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Fortissimo is the final of Erni Loosen's three Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 'movements', inspired by Beethoven’s Appassionata Piano Sonata. While Allegro is released three years after vintage and Andante after five, Fortissimo is only released with a decade of bottle age. It lives up to its 'dynamically forceful' name in this warm vintage, with a dense, smokey, gamey aroma of spiced duck and soused cherries. This continues on the opulent palate, whose high-toned acidity gives vibrancy and focus to support succulent balsamic strawberries, perfumed damsons and more savoury tomato leaf notes. Unfined and unfiltered, it matures for 20 months in French oak barriques, 25% new. Price approx £150-£200/75cl via UK importer Hallgarten & Novum.

Pinot Noir

Appassionata, Fortissimo, Willamette Valley, Chehalem Mountains, Oregon, USA, 2015

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Fortissimo is the final of Erni Loosen's three Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 'movements', inspired by Beethoven’s Appassionata Pi

Appassionata, Fortissimo, Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA 2015

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