The Hermit Ram Field Blend Amphora 2021 0426JACKSON This rare 'Les Côtes' cuvée

This rare 'Les Côtes' cuvée is 100% Pinot Gris

The southernmost Premier Cru in Nuits

with the depth and structure you'd expect from a wine grown next to one of the world's great Grand Crus

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

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

The Hermit Ram Field Blend Amphora 2021 0426JACKSON This rare 'Les Côtes' cuvéeThe 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