Storm Hemel-en-Aarde Valley Pinot Noir Ridge 2019 LD25SALE giving them a unique flavor

giving them a unique flavor

subtle hazelnut spice

Earthy notes of sea salt and chalk on the dry finish round things out perfectly

5 hectares of old vines overlooking the Loire

like an Old Fashioned

Storm Hemel-en-Aarde Valley Pinot Noir Ridge 2019 LD25SALE giving them a unique flavorThe 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