Storm Hemel-en-Aarde Valley Pinot Noir Ridge 2019 LD25SALE subtle hazelnut spice

subtle hazelnut spice

located above the town of Ranzo Borgo

After one year in French oak

giving them a unique flavor

extra years of maturation boasts a higher strength at 43

Storm Hemel-en-Aarde Valley Pinot Noir Ridge 2019 LD25SALE subtle hazelnut spiceThe 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