Storm Hemel-en-Aarde Valley Pinot Noir Ignis 2020 070226CHILL redcurrant

redcurrant

As the only U

25% Pinot Meunier from all premier cru vineyards in Cumieres

and the Vale da Teja vineyards separated from the Escola by a prominent ridge

Great herbal/grassy notes

Storm Hemel-en-Aarde Valley Pinot Noir Ignis 2020 070226CHILL redcurrantHannes Storm is the only person making Pinot Noir from all three wards of the Hemel en Aarde, the cool, ocean facing valley near Walker Bay whose name means "Heaven and Earth" and which has become South Africa's most convincing address for the grape. Ignis is Latin for fire, a nod to the igneous rock underneath: decomposed granite scattered with round pebbles, on a north facing slope in the upper valley. Granite tends to give Pinot lift and a wiry