Tasting Notes, Reviews, and Ratings

Robert Stemmler Estate Chardonnay Carneros 2007     

ITEM # RSCH07

Varietal: 100% Chardonnay

Viticulture & Vinification Notes: In an effort to bring together new world fruit with old world style, Juhasz uses three clones grown in clay loam soils to marry ripeness, texture and minerality. Wines undergo malolactic fermentation and are barrel aged in a small percentage of French oak.

Notes From The Winemaker: This full bodied Chardonnay, balanced by refreshing acidity, resonates lychee and candied lemon, while focusing on its mineral, slate, and salt characteristics.

Wine Spectator Magazine: 90 Points. Intense, rich, focused and concentrated, with ripe, zesty, full-bodied pear, citrus, melon and nectarine, ending with fresh, lively acidity.

Connoisseurs' Guide: 91 Points. Deep themes of ripe apples set this winning wine firmly on the varietal track but its complementary appointment of rich oak, sweet lemons and lees is what moves it to the head of the class. Both full-bodied and carefully balanced with a long finish and a certain spring in its step, this is one whose layered complexity invites drinking now but whose fine structure and depth ensure further improvement.

Wine Enthusiast Magazine: 90 Points. Lots of richness in this dry, minerally
Chardonnay. It has forward flavors of peaches, pears, baked green apples and flint, while lots of new oak contributes honey and caramel notes.

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