August Kesseler winery

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The August Kesseler winery in Assmannshausen , a district of the city of Rüdesheim am Rhein , is located in the German wine-growing region Rheingau in Hesse . The winery now covers 22.5 hectares of vineyards, which are planted exclusively with Riesling and Pinot Noir. It is a member of the Association of German Prädikatsweingüter (VDP).

history

August Kesseler took over the company founded in 1924 from his parents when he was 19 years old. At that time it was still a barrel winery with a size of only 2.5 hectares. Over the years he expanded the winery to 22.5 hectares and began to market the wines himself. Today the winery enjoys a high national and international reputation with its Pinot Noir and Riesling. Gault Millau rates the winery with four out of five grapes. The Eichelmann awards four out of five stars, and reviews of the winery can be found in the Falstaff's Wine Guide .

Viticulture

The winery cultivates a vineyard area of ​​22.5 hectares, which is spread over the Rheingau communities of Assmannshausen , Rüdesheim and Lorch . The focus of management is the production of Riesling and Pinot Noir. The vineyards in different locations each have a different terroir and a completely different microclimate . The combination of steep south and south-west slopes with high levels of sunlight, the direct location on the Rhine and the site-specific soil formations, which range from Taunus quartzite in Lorch to high proportions of slate in Assmannshausen, produces particularly high grape qualities. The best known locations are:

Cellar economy

The wines are vinified in a cellar that was cut into the slate of the Assmannshausen Höllenberg in 1792 . The Riesling is fermented and expanded in stainless steel tanks. The winery wants to work out the terroir. The Pinot Noirs are stored in barriques for up to 22 months after classic, open maceration .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ August Kesseler winery in Gault Millau , accessed on February 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ Eichelmann 2016. Mondo, Heidelberg 2016, ISBN 978-3-938839-25-6 , pp. 540/541.
  3. ↑ Ursula Haslauer, Christoph Teuner (ed.): Falstaff Wein Guide 2016. Düsseldorf 2015, ISBN 978-3-9817794-1-7 , p. 327.