Viognier – 2022

Oliver Zeter Viognier 2022 – A White Wine with Depth and Elegance

The Oliver Zeter Viognier 2022 is an opulent, creamy wine, enormously rich in taste with floral notes of mirabelle plum, nutmeg, roses, and roasted almonds, while also displaying plenty of fruit sweetness and toasted notes.

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

Zeter – A Wine and Its Values

• Origin Wine from Germany
• Growing region Pfalz
• Grape variety Viognier
• 13% vol. alcohol
• 5.4 g/l acidity
• 0.4 g/l residual sugar

Viognier – The Underestimated from the Rhône

Viognier is an old grape variety originating from the Rhône, which is rarely cultivated in Germany due to climatic conditions. Three vineyards in the locations of Edenkoben, Diedesfeld, and Hambach are planted with this variety as an experimental cultivation. The training is done as a cordon, which results in a linear and thus easier-to-manage grape zone. Nevertheless, cultivating this variety proves to be very labor-intensive in our latitudes due to its enormous fertility. The vineyards are permanently greened, partly by natural herbs and partly by targeted seeding.

The harvest took place as late as the weather and the health of the grapes permitted. The grapes were harvested in small, 20-kilo crates. Afterwards, the grapes were crushed and pressed. The juice was immediately placed in used French oak barriques – there, the must was then spontaneously fermented. In spring, partial malolactic fermentation occurred, and the wine lay on its fine lees until summer, which were stirred regularly (battonage).