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Tried these interesting Waipara Valley wines over the last few days.<\/p>\n
The Hermit Ram is made by Theo Coles, who also makes wines for Kalex in Central Otago and Mountford Estate in Waipara. He works quite naturally. These two are lovely.<\/p>\n
The Hermit Ram Sauvignon Blanc 2016 Waipara, North Canterbury, New Zealand<\/strong> The Hermit Ram Pinot Noir 2015 North Canterbury, New Zealand<\/strong> Nik and Jessica Mavromatis make a bit of natural wine under the Ekleipsis label. They produce 56 cases of the Pinot Nouveau, 200 cases of the Pinot Gris\/Chardonnay and also an underwater ros\u00e9 from barrels sunk in a lake. I tried the first two.<\/p>\n Ekleipsis Pinot Nouveau 2016 Waipara, North Canterbury, New Zealand<\/strong> Ekleipsis Second Skin 2016 Waipara, North Canterbury, New Zealand<\/strong> Tried these interesting Waipara Valley wines over the last few days. The Hermit Ram is made by Theo Coles, who also makes wines for Kalex in Central Otago and Mountford…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[352],"class_list":["post-16925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16925"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16930,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16925\/revisions\/16930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThis is a skin-fermented Sauvignon Blanc. Textured and broad with pretty melon and pear fruit, and some tight spicy notes. Vivid, broad and full with lovely texture. Smooth, rich and fine. 92\/100<\/p>\n
\nTextured and smooth with some lovely bright cherry and plum fruit. There’s a lovely grip here (80% whole bunch). Floral and detailed with a nice spicy edge. Has some tannin. Lovely. 94\/100<\/p>\n![\"the](\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/P1312446-500x340.jpg\")
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\nNo sulfur dioxide added, and no malolactic. Full carbonic\/whole bunch. Cloudy pale red in colour. Very smooth with nice texture to the sweet red fruits. Very attractive mouthfeel. Super-smashable style and really appealing. 92\/100<\/p>\n
\nA 50\/50 blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Gris that spends 6 months on skins in an amphora with no added sulphites. Appley and lemony; bright and vivid. Fresh apples and pears with nice focus and subtle herby notes. Some minerals and cherries here, too. Grainy and grippy. 91\/100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"