Vintage Weather

Argentina (Mendoza)

Temperature

Cold → Hot

Year	Temperature	Events	Read
2026	No weather read	Low yield	Mendoza's crop fell 12.4 per cent, and the fruit came in excellent.
2025	Warm	Heat spike, Harvest rain	A record-early hot start, then February rain split the vintage in two.
2024	Warm	Heat spike, Frost, Low yield	Persistent wind and a January heat spike, saved by cool nights.
2023	Hot	Frost, Drought, Low yield	Frost then drought forged the lowest yields since 1960, elegant reds.
2022	Cool	Frost, Low yield, Harvest rain	Frost cut yields in a cool year that balanced ripeness and acidity.
2021	Cool	Frost	Spring frost and a cool, wet start gave fresh, low-alcohol Malbec.
2020	Hot	Drought, Hail, Frost	One of the hottest, earliest harvests on record, yet surprisingly fresh.
2019	Cool	Heat spike	A cool, dry year with a hot midsummer spike gave balanced Malbec.
2018	Average	Hail, Frost	A textbook, balanced year with warm days, cool nights, normal yields.
2017	Warm	Frost, Low yield	Spring frost slashed yields, concentrating an elegant, structured Malbec.
2016	Cold	Harvest rain, Mildew / rot, Botrytis, Low yield	El Nino brought Mendoza's worst harvest in decades, yielding mineral Malbec.
2015	Cool	Botrytis, Hail, Harvest rain	El Nino rain and botrytis pressure rewarded high, well-drained sites.
2014	Cold	Frost, Harvest rain, Mildew / rot	Mendoza's coolest harvest since 2001 gave fresh, Burgundian-style Malbec.
2013	Cool		Cool, dry conditions produced elegant Malbec with bright acidity.
2012	Warm	Frost, Heat spike, Low yield	Frost and a hot Zonda wind cut yields sharply in a warm year.
2011	Cold		The coolest season in a decade delayed ripening by three weeks.
2010	Cool	Frost, Low yield	A cool, dry year with a November frost gave fresh, high-acid Malbec.
2009	Warm	Heat spike	A warm, dry year with a February heat spike and an early harvest.
2008	Cool	Hail, Frost, Low yield	Hail and frost cut yields in a cool year of elegant, acid-driven reds.
2007	Cool	Hail, Harvest rain	El Nino humidity and hail made a difficult, site-selective cool year.
2006	Warm	Hail	A warm year marked by a damaging December hailstorm.
2005	Cool		A cool year with an extended ripening season built for cellaring.
2004	Warm		A warm year with a cool, dry harvest that kept acidity fresh.
2003	Hot	Heat spike, Drought	Mendoza's hottest year on record produced concentrated, high-alcohol Malbec.
2002	Warm		One of the best harvests in a decade: warm, dry, and deeply ripe.
2001	Cool	Frost, Harvest rain	Frost cut yields early, then autumn rain diluted lesser sites.
2000	Average	Harvest rain	A warm-wet year with early-March rain that delayed picking.
1999	Warm		A warm, dry La Nina year that produced concentrated, structured reds.
1998	Cool	Low yield	A cool, wet El Nino year that favored well-drained, higher sites.
1997	Warm	Frost	A warm, dry year cut short by an early frost that concentrated ripe fruit.