Pinot Noir, Vrede, Hemel en Aarde
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Pinot Noir, Vrede, Hemel en Aarde


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2021
75cl
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£39.20


Storm Wines, Pinot Noir, Vrede, Hemel en Aarde, 2021

2021

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Storm Wines, Pinot Noir, Vrede, Hemel en Aarde, 2021

Initially the Vrede shows a linearity of fruit which is not often a feature of the site. With aeration, the vibrant red berries, cherry stone and flowers relax, and the wine unveils a sophisticated ferrous and soft earth note. The tannins are crisp, do not dominate and add to the overall refreshing, juicy feel of the 2021. Raised for 11 months in 25% new oak and held back in bottle before release. A north-east facing slope in the lower Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, the soils are predominantly stony, clay-rich Bokkeveld shale bringing texture and complexity. Just 343 cases were produced.

ABV:
13.5%
92/100
Neal Martin, Vinous

The 2021 Pinot Noir Vrede includes 20% whole bunches, aged in used Burgundy barrels for 11 months. The nose has wild strawberry and cranberry scents with hints of pressed rose petals. The medium-bodied palate has edgy tannins, is very linear with a lot of piquancy, and is tightly wound on the saline finish. It may need more flesh around the bones. Yet of the three Pinot cuvées, it improves and coheres the most, and lo and behold, it ends up my favorite of the trio this year.
Date Reviewed:
11/2023

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Storm Wines

Storm Wines

Storm Vineyards are a relatively recent addition to the South African fine wine scene, having released their first vintage in 2014. Formerly head winemaker at Hamilton Russell, Hannes Storm crafts beautiful Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in a more hands-off fashion and is the only producer to bottle Pinots from each of the three sub-regions of the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley - namely the Valley, Upper Valley and Ridge. A quality viticulturist, he planted a number of the top vineyards in the region himself and is now proud to work exclusively with his own, estate-grown fruit. Inspired by Burgundy, the Pinots are fragrant and dashing, with a purity of fruit and restless energy we have not before encountered in South Africa. The Chardonnays are pure class, offering, in the case of the Vrede, sunny fruit and dancing complexity, while the Ridge is an altogether cooler, more mineral bottling of great precision. Hannes places an enormous amount of attention to picking times, and ferments in one ton blocks in stainless steel with no additions whatsoever, before aging in Burgundy barriques for a year, employing 25% new oak across the range. Believing that the wines need time to show at their best, they are released only after 15 months in bottle – another marker of quality. Limited production, attentive viticulture, minimal intervention in the cellar, and continued reverence to the terroir and vintage conditions means fabulous wines of distinct personality and character.

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