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August Kessler

Estate manager Max Himstedt believes that August Kesseler's 2003 rieslings succeeded through stringent management of old vines, because they had no way of bringing water from the Rhine up to the Rudesheimer Berg, even before local rationing of water went into effect. With respect to acidification, says Himstedt, "we didn't risk this with our important vineyards, because there is simply no experience to show whether or how it might succeed. And in any case, after fermentation, the wines displayed surprisingly prominent and harmonious acidity. " The estate's liqueur-like 2003 pinot noirs ripened to an astonishingly high average of over 14% alcohol, but there was no choice, Himstedt insists, if one were to have ripe flavors. Similar reasoning explains why fewer dry rieslings were bottled here this year (nor was I impressed with the one example I tasted). I did not, incidentally, taste all of the nobly sweet wines, a couple of which were still fermenting at the time of my visit.

From Germany 2003: Extreme Riesling (Jan 2005) by David Schildknecht

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2003 Rudesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling Beerenauslese

Color: Sweet White

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