The Hermit Ram Field Blend Amphora 2021 0426JACKSON concrete and seasoned French oak

concrete and seasoned French oak - nothing that would leave a fingerprint

Les Chaumees sits at the top of Chassagne

and one of the great values in fine German Riesling

The botanicals themselves are much more traditional: the usual Suspects like Juniper

The Hermit Ram Field Blend Amphora 2021 0426JACKSON concrete and seasoned French oakThe 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