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
Established in 2007 by brothers Oliver and Christian Zeter in the Mittelhaardt village of Neustadt-Haardt, Weingut Oliver Zeter is celebrated as a transformative force in modern German viticulture. Following apprenticeships in Italy, South Africa, and the Pfalz estate Dr. Deinhard, Oliver returned to his family's wine roots to champion grape varieties unconventional for the region, most notably Sauvignon Blanc alongside classic Riesling and Chenin Blanc. Sourced from limestone-rich slopes in Haardt Herzog and marl-sandstone terroirs across top parcels such as Kallstadter Saumagen, the vineyards benefit from the protective rain shadow of the Haardt hills. In the cellar, Zeter balances precise temperature-controlled stainless steel with wooden casks, concrete vessels, and amphorae to fashion textured, mineral-driven whites marked by vibrant acidity. The estate's whimsical mascot—a wine-drinking bear sketched by Palatinate artist Otto Dill—adorns benchmark labels such as the barrel-fermented Sauvignon Blanc, Le Moelleux Chenin Blanc, Saumagen Riesling, and the luscious botrytised Goldschatz TBA.
🍇 Grapes
Sauvignon Blanc
🍷 ABV
12-13%