The Hermit Ram Field Blend Amphora 2021 extra-brut-selection Clean taste with soft sweetness

Clean taste with soft sweetness of rice and a vigorous effervescence

and even colors that make up Champagne

Direct pressing

For drinkers who love Sauv Blanc but want something less obvious — and for fans of skin-contact wines who appreciate restraint

this botrytized Chenin Blanc was harvested in multiple passes during a year of extreme heat and drought that produced remarkable heterogeneity

The Hermit Ram Field Blend Amphora 2021 extra-brut-selection Clean taste with soft sweetnessThe Hermit Ram is the wildly idiosyncratic project of Theo Coles in North Canterbury, New Zealand, where he makes wine with almost zero inputs from organically and biodynamically farmed fruit. This Field Blend is a co ferment of white and red grapes picked and fermented together, exactly as they grow in one of the region's oldest vineyards: Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Gewurztraminer all in one. Six weeks on skins followed