Assmannshau'sen, a village on the Rhine, 3 miles below Rüdesheim, famous for the red and white wine which is produced on the slate-mountains in its vicinity. The red wine resembles Burgundy, and possesses a rare aromatic flavour. The choicest sort, which is preferred by connoisseurs to all the other red wines of the Rhine, is cultivated in the ducal vineyards at Wiesbaden.
Assmannshau'sen
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort
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