2015 Storm 'Vrede' Pinot Noir, Hemel-en-Aarde, South Africa (750ml)

WINEMAKER'S NOTES:

An elegant wine showing beautiful balance and length from the natural acidity—a faithful depiction of the site’s lighter structured, decomposed Granite soils. Displays layers of dark cherry, berry and wood spice. A silky tannin structure compliments the spicy primary fruit perfume.

TASTING NOTES:

The 2015 Pinot Noir Vrede has slightly darker fruit than the Ignis this year: dark cherries, boysenberry and wild hedgerow scents that are neatly enmeshed with the 25% new oak. The palate is medium-bodied with fine delineation. There is plenty of sappy red cherry and raspberry fruit here; it is saline in the mouth with a pinch of black pepper on the finish that has a touch of more structure and backbone.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 pts.