Tried these two together w/ Susan's paella on Thurs:
1. Tatomer GrunerVeltliner ParagonVnyd/EdnaVlly (12.5%; 215 cs) 2013: Light yellow color; pleasant grapey/juicy some GV/peppery rather mango/pineapple/floral slight valve oil attractive nose; bit tart juicy/mango/pineapple rather light GV/peppery slight earthy/tangy flavor; med.long bit tart/tangy light peppery/GV finish; a pleasant enough GV but just that; much better than the Tangent GV from Paragon. $28.00
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2. Tatomer GrunerVeltliner Meeresboden/SBC (13.5%; 420 cs) 2013: Light gold color; much stronger rather classic/GV/peppery/spicy more mineral/valve oil much more interesting varietal GV nose; rather tart/tangy rather floral/mango quite spicy/GV/peppery quite attractive flavor; very long tart/tangy/grapefruity strong peppery/GV/spicy light mineral/valve oil finish; shows lots of GV/spicy/peppery character; quite a lovely/delicious GV. $28.00
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. Tatomer is GrahamTatomer, who started his wine career at SantaBarbaraWnry. After a stint at WeingutKnoll in Austria, he returned to SantaBarbaraCnty to start his own wnry, specializing in Riesling and Gruner. He has since branched out into Pinot and Sylvaner.
The Meeresboden ("ocean soil") comes from several small plantings in the SantaBarbaraCnty area.
Graham is doing some very interesting things and making quite good wines in his own little niche.
Tom