The Hermit Ram - Salty White - 2023 Ontario Brut Nature (no added sugar)

Brut Nature (no added sugar) with some of the wine vinified in small oak barrels from 50% library wine stored and blended in a solera method since 1985

and aged in used French oak barrels for 7 months on lees

with no MLF or bâtonnage

Polished and refined with upfront cherry

After crushing and destemming

The Hermit Ram - Salty White - 2023 Ontario Brut Nature (no added sugar)North Caterbury, New Zealand Saline Preserved Lemon Bitter Flowers Take a base of Sauvignon Blanc, and add a splash of Muller Thurgau and ferment a bit in stainless steel, a bit in amphora, and a bit under flor in barrels, and you get The Salty White. With just enough skin contact, and the protection from oxygen that flor provides, this funky fresh wine gives preserved lemon vibes, with a hint of dandelion green bitterness. Complex, in the best