The Story
Kick-On Ranch sits west of Los Alamos, about a mile from Vandenberg, and it is one of the coldest, windiest places anyone in Santa Barbara County has thought to plant Riesling. Frigid Pacific wind runs through it daily. Graham Tatomer gives this bottling what he calls the full Austrian treatment: some skin contact, aging in neutral wood, nothing rushed. He says it's the most age-worthy wine he makes, and he'll tell you himself to decant it. Bone-dry, floral, and mineral, with citrus fruit, genuine salinity, and a finish that keeps unspooling. If you've written off American Riesling, this is the bottle that argues back.
Description
Kick-On Ranch sits west of Los Alamos, about a mile from Vandenberg, and it is one of the coldest, windiest places anyone in Santa Barbara County has thought to plant Riesling. Frigid Pacific wind runs through it daily. Graham Tatomer gives this bottling what he calls the full Austrian treatment: some skin contact, aging in neutral wood, nothing rushed. He says it's the most age-worthy wine he makes, and he'll tell you himself to decant it. Bone-dry, floral, and mineral, with citrus fruit, genuine salinity, and a finish that keeps unspooling. If you've written off American Riesling, this is the bottle that argues back.
