Sweetheart Sauvignon Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, lemon tart, foie gras
✨ Technical Specifications
Oliver Zeter's 'Sweetheart' is a luscious, sweet expression of Sauvignon Blanc, a grape variety that Zeter has pioneered and championed in Germany's Pfalz region. This dessert-style wine is crafted from late-harvested grapes, allowing the fruit to achieve maximum ripeness and concentration, often with a touch of noble rot (botrytis). Fermentation is carefully arrested to preserve the natural residual sweetness, resulting in a beautifully balanced wine where rich tropical fruit notes are offset by Sauvignon Blanc's trademark crisp, electric acidity. It represents a playful yet highly sophisticated side of Pfalz winemaking.
🍾 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)
8.5%