The Daily August
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2025 - 2029
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Spicy Thai curries, grilled white fish, roasted pork loin
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The Daily August Riesling is sourced from estate vineyards in the Rheingau region, characterized by soils composed of loess, loam, and quartzite. The 2024 vintage in the Rheingau was marked by a damp spring followed by a warm, humid summer, requiring meticulous canopy management to ensure healthy fruit. The wine is crafted from 100% Riesling grapes, fermented and aged in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats to preserve its natural acidity, bright fruit profile, and mineral tension.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Founded in 1924, the August Kesseler winery is located in Assmannshausen in the Rheingau region, Germany. It is owned and operated by August Kesseler, who took over the estate from his parents in 1977 at a young age. The winery is renowned for its uncompromising commitment to quality, managing historic top vineyards like Assmannshäuser Höllenberg and Rüdesheimer Berg Schlossberg. They are particularly famous for their elegant, mineral-driven Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder) and precise, expressive Riesling wines.