The Hermit Ram Field Blend Amphora 2021 RFLASH Arnot-Roberts helped write the playbook

Arnot-Roberts helped write the playbook for the "New California": restrained

the wine that proved Napa could do a Bordeaux-style blend on its own terms

Château Le Puy has farmed this corner of Bordeaux's Côtes de Francs since 1610

A wine built for longevity

and Serralunga d'Alba—combines to create this bright

The Hermit Ram Field Blend Amphora 2021 RFLASH Arnot-Roberts helped write the playbookThe 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