Their new release, the 2016 Dusted Valley ‘Olsen Vineyard’ Chardonnay (WWB, 91) showed really good tension and a nice mouthfeel, with wonderful butterscotch flavors. Dusted Valley is quietly gaining a reputation for fantastic Chardonnay. Their new lineup of wines showed beautifully. They source from some of the great vineyards in Washington, including the Olsen Vineyard and Stoney Vine Vineyard. Having been in the Washington wine industry for the past 13 years, Dusted Valley was founded by the Johnson and Braunel families who are originally from Wisconsin and have strong backgrounds in farming. Dusted Valley have cemented themselves as a serious, consistently good producer of red and white wines particularly over the past five plus years. Not only were they better, each wine in the lineup scored 1-3 points higher, so in some cases they were considerably better. One thing was apparent - the Dusted Valley wines were consistently better than the other winery in terms of tension, viscosity, mouthfeel and range. My goal was to try two new release Washington wine lineups and compare notes on wines from each winery. Last night I ran through the great new Dusted Valley lineup with fellow Washington Wine Blog editor, Dr.
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