The Hermit Ram Field Blend Amphora 2021 champagne-template The result is broad and

The result is broad and savory without turning heavy: this is Champagne built to sit next to food rather than replace it

lean soils

a steep south-facing site whose blue-grey slate gives wines of cut

Gattinara's oldest continuously operating winery

5% ABV) with Kentucky limestone-filtered water

The Hermit Ram Field Blend Amphora 2021 champagne-template The result is broad andThe 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