Storm Wines
Hemel-en-Aarde South Africa
The Hemel-en-Aarde is nestled behind the quaint fishing village and popular holiday town of Hermanus, 120 km from Cape Town. Southern right whales visit and calve in Walker Bay annually from July to November. Apart from the whales and as a holiday destination, the scenic town is also home to the renowned Hemel-en-Aarde winegrowing area. Today Hannes and Nathalia Storm are a husband and wife team that handcrafts their Vrede Pinot Noir and Vrede Chardonnay from low-vigour, stony, clay-rich Bokkeveld (‘Buck Veld’) shale soil in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, their Ignis Pinot Noir from decomposed granite soil in the Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley and their Ridge Pinot Noir, and Ridge Chardonnay also from low-vigour, stony, clay-rich Bokkeveld shale soil in the Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge. Storm Wines is the only producer with Pinot Noirs from each of the three appellations in the Hemel-en-Aarde. Storm Wines strives to steer the purest characteristics of each vineyard site towards bottle and cork. Small production, careful viticulture, minimal intervention in the cellar and a constant nod to the Old World present the wines with distinctive personality and character.
At a glance
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- Hemel-en-Aarde
- Farming
- Organic — practising
- Key grapes
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Principal appellations
- Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
