The Hermit Ram, ‘Pinots’ Pinot Noir (2023)
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North Canterbury, Aotearoa / New Zealand— Organic. From 3 selections of pinot noir from different vineyards with different elevage. In Canterbury, pinot noirs tend to show big tannins because of uv radiation from the whole in the ozone layer, so this wine is an attempt to soften and circumvent – a wine for Pinot geeks and also for “regular people.” The first election is direct press late picked pinot from a basalt clay vineyard under windswept ancient sand dunes into steel. The second selection is direct press early picked pinot from heavy clay and limestone soil into steel. The third is fully skin fermented from a gravel vineyard, pressed into an oxidative 500 liter barrel with no pump overs or plunging. 20ppm added at blending and then bottled directly after.