Storm Wines Vrede Chardonnay 2024 (750ml)
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Tasting Notes
The 2024 Vrede Chardonnay is beautifully refined and mineral-driven, offering aromas of lemon zest, white peach, green apple, and citrus blossom layered with notes of crushed oyster shell, flint, and subtle toasted hazelnut. The palate is precise and focused with vibrant acidity supporting flavours of orchard fruit, lemon curd, and chalky minerality. Elegant and tightly wound, the finish is long, saline, and exceptionally persistent.
About the Winery, Production & Critical Reputation
Storm Wines is one of South Africa's most acclaimed boutique producers, founded by Hannes Storm in the cool-climate Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. The winery specializes exclusively in single-vineyard Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, producing wines that transparently express the unique terroir of each site. Vrede is sourced from a small vineyard in the Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge appellation, where elevated vineyards, shale and clay-rich soils, and cooling Atlantic Ocean influences produce Chardonnay with remarkable precision, tension, and longevity. Fermented and matured in French oak with a restrained hand, the wine emphasizes vineyard character over winemaking influence. Collectors looking to buy Storm Vrede Chardonnay 2024 will recognize it as one of South Africa's benchmark single-vineyard Chardonnays, combining Burgundian finesse with the distinctive character of the Cape.
