Olsen Vineyard
The Olsen Family has been farming grapes in the Yakima Valley since 1990. This is a high elevation, cool site that sits at an elevation of 880 feet - 1,350 feet. The cooler climate offers a natural acidity that we seek in our finished wines and serves as the backbone of our Chardonnay program.
- Acres – 1,100
- Aspect – Mostly South
- Slope – 5% – 30%
- Soil Series – Warden silt loam, Kiona very stony silt loam, Proasser silt loam, Starbuck silt loam, Burke silt loam, Shano silt loam, Scooteney stony silt loam
- Soil Depth – 6 inches – 3 feet over fractured basalt, basalt bedrock
- Annual Rainfall – 8.8 inches
- Vine Training System – VSP Trellis
- Vine Spacing / Vines Per Acre – 9×6 / 808 and 9×4 / 1,210
- Wines – Chardonnay, V.R. Special Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Sauvignon, Rachis Syrah, Stained Tooth Syrah
- Varieties & Clones Sourced
Chardonnay – Wente, FPS 15, ENTAV 76, 96, 548