Vintage Weather
Argentina (Mendoza)
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Temperature
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✓Verified against primary sources
| Year | Temperature | Events | Read | Verified |
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| 2026 | No weather read | Low yield | Mendoza's crop fell 12.4 per cent, and the fruit came in excellent. | Verified |
| 2025 | Warm | Heat spike, Harvest rain | A record-early hot start, then February rain split the vintage in two. | Verified |
| 2024 | Warm | Heat spike, Frost, Low yield | Persistent wind and a January heat spike, saved by cool nights. | Verified |
| 2023 | Hot | Frost, Hail, Heat spike, Drought, Low yield | Frost, hail and a hot, dry summer cut the crop and brought an early, healthy harvest. | Verified |
| 2022 | Cool | Frost, Hail, Drought, Harvest rain, Low yield | Frost and hail cut Mendoza's crop, but producers praised the quality. | Verified |
| 2021 | Cool | Frost, Hail, Harvest rain, Mildew / rot | Frost, hail and February rain in a cool Mendoza year gave fresh, lower-alcohol wines. | Verified |
| 2020 | Hot | Frost, Hail, Heat spike, Drought, Low yield | Heat, half the usual rain and spring frost and hail gave a small, early Mendoza crop. | Verified |
| 2019 | Cool | Heat spike | A cool Mendoza year with summer heat peaks gave fresh, concentrated wines. | Verified |
| 2018 | No weather read | Hail, Frost | A dry, sunny Mendoza season brought an early harvest and a crop back to normal size. | Verified |
| 2017 | No weather read | Frost, Hail, Low yield | A dry, frost-shortened year, with an early Mendoza harvest ahead of April rain and hail. | Verified |
| 2016 | Cool | Hail, Mildew / rot, Low yield | A cool, very wet El Nino year that cut the crop and gave fresher, lower-alcohol wines. | Verified |
| 2015 | No weather read | Hail, Mildew / rot, Botrytis, Harvest rain | Heavy rain brought mildew and botrytis; sloping sites and early pickers fared better. | Verified |
| 2014 | No weather read | Heat spike, Hail, Low yield | Heat, frequent rain and hail cut the crop, and Mendoza wines came in low in alcohol. | Verified |
| 2013 | Cool | Hail | A cool, healthy year of fresh, elegant wines, with hail in parts of eastern Mendoza. | Verified |
| 2012 | Warm | Frost, Hail, Low yield | Frost and Zonda cut the crop; a hot summer, then a cool March and a late harvest. | Verified |
| 2011 | Cool | Frost, Hail | A cool, damp season with a November frost and a harvest 14 to 20 days late. | Verified |
| 2010 | Cool | Frost, Heat spike, Low yield | A cool, dry year where spring frost trimmed yields and a late harvest gave fresh wines. | Verified |
| 2009 | Warm | Frost, Hail, Low yield | A warm, very dry Mendoza season with cold nights and a below-average crop. | Verified |
| 2008 | No weather read | Frost | A frost on 14 and 15 April 2008 hit most Mendoza vineyards before harvest was finished. | Verified |
| 2007 | Warm | Hail, Heat spike | A hot, humid El Nino year with patchy hail; the INV called it complicated but very good. | Verified |
| 2006 | Cool | Hail | A cool, dry season with slow ripening, a late harvest and one big December hailstorm. | Verified |
| 2005 | Cool | Frost, Hail | A cooler, later year hit by frost and February hail, then 40 dry, warm autumn days. | Verified |
| 2004 | Warm | Harvest rain | Dry springs and Zonda wind in Mendoza; light mid-March rain helped grapes ripen fully. | Verified |
| 2003 | Warm | Frost, Hail, Heat spike | A dry, very warm Mendoza summer and a February heat wave gave healthy, ripe grapes. | Verified |
| 2002 | Average | Mildew / rot, Harvest rain | A mildew-hit spring, then sunny ripening and a cool, dry March gave deep-colored reds. | Verified |
| 2001 | Warm | Hail, Harvest rain | A hot, very dry Mendoza summer, then scattered rain and hail at the end of March. | Verified |
| 1995 | No weather read | Thinly documented; Decanter rated it 4 of 5 and judged Argentina superior. | Verified |