The Hermit Ram Sauvignon Blanc Zealandia 2022 SPDESSERT with more than a chunk

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

citrus (pomelo)

the inaugural release in a new prestige tier launched in 2024 to mark the house's 280th anniversary

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 with more than a chunkNot 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