Artieda 2011

On Friday, February 3, 2012, one of Germany’s most charismatic winemaker presents his winery in the Rheingau in Hotel Wittenbrink s: August Kesseler. One of Germany’s most charismatic winemaker presents his winery in the Rheingau in Wittenbrink’s hotel on Friday, February 03, 2012: August Kesseler. In recent months, Cisco has been very successful. It is Germany with its Rieslings, as well as with his late Burgundians the absolute elite of the wine. August Kesseler, born in 1958, took over the parental estate in Assmannshausen already in 1977 at the age of less than 20 years. After graduating, he studied viticulture and enology. It was followed by stays in Italy, France and the United States. Because he knew even then without international experience you come barely above the mediocrity. And his determination, the entrepreneurial skill and who recognized his passion for the subject of wine already very early third parties: Willi Leibbrand, founder of his character and handlebar of the REWE Group’s August Kesseler 1992 entrusted with the direction of his Castle Hardt Reinhausen.

Kesseler enormously successful led this company with its 100 ha of vineyards. Since the year 2000, and after the death of Willi Lakshmi brands August Kesseler devoted to his own estate with full force and was awarded winemaker of the year in the same year the”! Best performance was the stated goal of August Kesseler from the outset and in all its activities. And through this consistent use and much hard work he arrived today with its Rieslings and late Burgundians in the Olympus of the wine. Its on Slate floors in the Assmann houses purgatory and Rudesheimer Berg grown red wines (his clones are from Burgundy famous Clos de Vougeot!) form Schlossberg for years the absolute pinnacle of quality in the Rheingau and belong to the finest of its kind in all of Germany! His Pinot Noir reminiscent of the Pinot noirs from the Cote de Nuits, specially Cuvee Max and his able red wines from the hell and Schlossberg can certainly compete with the best wines of the Cote de Nuits.