Sauvignon Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Goat cheese salad, grilled sea bass, asparagus risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Oliver Zeter's estate Sauvignon Blanc is a groundbreaking wine that helped redefine the viticultural landscape of the Pfalz, a region historically synonymous with Riesling. Sourced from carefully selected vineyards characterized by limestone, loess, and sandy loam soils, this wine showcases the remarkable adaptability of the variety to the Pfalz terroir. Zeter utilizes gentle pressing and temperature-controlled fermentation primarily in stainless steel tanks to preserve the grape's intense, vibrant aromatics, while a small portion is occasionally vinified in large oak casks or kept on the fine lees to impart a subtle texture and weight. The bottle is famously adorned with a whimsical, hand-drawn bear—a historical sketch created by the well-known Pfalz artist Otto Dill for Oliver's great-grandfather, Walter Baer—linking the winery's modern, pioneering spirit with deep-rooted family heritage.
🍾 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
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12-13%