Heiligenberg
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3 to 12 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck, creamy mushroom risotto, seared venison
✨ Technical Specifications
The Heiligenberg (Holy Mountain) vineyard in Maikammer is one of the Pfalz region's most distinguished sites, characterized by its complex soils rich in limestone, clay, and loess. Oliver Zeter utilizes this exceptional terroir to craft a Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) of remarkable depth and elegance. The vineyard's name hints at its ancient, possibly sacred history of cultivation dating back centuries. Zeter's approach to the Heiligenberg involves strict yield control, hand-harvesting, and traditional fermentation followed by aging in French oak barriques. This process coaxes out a sophisticated profile of dark cherries, subtle forest floor notes, and a fine-grained, mineral-driven tannic structure that reflects the limestone heritage of the site.
🍾 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
Spätburgunder
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5%