Tatomer Gruner Veltliner Meeresborden 2023
93pts, Parker’s Wine Advocate – 93 Points, Wine Enthusiast
If you don’t know about the wines of Graham Tatomer, you need to change that in a hurry. I was at a tasting with a number of top Santa Barbara producers this past week, this wine absolutely stole the show. I’d argue that Graham is making the very best non-Chardonnay white wines in all of America right now. Judging by the way his wines are scored, very few folks would disagree. This crushes with sweet stone fruit up front and some great minerality and acid to back it up. Made from both John Sebastiano and Kick-on Ranch Vineyards, this is exactly as Antonio Galloni describes it “a thing of beauty”. Be forewarned now: you’re going to get hooked on these!
Original price was: $28.00.$24.95Current price is: $24.95.
Out of stock
MORE INFO
93 Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
“The 2023 Grüner Veltliner Meeresboden, German for “ocean soil,” has become a signature wine in the Tatomer lineup. Sourced from John Sebastiano and Kick-on Ranch, it was aged in predominantly stainless steel with additions of acacia foudre without malolactic fermentation. A stony, bright, clean nose of green fruits, citrus peels, wet slate and petrichor transitions to a pleasantly supple, suave palate. The finish begins on a graceful, layered note before impressively expanding in dimension and length.”
93 Points, Wine Enthusiast
Dried grassland and wet lawn aromas converge on the nose of this bottling, as do hints of lime peel and tangerine flesh. The texture is waxy and the body is bigger on the palate, where sandy beach, lime zest and moss flavors align atop an energetic acidity.
As Antonio Galloni noted, Graham Tatomer is one of the most unlikely superstars in American wine. If you want to make a name for yourself in this country, usually you have to do it making Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay. Or all three. Graham Tatomer does not.
His obsession with the Loire Valley and Alsatian whites has brought him to southern California where he makes Riesling and Gruner Veltliner. But despite the odds being firmly against him, Tatomer has become like a cult vineyard in the 20 years it has been around – making some of the greatest cool-climate white wines this country has ever seen. What started off as a 400 case gigantic gamble has turned into a 4100 case super competitive allocation.
As Galloni said, “You’re not going to find a better white wine value in the states than this baby right here.”
“Graham Tatomer has staked his claim on a unique slice of the wine world, producing a meticulously crafted roster of Riesling and Grüner Veltliner that successfully exudes the precision of his Old World influences. The addition of a beautiful and overperforming array of Pinot Noirs to the lineup has brought diversity and expanded his reach considerably. As gifted as Tatomer is with dry iterations of aromatic white wines, his off-dry and sweet bottlings—produced in Spätlese, Auslese and Beerenauslese styles but labeled in code to avoid legal issues—are indeed on another level and accentuate his prowess in harnessing luscious, decadent textures with elegance and crystalline clarity.” –Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Related Products
Related products
-
Italy
Corzano e Paterno Il Corzanello Bianco 2023
Original price was: $25.00.$19.99Current price is: $19.99. -
Case-Only Specials
Lyma Vinho Verde 2023 (Special Case Price)
Original price was: $180.00.$110.00Current price is: $110.00. -
American Wines
Faustini Money Road Chardonnay Oakville 2016
Original price was: $40.00.$25.95Current price is: $25.95.
