Storm Wines

Pinot Noir, Ignis, Hemel en Aarde, 2020

Name: Pinot Noir, Ignis, Hemel en Aarde
Brand: Storm Wines
Price: 226.73 GBP

92/100

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Where Vrede is approximately 50% clay and 50% shale based, the Ignis site is cluttered with round pebbles on the surface with primarily decomposed granite underlying. Situated at 225m elevation in the Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. Also north facing but more exposed to the wind, Ignis sees less disease pressure in general compared to the other two sites so has been farmed organically since 2015. Tons of strawberry, tobacco and tea leaves on the nose, as usual, but also with a touch of grass, freshly pitted red cherries, broader spices such as pink pepper and cinnamon, and again that typically pretty, floral finish.

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When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of upmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

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Critic Reviews

92/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2020 Pinot Noir Ignès comes from soils with much less clay than the Vrede in the Upper Hemel-en-Aarde. The vines have been farmed organically since 2015. Crisp and focused on the nose, this has a little more marine influence, just a hint of oyster shell filtering through the dark berry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with a sappy entry, just a little more grip and chewiness than the Vrede, suggesting that it will benefit from 12-18 months in bottle. Lovely spicy aftertaste here.

drinking window 2024 - 2035

date of review 09/2022

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Specifications

Country:

South Africa

Region:

Western Cape

Appellation:

Hemel en Aarde Valley

Producer:

Storm Wines

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Pinot Noir

abv:

13.5%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.