2022 Ridge Chardonnay, Storm Wines, Hemel-en-Aarde

2022 Ridge Chardonnay, Storm Wines, Hemel-en-Aarde

From the Ridge, this is saline, tense, and brilliantly balanced. There’s a lot of citrus fruit here, with notes of anis and orange pith, and also plenty of spice. Very tense and long.

Critic score
94/100 info

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Wine details

  • Region & country
    South Africa
  • Maturity
    Young 2025 - 2040info
  • Colour
    White
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)
  • ABV
    13%

Tasting notes

Hannes Storm's whites have shifted up a gear in 2022 and are fast approaching the same level as his lauded Pinot Noirs. This stylish Chardonnay showcases grapes from a south-east facing parcel at 330 metres on the Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge. Fermented in a combination of 32% new barrels and 10% clay amphoras, it's a chiselled, pithy, focused white with lots of zip, lemongrass and orange zest flavours and subtle aromatic spices. 2024-29

Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com (September 2023)
94/100

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