Sweet Purple
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, dark chocolate desserts, berry tarts
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the innovative Pfalz winemaker Oliver Zeter, 'Sweet Purple' is a delightfully unconventional sweet red wine that challenges traditional German winemaking boundaries. In a region famed for its dry Rieslings, Zeter embraces the luscious side of red varietals to create a wine brimming with rich, dark fruit character and a velvety mouthfeel. The grapes are carefully harvested at peak ripeness to ensure a natural concentration of sugars and flavors, then vinified to retain a luscious residual sweetness balanced by a refreshing acidity. Adorned with the estate's signature friendly bear, this cuvée represents Zeter's playful spirit and his dedication to crafting wines that are both highly distinctive and immensely pleasurable.
🍾 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.