✓ 2026 frost, heat, flooding, tiny crop · Frost, Heat spike, Low yield Late frosts, heat and inland flooding met the smallest crush since 2000. ✓ 2025 frost-hit whites, dry season · Frost Spring frost and dry conditions cut yields in a red-led rebound year. ✓ 2024 small crop, white-led vintage A 9 per cent rebound that was still a small, white-led vintage. ✓ 2023 cool, wet, low-yielding, flavoursome · Low yield A third La Nina gave the smallest crush since 2000 and fine flavour. ✓ 2022 Wet spring, cool slow ripening · Frost, Hail A wet La Nina spring and hail cut crops, then a cool summer gave slow ripening. ✓ 2021 cool season, record crop · Frost, Hail Australia's coolest season in 10 years ended in its largest crush on record. ✓ 2019 Hot, fast, early for many · Heat spike, Drought, Low yield A hot, fast vintage with an early harvest for many and fires in several states. ✓ 2018 Frost, heat, smaller crush · Frost, Hail, Heat spike, Low yield Heat spikes in the southeast, a November frost and a crush down 10 percent on 2017. ✓ 2017 Late, cool SA and Victoria A larger crush, with a cool, wet, late season in many SA and Victorian regions. ✓ 2016 Early, dry, regionally mixed · Heat spike, Drought, Harvest rain, Low yield A dry, early year in much of the south, while January rain hit the Hunter Valley. ✓ 2015 Early, fast harvest, smaller crops · Frost, Smoke, Harvest rain A wet spring cut crops in places, then a warm summer brought an early harvest. ✓ 2014 Tough weather, great fruit quality · Frost, Hail, Heat spike, Harvest rain Frost, heat records and a February deluge tested growers; reports praised fruit quality. ✓ 2013 Hot, dry, early and condensed · Heat spike Record summer heat brought an early, condensed harvest and the biggest crush since 2008. ✓ 2012 Standout quality year The WFA called 2012 a standout for quality on a 1.66 million tonne crush. ✓ 2010 Early harvest, smaller national crush · Frost, Hail, Heat spike, Harvest rain, Low yield Good winter rain and November flowering heat preceded an early, easier harvest. ✓ 2009 heatwave year, smaller crop · Heat spike, Hail, Drought, Low yield A two-week heatwave and Victorian bushfires cut Australia's 2009 crop. ✓ 2008 early harvest, March heatwave · Heat spike, Harvest rain An early start kept most of the crop ahead of a record March heatwave in the Barossa. ✓ 2007 Drought-cut crop, juicy reds · Drought, Frost, Harvest rain, Smoke, Low yield Drought, frost and smoke taint cut the national crush by just over a quarter. ✓ 2006 fully ripe, structured reds · Heat spike, Harvest rain, Low yield Picked early with lower yields in most places; Western Australia was cool and wet. ✓ 2005 fruit-forward, structured reds · Hail, Heat spike A mild season with well-timed rain, a record crush and a heat-compressed Barossa finish. ✓ 2004 record crop, disease free · Heat spike Good winter rains, a dry, warm, stable season and a record 1.86 million tonne crush. ✓ 2003 powerful, stylish Shiraz and Cabernet · Drought, Heat spike, Harvest rain, Mildew / rot, Low yield Drought cut the crush 10 percent; rain arrived as harvest began in late February. ✓ 2002 cool season, record crop A cool, low-rain season gave a record crush and outstanding quality. ✓ 2001 hot summer, reds overtake whites · Heat spike, Harvest rain Reds overtook whites for the first time as a hot summer met rain-fed vines. ✓ 1999 frost, rain, variable quality · Frost, Harvest rain, Botrytis Frost and heavy late rain made 1999 difficult, yet the crush topped a million tonnes. ✓ 1998 dry, early, record crop · Heat spike, Harvest rain A dry, early season that ended in a record crush and a great red vintage. ✓ 1997 February heat, split verdicts · Heat spike, Frost, Harvest rain, Low yield February heat cut yields; a cooler March and warm April rescued several regions. ✓ 1996 cool, late, record crop A cool, late season that ended in a record 885,000-tonne crush. ✓ 1994 elegant reds, built to last · Frost, Hail, Heat spike A dry, cool summer for most regions, with heat and bushfires in the Upper Hunter. ✓ 1991 warm, dry, early A warm start and a classic dry summer brought an early vintage of textbook reds. 1990 powerful, concentrated, structured reds · Harvest rain A hot, dry summer produced one of Australia's greatest red wine vintages ever. 1985 variable, forgettable, uneven year · Harvest rain, Mildew / rot, Hail Heat, drought stress, and a wet March made for an uneven, forgettable year. 1983 concentrated, powerful, robust reds · Drought, Hail, Harvest rain, Low yield Drought, fire, and hail cut yields but concentrated Australia's most powerful reds. 1980 good, firm, robust reds · Heat spike A brutal January heatwave tested growers after an excellent start to the season. 1977 tight, elegant, structured reds Cool, wet conditions made 1977 one of Australia's weakest vintages. 1976 ripe, concentrated, age-worthy reds · Mildew / rot Warm, dry season and early budburst produced concentrated, long-aging reds. 1975 thin, light, uneven reds · Harvest rain Weather extremes and a wet March produced a mostly weak, thin vintage. 1971 structured, ripe, low-alcohol reds · Drought Warm, dry conditions produced Max Schubert's favorite Grange vintage. 1966 ripe, well-structured reds · Low yield Warm season and dry pre-harvest weather gave good, tannic reds despite lower yields. 1962 breakthrough, structured reds Late harvest and rescuing summer rains produced Australia's largest crush of the era. 1955 ripe, concentrated, full-bodied reds Warm, dry harvest conditions produced one of Australia's greatest Grange vintages. 1952 first commercial Grange release Average conditions produced the first commercial release of Penfolds Grange. 1945 Untitled year A wartime vintage overshadowed by export collapse, not weather conditions.