Tatomer Santa Barbara County Gruner Veltliner Meeresboden 2024 Domaine Michel Gros 2022 where the nutrient-starved soil keeps

where the nutrient-starved soil keeps the vines struggling and the fruit intense

The Maison Surrenne Cognac is a VSOP-level blend including Fin Bois cognacs from Surrenne's own vineyards

mimicking Barolo's craft

including bourbon barrels

Italy in 1882 and soon after planted 20 acres of Zinfandel

Tatomer Santa Barbara County Gruner Veltliner Meeresboden 2024 Domaine Michel Gros 2022 where the nutrient-starved soil keepsMeeresboden 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.