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KEY SELLING POINTS • Owned by internationally renowned German winemaker Erni Loosen. • Appassionata wines benefit from unhurried winemaking; up to 10 years of cellar aging allowing the wines to unfold at their own pace, emerging in full harmony on release.

• Rooted in the volcanically

formed, flood-washed hills of Oregon’s Willamette Valley, Appassionata wines embody the soil, spirit and substance of this very special place. ground-breaking piano Sonata with cuvée names that capture the tempos of the three movements.

• Named for Beethoven’s

TOP SKUS Fortissimo Pinot Noir

Selected for ultimate longevity, and not released until at least 10 years after the vintage. This is the epitome of expressive excellence that we are seeking in Willamette Valley Pinot Noir — a wine that combines brooding intensity with lilting grace and can stand alongside the classic wines of the world for generations to come. Tertiary aromas begin to show a profound complexity and subtle earthiness that only develops with bottle age. Andante Pinot Noir Andante (gently, unhurried), is held longer in our cellar after bottling and released at least five years after the vintage. Made with patience and restraint, this bottling is selected to emphasize elegance and refinement, a style reflected in Beethoven’s own performance direction for this movement: “Piano e Dolce” (softly and sweetly). Riesling GG A savory, full-bodied dry Riesling from old vines, made using the historical German method with fermentation in 3,000 L German oak casts and maturation on the full lees for 24 months before bottling. Continues to develop in the bottle for at least 3 years before release. The fruit was harvested from old, ungrafted Riesling vines (planted in 1976) in the Medici Vineyard. Allegro Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Über Sauvignon Blanc

AWARDS & ACCOLADES 94 pts James Suckling Chardonnay 2020 94 pts Wine Spectator Allegro Pinot Noir 2019 95 pts Decanter Andante Pinot Noir 2017 96 pts Inside Bordeaux Fortissimo Pinot Noir 2013

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