The Hermit Ram Sauvignon Blanc Zealandia 2022 SPDESSERT coolest corner of Chianti Classico

coolest corner of Chianti Classico

with more than a chunk over eighty years and a rare patch of pre-phylloxera Merlot said to be around 150

and almost nobody in California plants it

This is Champagne with broad shoulders — toasty

The Hermit Ram Sauvignon Blanc Zealandia 2022 SPDESSERT coolest corner of Chianti ClassicoNot your typical New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. Zealandia is Theo Coles' skin fermented take, where the fruit spends weeks on its skins to become a genuine orange wine rather than the usual zippy white. Coles farms organically and biodynamically in North Canterbury and works with almost no inputs: wild fermentation, minimal sulfur, unfined and unfiltered. The skin contact swaps the variety's familiar gooseberry brightness for something earthier and