Oliver Zeter Varietal Grauburgunder 2020

This Grauburgunder grows in the
southern Palatinate region on loess
and clay soils with a limestone subsoil.
The vines are about ten years
old and the vineyard faces the south.
Guyot trellising, green harvesting and
manual pruning lead to a reduction in
yield and thus to an increase in quality.
The use of chemicals in the vineyard
is kept to a minimum and insecticides
are not used. An ecological
nutrient cycle is attained using green
manure. Immediately after the grapes
were received at the winery, they were
gently pressed using a pneumatic
wine press. The exclusion of oxygen
during the pressing process decreased
undesired oxidation and accompanying
flavor losses. The fresh must
cleared by means of its own settling.
The subsequent fermentation took
place in stainless steel tanks at 18° C
and proceeded very slowly to protect
the delicate flavors of the grape varieties.
A portion of the total amount
was spontaneously fermented in wooden
barrels. Next, the young wine was
left on the fine yeast for a few months
to nurture the complexity. No fining
was carried out before filling and it
was only clarified by a filtration process
using cellulose.