Robert Stemmler
Robert Stemmler 2004 Estate Grown Chardonnay (Carneros)
- $34
Earthy and minerally, an austere Chard by today’s standards, with a thyme and tobacco edge to the modest peach fruit. My bias is for either impossibly rich, oaky Chards or sleek, fruity, unoaked ones. This falls between those goal posts.
— S.H.
(12/31/2006)
Robert Stemmler 2007 Chardonnay (Carneros)
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- $34
Something went south on this wine. It has a stubbornly vegetal or moldy note throughout, to the detriment of the fruit, which seems to be rich, and the oak, which certainly is. Tasted in a flight of its price peers, it was a big last place.
— S.H.
(8/1/2010)
Robert Stemmler 2004 Nugent Vineyard Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)
- $40
Soft and simple, this is almost a dessert wine—it’s that sweet in raspberry-tart filling and cherry jam flavors. Has just enough acidity but the sugary finish is off-putting.
— S.H.
(9/1/2007)
Robert Stemmler 2003 Estate Grown Chardonnay (Carneros)
- $34
Co-released with the ’04, but the wine is tired. It’s already showing old flavors, with an earthy, herbal undertow.
— S.H.
(12/31/2006)
Robert Stemmler 2006 Estate Grown Chardonnay (Carneros)
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- $34
A little dark, heavy and sweet, not to mention prematurely old. The pineapple fruit is aging already, and there’s a vegetal edge.
— S.H.
(9/1/2009)
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