✓ 2026 short crop, excellent ripeness · Low yield Mendoza's crop fell 12.4 per cent, and the fruit came in excellent. ✓ 2025 early and hot, then wet · Heat spike, Harvest rain A record-early hot start, then February rain split the vintage in two. ✓ 2024 hot days, cool nights, balanced · Heat spike, Frost, Low yield Persistent wind and a January heat spike, saved by cool nights. ✓ 2023 frost-cut, hot, dry, early · Frost, Hail, Heat spike, Drought, Low yield Frost, hail and a hot, dry summer cut the crop and brought an early, healthy harvest. ✓ 2022 Frost-cut, dry spring · Frost, Hail, Drought, Harvest rain, Low yield Frost and hail cut Mendoza's crop, but producers praised the quality. ✓ 2021 Cool, fresh, lower alcohol · Frost, Hail, Harvest rain, Mildew / rot Frost, hail and February rain in a cool Mendoza year gave fresh, lower-alcohol wines. ✓ 2020 Hot, dry, early, frost-cut · Frost, Hail, Heat spike, Drought, Low yield Heat, half the usual rain and spring frost and hail gave a small, early Mendoza crop. ✓ 2019 cool, fresh, concentrated · Heat spike A cool Mendoza year with summer heat peaks gave fresh, concentrated wines. ✓ 2018 Dry, sunny, early harvest · Hail, Frost A dry, sunny Mendoza season brought an early harvest and a crop back to normal size. ✓ 2017 Dry, frost-shortened, concentrated · Frost, Hail, Low yield A dry, frost-shortened year, with an early Mendoza harvest ahead of April rain and hail. ✓ 2016 Cool, wet, fresh, lower-alcohol · Hail, Mildew / rot, Low yield A cool, very wet El Nino year that cut the crop and gave fresher, lower-alcohol wines. ✓ 2015 Wet, disease-pressured, site-dependent · Hail, Mildew / rot, Botrytis, Harvest rain Heavy rain brought mildew and botrytis; sloping sites and early pickers fared better. ✓ 2014 Heat, rain, hail, low alcohol · Heat spike, Hail, Low yield Heat, frequent rain and hail cut the crop, and Mendoza wines came in low in alcohol. ✓ 2013 Cool, fresh, elegant · Hail A cool, healthy year of fresh, elegant wines, with hail in parts of eastern Mendoza. ✓ 2012 Warm, low-yield, late-finishing · Frost, Hail, Low yield Frost and Zonda cut the crop; a hot summer, then a cool March and a late harvest. ✓ 2011 Cool, fresh, deeply colored · Frost, Hail A cool, damp season with a November frost and a harvest 14 to 20 days late. ✓ 2010 Cool, dry, fresh, lower-alcohol · Frost, Heat spike, Low yield A cool, dry year where spring frost trimmed yields and a late harvest gave fresh wines. ✓ 2009 Warm, very dry, fresh fruit · Frost, Hail, Low yield A warm, very dry Mendoza season with cold nights and a below-average crop. ✓ 2008 Harvest-time April frost · Frost A frost on 14 and 15 April 2008 hit most Mendoza vineyards before harvest was finished. ✓ 2007 Humid, hot, hail-hit, early · Hail, Heat spike A hot, humid El Nino year with patchy hail; the INV called it complicated but very good. ✓ 2006 Cool, dry, slow ripening · Hail A cool, dry season with slow ripening, a late harvest and one big December hailstorm. ✓ 2005 Cool, late, frost and hail · Frost, Hail A cooler, later year hit by frost and February hail, then 40 dry, warm autumn days. ✓ 2004 Dry, warm, Malbec standout · Harvest rain Dry springs and Zonda wind in Mendoza; light mid-March rain helped grapes ripen fully. ✓ 2003 Dry, warm, healthy, ripe · Frost, Hail, Heat spike A dry, very warm Mendoza summer and a February heat wave gave healthy, ripe grapes. ✓ 2002 Sunny ripening, deep-colored reds · Mildew / rot, Harvest rain A mildew-hit spring, then sunny ripening and a cool, dry March gave deep-colored reds. ✓ 2001 Hot, dry summer, March rain · Hail, Harvest rain A hot, very dry Mendoza summer, then scattered rain and hail at the end of March. ✓ 1995 Untitled year Thinly documented; Decanter rated it 4 of 5 and judged Argentina superior.