The Hermit Ram Sauvignon Blanc Zealandia 2022 SPDESSERT The vines sit on a

The vines sit on a terrace roughly 1

and she farms inherited plots of ancient vines in storied sites like Champelrose

and almost nobody in California plants it

Fruity and creamy with an underlying complexity on the palate

The Hermit Ram Sauvignon Blanc Zealandia 2022 SPDESSERT The vines sit on aNot 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