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
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
8.5%