August Kesseler

The Climb

The work here is built on inheritance handled as responsibility, not ornament. At Weingut August Kesseler in Rüdesheim (Assmannshausen), Germany, August Kesseler took on the estate after his parents died when he was 19, having been expected to work in the car industry.

Today

Managing Director, founder and vintner at Weingut August Kesseler, August Kesseler works from Rüdesheim (Assmannshausen), Germany with Pinot Noir and Riesling as the estate’s stated specialties. Those grapes set the register of the house: Pinot Noir for structure and detail, Riesling for line and clarity.

Signature

The named wines associated with August Kesseler draw a tight circle around Pinot Noir and Riesling, and around the places that frame the estate’s work: The Daily August Pinot Noir, 2020 Rüdesheim Berg Roseneck GG – Riesling, Lorchhäuser Seligmacher, Assmanshäuser Höllenberg GG, and Rüdesheimer Berg Schlossberg GG. Read together, they show a portfolio anchored in specific sites and in the two grapes that define the estate’s stated focus.

In Their Words “Then in my second year, I started to go back to malolactic fermentation with my Pinot Noir which was quite unusual at that time.” “At the very beginning, I was selling the wines produced in bulk.” Those lines point to the practical side of winemaking: technique adjusted in the cellar, and a commercial beginning that started without ceremony.

Recognition

The recognition attached to August Kesseler is built into the role itself: founder, vintner and Managing Director of the estate that bears his name. That combination registers continuity and control in equal measure, with Weingut August Kesseler standing as the clearest sign of the standing he has built through the wines.