Tatomer Santa Barbara County Gruner Veltliner Meeresboden 2024 070226CHILL Expect pure citrus and orchard

Expect pure citrus and orchard fruit wrapped around a core of wet stone

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

and Poulsard is essentially a unicorn

crunchy and full of life

Angelo Rivano farms a single hectare of Carignano on the island of Sant'Antioco

Tatomer Santa Barbara County Gruner Veltliner Meeresboden 2024 070226CHILL Expect pure citrus and orchardMeeresboden 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.