Sauvignon Blanc Fumé – 2021

Sauvignon Blanc Fumé – Oliver Zeter Palatinate

The Zeter Sauvignon Blanc Fumé 2021 is the supreme class in Sauvignon Blanc. The influence of wood gives the wine both typical Sauvignon Blanc notes and an impressive finish with slightly smoky (French: fumé) aromas. If you succumb to the charm of this special wine, you should buy a case of 6 and enjoy a bottle every year to experience how wonderfully this wine can age. But please don't be annoyed if, after 5 years, you only have one bottle of Oliver Zeter's Sauvignon Blanc Fumé 2021 left in your cellar.

Sauvignon Blanc Fumé – Oliver Zeter Signature Wine

The grapes from Oliver Zeter's best vineyards are hand-sorted, spontaneously fermented without must clarification, and aged exclusively in 300 and 500-liter wooden barrels. After long lees aging until summer, the wines are bottled unfined before autumn. The complexity of these wines is the focus here, encased by the subtle expression of the wooden barrel. The result is a Zeter Signature Wine with depth, elegance, and structure.

A total of eight vineyards in the Southern Palatinate and on the Mittelhardt are planted with seven different Sauvignon Blanc clones. A decisive advantage here are the different microclimates of the various sites, which has a positive effect on the diversification of aromas. The soils on which the vines grow are as diverse as the sites. The vines are mostly trained as cordon, which leads to a more linear and thus easier-to-manage grape zone. The vineyards are permanently greened, partly with natural herbs and partly with grass seeding.

The "Fumé" always comes from Oliver Zeter's oldest and best vineyards; only the finest and ripest grapes are selected and hand-picked into small, 20 kg boxes. After the maceration period, the mash is pressed and the juice ferments spontaneously in new and used French oak barrels (300l + 500l); a small portion is stored in concrete eggs and small stainless steel tanks. The young wine remains there for 9 months on the full lees before the individual containers, along with the fine lees, are combined in stainless steel tanks in mid-August, before being only lightly filtered and bottled. The Zeter Sauvignon Blanc Fumé 2021 has great complexity and pronounced intensity, which will develop further over the years.

A Wine and Its Values

• Origin Germany
• Growing region Palatinate
• Grape variety Sauvignon Blanc
• 13% vol. alcohol
• 7.1 g/l acidity
• 1.7 g/l residual sugar