Storm Hemel-en-Aarde Valley Pinot Noir Ridge 2019 NET or charcuterie

or charcuterie

From high-altitude marl soils near the Hautes-Côtes

A field blend of Italian white varietals

only the label changes

First introduced in 1994

Storm Hemel-en-Aarde Valley Pinot Noir Ridge 2019 NET or charcuterieThe 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