stored in a semi-underground facility reducing the need for temperature and humidity control, subsequently diminishing energy consumption and underlining Amisfield's on-going dedication to sustainability.

Central Otago Wine Region
Surrounded by mountains and interlaced with lakes and deep river gorges Central Otago is New Zealand's most spectacular vineyard region. The inland mountainous location, on the 45th parallel, provides a semi-continental climate with extremely cold winters, hot summers, cool night time temperatures and low rainfall. The unique climate combines with glacially derived soils to produce spectacular southern wines which have a purity, intensity and vibrancy highlighting the region's terroir and pure mountain air. The sub-regions of Central Otago are: Wanaka, Cromwell, Lowburn, Pisa, Bendigo, Alexandra, Gibbston and Bannockburn.