Tatomer Santa Barbara County Gruner Veltliner Meeresboden 2024 070226CHILL and the single-block Pinot Noir

and the single-block Pinot Noir that results is more intense and structured than the regular Estate bottling

The sister wine to the Integer Grillo

and Poulsard is essentially a unicorn

A sophisticated Rhône blend from winemaker Matt Trevisan

The lengthy ageing process

Tatomer Santa Barbara County Gruner Veltliner Meeresboden 2024 070226CHILL and the single-block Pinot NoirMeeresboden means ocean floor, and it isn't a metaphor. The sites Graham Tatomer blends here sit on sand, diatomaceous earth, and loam, the fossilized leftovers of a seabed, a few miles from a very cold Pacific. That geology shows up in the glass as a salty, kelp like minerality running underneath the stone fruit and yellow citrus. Native yeast fermentation, mostly stainless with a little acacia wood, malolactic blocked to keep the acidity intact.