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ColdCoolAverageWarmHotVery dryDryNormalWetVery wet1995200520102015202020252001 · Warm A hot, very dry Mendoza summer, then scattered rain and hail at the end of March. Verified2002 · Average (thin record) A mildew-hit spring, then sunny ripening and a cool, dry March gave deep-colored reds. Verified2003 · Warm A dry, very warm Mendoza summer and a February heat wave gave healthy, ripe grapes. Verified2004 · Warm Dry springs and Zonda wind in Mendoza; light mid-March rain helped grapes ripen fully. Verified2005 · Cool A cooler, later year hit by frost and February hail, then 40 dry, warm autumn days. Verified2006 · Cool A cool, dry season with slow ripening, a late harvest and one big December hailstorm. Verified2007 · Warm A hot, humid El Nino year with patchy hail; the INV called it complicated but very good. Verified2009 · Warm A warm, very dry Mendoza season with cold nights and a below-average crop. Verified2010 · Cool A cool, dry year where spring frost trimmed yields and a late harvest gave fresh wines. Verified2011 · Cool A cool, damp season with a November frost and a harvest 14 to 20 days late. Verified2012 · Warm Frost and Zonda cut the crop; a hot summer, then a cool March and a late harvest. Verified2013 · Cool A cool, healthy year of fresh, elegant wines, with hail in parts of eastern Mendoza. Verified2016 · Cool A cool, very wet El Nino year that cut the crop and gave fresher, lower-alcohol wines. Verified2019 · Cool A cool Mendoza year with summer heat peaks gave fresh, concentrated wines. Verified2020 · Hot Heat, half the usual rain and spring frost and hail gave a small, early Mendoza crop. Verified2021 · Cool Frost, hail and February rain in a cool Mendoza year gave fresh, lower-alcohol wines. Verified2022 · Cool Frost and hail cut Mendoza's crop, but producers praised the quality. Verified2023 · Hot Frost, hail and a hot, dry summer cut the crop and brought an early, healthy harvest. Verified2024 · Warm Persistent wind and a January heat spike, saved by cool nights. Verified2025 · Warm A record-early hot start, then February rain split the vintage in two. Verified2001 · Dry A hot, very dry Mendoza summer, then scattered rain and hail at the end of March. Verified2003 · Dry A dry, very warm Mendoza summer and a February heat wave gave healthy, ripe grapes. Verified2004 · Dry Dry springs and Zonda wind in Mendoza; light mid-March rain helped grapes ripen fully. Verified2006 · Dry A cool, dry season with slow ripening, a late harvest and one big December hailstorm. Verified2007 · Wet A hot, humid El Nino year with patchy hail; the INV called it complicated but very good. Verified2009 · Very dry A warm, very dry Mendoza season with cold nights and a below-average crop. Verified2010 · Dry A cool, dry year where spring frost trimmed yields and a late harvest gave fresh wines. Verified2011 · Wet A cool, damp season with a November frost and a harvest 14 to 20 days late. Verified2014 · Wet Heat, frequent rain and hail cut the crop, and Mendoza wines came in low in alcohol. Verified2015 · Wet Heavy rain brought mildew and botrytis; sloping sites and early pickers fared better. Verified2016 · Very wet A cool, very wet El Nino year that cut the crop and gave fresher, lower-alcohol wines. Verified2017 · Dry A dry, frost-shortened year, with an early Mendoza harvest ahead of April rain and hail. Verified2018 · Dry A dry, sunny Mendoza season brought an early harvest and a crop back to normal size. Verified2019 · Dry A cool Mendoza year with summer heat peaks gave fresh, concentrated wines. Verified2020 · Very dry Heat, half the usual rain and spring frost and hail gave a small, early Mendoza crop. Verified2021 · Wet Frost, hail and February rain in a cool Mendoza year gave fresh, lower-alcohol wines. Verified2023 · Dry Frost, hail and a hot, dry summer cut the crop and brought an early, healthy harvest. Verified2024 · Dry Persistent wind and a January heat spike, saved by cool nights. Verified2025 · Normal A record-early hot start, then February rain split the vintage in two. Verified

Dashed: each vintage. Solid: five-year running average of season temperature.

Temperature here is relative to Argentina (Mendoza)'s own normal, not an absolute scale across regions. Every value comes from that year's own vintage report; a missing value means the report did not describe that part of the season, not that nothing happened.

Verified reports were rebuilt from the regional body's own vintage reports and independent trade coverage, with every claim traced to a fetched source.

Southern Hemisphere: a vintage labeled 2026 is harvested in the autumn of that year, so its growing season began the previous spring.