Kesseler's 2014 Pinot Noir Rheingau has a lucid, concentrated, dark and spicy cherry and blackberry bouquet; it indicates a beautiful ripeness but also a seamless purity of fruit. Silky textured and highly elegant on the palate, this is a powerful and intense, but superbly balanced Pinot Noir. It has a long, refreshing and mineral finish. The tannins are very fine but structuring. There is power and finesse here, great tension and a lovely drinkability. This wine was sourced from 80% in Assmannshausen (slate soils) and 20% in Rüdesheim (an old parcel with 60+ years vines on loess, slate and quartzite soils with extremely small berries).

Kesseler's transparent ruby colored 2013 Rheingau Pinot Noir opens a bit reductive on the nose but benefits form aeration. The wine has a clear, intense and well-concentrated, fresh and spicy/toasty bouquet of red cherries and raw meat. Silky, round and elegant on the palate, with good acidity, this is a pretty smooth, powerful and full-bodied Pinot with ripe fruit, a juicy texture and a refreshing finish. Sourced in Assmannshausen and Rüdesheim, this is not very complex but is a lovely fruity and refreshing Pinot that seems still on its way and should be decanted an hour or two before the consumption. Tasted January 2018.