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Olsen Estates 2008 Golden Berry Select Riesling (Yakima Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- Online Exclusive
- $55
Fully botrytised, 46% residual sugar, from 30-year-old vines, this is an unctuous, TBA-style dessert wine. Honeyed and decadently rich, it soaks its peach and apricot fruit in a thick wash of honey and caramel, streaked with mocha and lightly scented with jasmine highlights. Should age for decades.
— P.G.
(12/31/2010)
Olsen Estates 2008 Chardonnay (Yakima Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $20
The Olsens are growers with decades of experience, and this is as lush and thoroughly delicious as Washington Chardonnay can ever be. A big, toasty mouthful of fruit salad—citrus, pineapple and peach in particular—runs into a smooth, luscious wash of buttery oak. Yum.
— P.G.
(11/1/2011)
Olsen Estates 2007 Syrah (Yakima Valley)
- $29
A strong effort from Olsen Estates, this 100% Syrah has fine varietal character, in a rough and tumble style. Cured meats, herbs, earth and hints of sea salt mingle with the wild berry fruit flavors. It’s balanced and fresh, with lingering and nuanced flavors threading through the gulpable finish.
— P.G.
(3/1/2010)
Olsen Estates 2009 Blanc des Coteaux White (Yakima Valley)
- Best Buy
- $12
A white Rhône-style blend—62% Roussanne, 34% Viognier and 4% Marsanne—all estate grown, and done with Olsen’s customary polish and style. The fruit is deep and perfectly ripened, with powerful flavors of tree fruits and tropical highlights. A very fine effort, right through the lingering finish.
— P.G.
(11/1/2011)
Olsen Estates 2008 Heritage Syrah (Yakima Valley)
- $45
Smooth and supple, almost silky, this dense and delightful Syrah begins with a smoky, meaty run of sweet cherry and berry flavors, then quickly adds interesting nuances of herb and leaf and earth. The cherry fruit triumphs, along with cut tobacco and a whiff of clove, as it weaves through a long finish.
— P.G.
(4/1/2011)
Olsen Estates 2007 Chardonnay (Yakima Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $25
A wonderful follow-up to the debut vintage, this generous Chardonnay brings green apples, stone fruits and suggestions of pineapple, with a judicious use of new oak that refrains from becoming more than a pleasing nuance. Excellent balance, with a firm, lingering finish that brings in butterscotch and ripe, sweet lemon.
— P.G.
(3/1/2010)
Olsen Estates 2008 Blanc des Coteaux White (Yakima Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $21
The fruit is forward and lush, the grapes nicely blended and complementary, yielding a complex, mouthfilling wine with a riot of tropical, stone and citrus fruit flavors. There is a trace of new oak and a lingering finish that brings in vanilla, butter and coconut.
— P.G.
(3/1/2010)
Olsen Estates 2008 Red (Yakima Valley)
- Best Buy
- Online Exclusive
- $15
A red Rhône-style blend based on Syrah, but with small portions of Cinsault, Mourvèdre, Grenache and Counoise in the mix, and all estate-grown. This wine has a lot going on—deep black fruits, thick streaks of composty loam, veins of coffee and licorice, and penetrating, fully ripe tannins. The fruit is immaculate, and there is plenty of natural acidity to buoy up…
— P.G.
(11/1/2011)
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