Vintage Weather
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| Year | Temperature | Events | Read | Verified |
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| 2025 | Hot | Heat spike, Low yield | A top-three hottest year with record ripening speed and small, healthy bunches. | Verified |
| 2024 | Cool | Frost, Hail, Mildew / rot, Low yield | An exceptionally wet, mildew-hit year that gutted yields but kept quality. | Verified |
| 2023 | Warm | Heat spike, Botrytis | A huge, record-bunched crop whose ripening turned hot, humid and uneven. | Verified |
| 2022 | Warm | Drought | A solar year: dry summer, timely rain, healthy grapes and the top yield since 2008. | Verified |
| 2021 | No weather read | Frost, Hail, Mildew / rot, Botrytis, Low yield | Frost, hail and persistent rain with mildew cut deep into a small crop. | Verified |
| 2020 | Warm | Drought, Heat spike, Mildew / rot, Low yield | Record drought and the earliest harvest ever, with yields capped at 8,000 kg/ha. | Verified |
| 2019 | Warm | Frost, Heat spike, Drought, Mildew / rot | Spring frost, two record heatwaves and drought, with cool nights during ripening. | Verified |
| 2018 | Hot | Hail, Drought | A record-wet winter, then the hottest summer on record and a big, early crop. | Verified |
| 2017 | Warm | Frost, Heat spike, Hail, Harvest rain, Botrytis | Frost took 23% of buds, a hot early summer, then storms and rot at an early harvest. | Verified |
| 2016 | No weather read | Frost, Hail, Mildew / rot, Botrytis, Low yield | Frost, record rain and mildew cut the crop by at least 30%, then healthy grapes came in. | Verified |
| 2015 | Hot | Drought, Heat spike, Harvest rain | Unprecedented heat and drought to mid-August, then picking from 29 August. | Verified |
| 2014 | Average | Mildew / rot | Dry spring, soaked cool summer, then a sunny September saved a big, acidic crop. | Verified |
| 2013 | Average | Hail, Mildew / rot, Botrytis | A cold wet spring, a record-sunshine summer and an October harvest. | Verified |
| 2012 | Cool | Frost, Hail, Mildew / rot, Heat spike, Drought, Harvest rain, Low yield | Frost, hail, rain and mildew cut the crop; a dry, hot late summer kept it healthy. | Verified |
| 2009 | Warm | Heat spike, Mildew / rot | A hot, dry August made rich, plush, early-drinking Champagne. | Not yet verified |
| 2008 | Cool | A cool, grey season was rescued by a stunning dry September miracle. | Not yet verified | |
| 2007 | Cool | Mildew / rot, Botrytis | A cool, wet summer produced precise, high-acid, Chardonnay-driven wines. | Not yet verified |
| 2006 | Warm | Mildew / rot | High sugar and low acid made 2006 broad, generous, and best enjoyed young. | Not yet verified |
| 2004 | Cool | A cool August rescued by an Indian summer built rare elegance and purity. | Not yet verified | |
| 2003 | Hot | Frost, Heat spike, Drought | Frost then a record heatwave made a tiny, opulent, low-acid vintage. | Not yet verified |
| 2002 | Average | A near-perfect season with no extremes produced a legendary vintage. | Not yet verified | |
| 2000 | Average | Hail, Mildew / rot, Botrytis | A rocky July gave way to a warm August that saved a solid, if modest, year. | Not yet verified |
| 1999 | Hot | Heat spike, Harvest rain | The hottest year since 1959 made plush, open, low-acid Champagne. | Not yet verified |
| 1998 | Warm | Frost, Heat spike, Harvest rain, Botrytis | Frost, record heat, and heavy rain made a wild, ultimately balanced year. | Not yet verified |
| 1997 | Warm | Frost, Hail, Mildew / rot | Frost and rot early on gave way to a hot summer and soft, generous wine. | Not yet verified |
| 1996 | Average | Frost | A wild, see-saw season produced Champagne's rare high-sugar, high-acid marvel. | Not yet verified |
| 1995 | Warm | Mildew / rot, Frost | A hot, stormy year gave forward, generous wines with soft acidity. | Not yet verified |
| 1992 | Hot | Hail, Heat spike | A long, hot summer with isolated hail produced ripe, high-acid fruit. | Not yet verified |
| 1990 | Hot | Frost, Heat spike | Champagne's sunniest summer since 1950 built exceptional ripeness and power. | Not yet verified |
| 1989 | Hot | Frost, Heat spike | April frost cut some vines, then relentless summer heat made lush, ripe wine. | Not yet verified |