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Hannes Storm was, for a decade, winemaker at Hamilton Russell<\/a>, until he left in 2014 to do his own thing. Well, this is the first chance I’ve had to try one of his own wines, and it’s a very assured Pinot from Hemel-en-Aarde. He’s making two Pinot Noirs, and this one is from a 2 hectare\u00a0vineyard on a steep northeast facing slope in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, planted on low-vigour, stony, clay-rich shale soils.<\/p>\n It’s a complicated but wonderfully promising wine. It doesn’t deliver sweet, perfumed fruit from the off: this is a wine that is tightwound and somewhat burdened by its latent potential if you open it now. But I think there’s something special here, and I’d cellar it for five years before opening, and then track its progress after that.<\/p>\n Storm Pinot Noir ‘Vrede’ 2012 Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, South Africa<\/strong> UK agent is Indigo Wine<\/a><\/p>\n
\nVivid, fresh and vibrant with a slight lift to the berry and black fruits nose, with some roast coffee notes. It’s a bit closed and reductive. The palate is vivid and juicy with savoury bite, as well as raspberry, cherry, damson and bitter plum fruit. There’s structure here: it’s a dense with with freshness and a distinctive savoury spiciness. Give this time. 93\/100<\/p>\n