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Wine Enthusiast
Tangerine peel, dried lime and a lightly funky kelp aroma draws the nose into this epic bottling by Graham Tatomer. The palate is extremely dry yet utterly floral, offering flavors of plumeria, jasmine tea and Mandarin zest.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2018 Tatomer Paragon Grüner Veltliner shows that the New World stands proudly shoulder-to-shoulder with classic Grüners from Austria. TASTING NOTES: This wine brings a rustic charm to the fore in its aromas and flavors of chalk, dried fruit, and savory spices. Pair it with seafood paella. (Tasted: June 22, 2021, San Francisco, CA)
Fun to say and delightfully easy to drink, Grüner Veltliner calls Austria its homeland. While some easily quaffable Grüners come in a one-liter—a convenient size—many high caliber single vineyard bottlings can benefit from cellar aging. Somm Secret—About 75% of the world’s Grüner Veltliner comes from Austria but the variety is gaining ground in other countries, namely Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the United States.
California’s coolest wine growing area, Edna Valley excels in the production of high quality Central Coast wines like Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Rhône Blends and aromatic white wines. It has a cool Mediterranean climate and an incredibly long growing season, giving late-ripening varieties plenty of opportunity to develop great phenolic complexity.
Its northwest to southeast orientation creates a direct path for cool Pacific air and fog to penetrate the valley from the Los Osos and Morro Bay area inwards. Low hillsides of both calcareous and volcanic soils are home to much of the vineyard acreage of the Edna Valley.