Goldschatz
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
blue cheese, apricot tart, foie gras
✨ Technical Specifications
Oliver Zeter's 'Goldschatz' (meaning 'Golden Treasure') is a spectacular noble sweet cuvée that showcases the winery's mastery over botrytised wines in the Pfalz region. Crafted from meticulously hand-selected, shriveled berries affected by noble rot (Botrytis cinerea), this liquid gold represents the pinnacle of patience and artisanal winemaking. Zeter combines his signature Sauvignon Blanc with traditional varieties like Ortega and Riesling to create a dessert wine of immense concentration, balanced by a vibrant, electric acidity. The name itself evokes the precious nature of these rare, low-yielding harvests, where entire vines might yield only a single glass of precious nectar. It is a modern tribute to Germany's legendary history of world-class sweet wines.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 2007 by Oliver Zeter and his family, the Oliver Zeter winery is situated in Neustadt an der Weinstraße in the sun-drenched Pfalz region of Germany. Born out of a deep-seated passion for viticulture after years in the international wine trade, the estate gained swift acclaim, symbolized by the iconic 'drinking bear' caricature sketched by artist Otto Heinrich Strohmeyer in the 1930s. Oliver Zeter embraces a modern and meticulous approach to winemaking, championing parcel-specific vinification and selective oak aging to showcase the terroir's diverse sandstone, limestone, and loess soils. The winery is particularly celebrated as a pioneer of multifaceted Sauvignon Blanc in Germany, alongside pure, expressive bottlings of Grauburgunder, Riesling, and distinctive, age-worthy red blends such as 'Z'.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Sauvignon Blanc, Ortega, Riesling