Storm Hemel-en-Aarde Valley Pinot Noir Ignis 2020 PURYEARSALE Restrained opulence at its finest

Restrained opulence at its finest

and a balsamic edge

These transition to a lively palate of tropical fruit and caramel

This cuvée captures the terroir philosophy: a wine that lets the dirt speak

industrial Cape Town neighborhood where Duncan Savage built his cellar

Storm Hemel-en-Aarde Valley Pinot Noir Ignis 2020 PURYEARSALE Restrained opulence at its finestHannes 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