Why it matters
The producer
Weingut Seeger is a family estate in Leimen near Heidelberg whose present-day bottles are shaped around Burgundy-family grapes, particularly Weißburgunder. The family dates the estate back to 1707, when Andreas Seeger founded it; since 2010 it has also been part of the VDP, Germany’s association of estates working with classified vineyard sites.
Thomas Seeger leads the twelfth generation, while Anna Marie Seeger represents the thirteenth and has introduced a collection of her own. They are jointly listed as cellar masters, so the generational change is already visible in the wines rather than held apart as a future plan.
Place and vineyards
Where the wines begin
Leimen places Seeger in Baden, where the estate has built its range around white Burgundy varieties instead of treating them as a sideline. That decision runs from the estate wines through classified-site bottlings: a label such as Weißburgunder Erste Lage points to both the grape and a more tightly defined level in the estate’s hierarchy.
The result is a range that can be approached by grape first, then by site and level. Weißburgunder is the recurring thread; Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Blaufränkisch widen the selection without displacing it.
In the cellar
Vineyards and cellar
Seeger cultivates under certified organic guidelines and has substantially reduced yields. For VDP.Erste Lage wines, grapes are selectively hand-harvested and yields may not exceed 60 hectolitres per hectare. Fewer, selected grapes give the cellar material with which to build dry wines that have fruit, acidity and phenolic grip rather than simple softness.
The 2024 AS Weisser Burgunder Erste Lage trocken spent seven months in large wood and finished with 5 grams per litre of residual sugar. Large wood can support texture without making oak the dominant aroma; here the documented result is dry balance, a supple palate and a lightly phenolic shape. The succeeding 2025 AS was raised in a French demi-muid and kept on full lees until bottling, a separate vintage-specific method linked to brioche, yeast-bread notes and a longer finish.
Wines to know
The range in view
Thomas Seeger divides the portfolio into four groups: estate wines, Erste Lage, Grosse Lage and signature wines. The progression is useful because it moves from broader estate bottlings towards wines carrying classified-site status, then to the signature wines and Grosse Gewächse described as the estate’s flagships.
White Burgundy varieties hold the range together. Cuvée Georg is made exclusively from white Burgundy-family grapes, while the AS Weisser Burgunder Erste Lage shows what the grape can do in a more structured register: dry fruit, fresh acidity, floral character and a measured phenolic grip. The 2024 Seeger Herrenberg Weisser Burgunder Erste Lage is also listed in Sweden as a Baden white wine at 12% alcohol.
A useful way in
A bottle to begin with
Start with the 2024 AS Weisser Burgunder Erste Lage trocken. It is a dry Weißburgunder from Seeger’s classified Erste Lage range, matured for seven months in large wood and bottled at 5 grams per litre of residual sugar. Jasmine, rose petal, herbs and pome fruit sit over a supple, lightly phenolic palate; acidity gives the fruit lift and the finish remains dry. It brings Seeger’s central grape, cellar approach and step-up range level into one bottle.