Pinot Noir, Ridge, Hemel en Aarde, 2021
Ridge is the highest, coolest vineyard of the three. The 2021 has a luminous, nervy feel with pixellated red and black berries, snappy tannins and a complexity of graphite, wild herb and forest floor. Owing to the levity of the 12.7% alcohol, Hannes opted to reduce the level of new oak to just 16% this year. A tremendous success, it might even be our favourite of the three. 453 cases.
critic reviews
Presenting as the darkest and firmest of the range, yet still with a pale ruby core, the 2021 Ridge Pinot Noir comes from the highest vineyards with which Storm works. Light to medium-bodied and with 12.6% alcohol, the palate has an elegant frame with tart cherry skin flavors that present a tight tannic edge; it still needs time and will be better with food. Give it another year in the bottle and enjoy it with seared duck breast and spiced salmon. Almost 2,800 bottles were filled after resting for 11 months in 16% new French oak with tight grain.
The 2021 Pinot Noir Ridge, the coolest of the three Pinot Noir sites, contains 20% whole bunches like Hannes Storm's other cuvées. It has the most floral bouquet of the three: pressed violets, pencil lead, and slightly darker fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with rather firm tannins on the entry. Fresh and saline, it delivers lovely oyster shell notes on the black plum-driven finish. It needs just a few months to cohere fully.
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