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Vintage Weather

What the year felt like

Most vintage charts give you a score. This one gives you the weather. Each cell is one growing season: color is how warm it ran, the mark is what went wrong. Read across for a region's story, down for a year that hit everyone.

Temperature
Cold → Hot
Events
FRFrostHLHailHSHeat spikeDRDroughtRNHarvest rainSMSmokeMDMildew / rotBTBotrytisLYLow yield
  Outlined: thin record
1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Argentina (Mendoza) FR LY RN FR HS HL HL HL HS FR FR FR BT RN FR HL HS DR FR FR FR HS HS LY
Australia LY DR RN MD HS DR RN RN HS LY DR FR RN LY DR HS HS LY DR HS HS HS LY HS FR FR RN FR DR FR LY FR FR
Bordeaux FR HS FR LY DR DR DR DR MD FR HS LY LY RN RN DR FR DR RN RN DR LY HL DR RN HS MD DR MD HS HS FR RN RN RN RN RN RN HL HL MD RN LY HS DR RN MD FR HL DR DR MD HL HL HS MD FR MD FR FR FR FR MD FR HS
Burgundy FR DR DR LY LY LY DR HL LY HL LY DR LY HL MD HL FR BT LY LY FR FR HL HL FR RN FR RN HL HL DR FR HL DR HL MD HL HS FR HS HL HL HL HS FR FR DR FR DR FR HS HS HL FR
Champagne LY FR FR DR FR HS FR FR FR FR DR FR MD FR HS RN HS FR BT MD FR FR FR HL MD FR FR FR HS HL FR MD MD HS FR MD DR FR FR HL FR DR FR FR HS FR HS
Rhône Valley FR DR DR DR RN RN RN DR RN FR RN HL DR RN RN RN RN RN FR MD HL DR DR DR HL HL RN LY RN MD LY HL HS HL DR MD DR FR DR HS FR HS
Mosel HS BT BT BT BT BT BT HS BT FR RN BT HS RN BT BT LY HL FR HS HS BT RN HS LY RN RN RN HL FR MD HL RN HS MD FR HS FR FR MD DR BT FR RN
Barolo HL FR RN FR HL HL HL DR RN MD HL HL MD HL HL HS HL DR HL HS HL HS MD HL MD HL HS HL FR MD HL HL FR DR MD RN HS
Tuscany HL LY DR RN RN HS RN FR DR MD FR FR HL RN MD HS LY HS DR MD MD LY FR MD HL FR FR HL MD RN HL
Port & Douro HS LY DR DR DR DR HS HS HS RN RN DR RN LY DR RN HS DR DR DR DR DR HL HS RN RN LY MD HS DR HS DR HS RN DR HS DR DR HL DR HL LY HS
Rioja DR MD LY DR RN RN FR FR FR FR RN RN FR DR RN HL MD MD DR RN DR DR MD DR HS FR MD LY MD FR DR FR LY MD
Napa Valley FR DR HS HS HS DR RN RN DR HS HS HL HS RN HS FR FR HS HS HS HS FR RN HS RN DR DR DR HS HS RN HS FR DR HS MD HS RN
Willamette Valley LY RN RN MD FR HS LY FR HS RN HS RN RN RN LY HS RN RN HS RN FR HS MD DR RN FR HS HS HS DR FR SM HS FR HS FR HS
Sonoma DR DR HS DR HL HS MD HS FR RN HS MD HS RN FR RN HS MD DR DR DR HS HS DR DR RN RN
Washington State HS RN HS DR RN LY FR HS HS RN FR FR HS SM FR SM HS FR HS FR LY

Argentina (Mendoza) · 33 vintages, 1994 to 2026

Australia · 43 vintages, 1945 to 2026

Bordeaux · 76 vintages, 1864 to 2025

Burgundy · 60 vintages, 1945 to 2025

Champagne · 57 vintages, 1911 to 2025

Rhône Valley · 51 vintages, 1945 to 2025

Mosel · 47 vintages, 1921 to 2025

Barolo · 51 vintages, 1947 to 2025

Tuscany · 43 vintages, 1945 to 2025

Port & Douro · 63 vintages, 1863 to 2025

Rioja · 48 vintages, 1922 to 2025

Napa Valley · 49 vintages, 1968 to 2025

Willamette Valley · 42 vintages, 1970 to 2025

Sonoma · 38 vintages, 1974 to 2025

Washington State · 34 vintages, 1975 to 2025

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Built from the weather fields on each WineWiki vintage record. Every cell links to the full vintage report and its sources. Quality scores are intentionally absent.