Storm Hemel-en-Aarde Valley Pinot Noir Ridge 2019 060526OFFER farmed without herbicides or insecticides

farmed without herbicides or insecticides

Sylvie Augereau

This organic blend of Caladoc and Marselan—two modern French hybrids with serious pedigree—delivers dark fruit and herbal complexity that feels both approachable and thoughtful

and a refreshing

The vineyards and barrels we selected were chosen for their deeper

Storm Hemel-en-Aarde Valley Pinot Noir Ridge 2019 060526OFFER farmed without herbicides or insecticidesThe Hemel en Aarde Ridge sits highest, coolest and furthest inland of the valley's three wards, and its Pinot Noir ripens last of all. Hannes Storm's Ridge bottling comes off a cool, stony parcel of clay rich Bokkeveld shale, and it is the tightest wound of his three: where his granite sites give lift, the shale gives density, structure and a savory, brooding core. Time in bottle has done the 2019 a great favor, unwinding it into something layered and