TatomerSantaBarbaraCountyMeeresbodenGrunerVeltliner

Meeresboden, meaning ‘ocean soil,’ is yet another incredible white wine made by Graham Tatomer, America’s leading producer of Germanic varieties. Sourced from a number of different vineyard sites planted atop sand, diatomaceous earth, and loam just a few kilometers from the Pacific, this is a bright and racy Grüner that only improves with age. Well-balanced and bursting with notes of stone fruit, yellow citrus, and saline minerality, Meeresboden is a deliciously expressive and complex, dry white.

95/100 – The 2023 Grüner Veltliner Meeresboden is a blend from John Sebastiano and Kick-On, done with native fermentations and aged 50% in acacia barrels and 50% in stainless steel. Powerful, creamy, yeasty tones and minty white peach fruit blossom upward and outward in a bold, voluptuous wine with no shortage of precision or clarity. Honeyed nuances make this feel almost hedonistic, but the scintillating acids never let up. Wow. – Billy Norris, Vinous

93/100 – 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. – Matthew Luczy, Wine Advocate