Vintage Weather
Champagne
Temperature
Cold → Hot
| Year | Temperature | Events | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hot | Heat spike, Low yield | A top-three hottest year with record ripening speed and small, healthy bunches. |
| 2024 | Cool | Frost, Hail, Mildew / rot, Low yield | An exceptionally wet, mildew-hit year that gutted yields but kept quality. |
| 2023 | Warm | Heat spike, Botrytis | A huge, record-bunched crop whose ripening turned hot, humid and uneven. |
| 2022 | Hot | Frost | Officially a solar vintage: warm, healthy, and generously ripe throughout. |
| 2021 | Cool | Frost, Hail, Mildew / rot, Low yield | Frost and historic mildew crushed yields, leaving lean, high-acid wine. |
| 2020 | Hot | Drought, Heat spike | Champagne's earliest-ever, hottest-driest harvest came in a pandemic year. |
| 2019 | Warm | Frost, Heat spike, Mildew / rot | Frost and two heatwaves tested the vines, but cool nights kept it fresh. |
| 2018 | Hot | Hail, Mildew / rot | A wet winter fed vines through a record-warm, record-abundant summer. |
| 2017 | Warm | Frost, Botrytis, Harvest rain | Frost and rot battered the crop, but ripe Chardonnay pulled through. |
| 2016 | Cool | Frost, Mildew / rot, Heat spike | Record rain and mildew nearly wrecked it, then August heat saved the crop. |
| 2015 | Hot | Drought, Heat spike | The hottest season on record brought drought stress and a divisive style. |
| 2014 | Cool | Mildew / rot | A cool, damp summer was rescued late, giving classically structured wine. |
| 2013 | Warm | A cold spring delayed everything, but the sunniest summer on record saved it. | |
| 2012 | Warm | Frost, Hail, Mildew / rot, Heat spike | Frost, hail and mildew nearly ruined it, then an August heatwave saved it. |
| 2009 | Warm | Heat spike, Mildew / rot | A hot, dry August made rich, plush, early-drinking Champagne. |
| 2008 | Cool | A cool, grey season was rescued by a stunning dry September miracle. | |
| 2007 | Cool | Mildew / rot, Botrytis | A cool, wet summer produced precise, high-acid, Chardonnay-driven wines. |
| 2006 | Warm | Mildew / rot | High sugar and low acid made 2006 broad, generous, and best enjoyed young. |
| 2004 | Cool | A cool August rescued by an Indian summer built rare elegance and purity. | |
| 2003 | Hot | Frost, Heat spike, Drought | Frost then a record heatwave made a tiny, opulent, low-acid vintage. |
| 2002 | Average | A near-perfect season with no extremes produced a legendary vintage. | |
| 2000 | Average | Hail, Mildew / rot, Botrytis | A rocky July gave way to a warm August that saved a solid, if modest, year. |
| 1999 | Hot | Heat spike, Harvest rain | The hottest year since 1959 made plush, open, low-acid Champagne. |
| 1998 | Warm | Frost, Heat spike, Harvest rain, Botrytis | Frost, record heat, and heavy rain made a wild, ultimately balanced year. |
| 1997 | Warm | Frost, Hail, Mildew / rot | Frost and rot early on gave way to a hot summer and soft, generous wine. |
| 1996 | Average | Frost | A wild, see-saw season produced Champagne's rare high-sugar, high-acid marvel. |
| 1995 | Warm | Mildew / rot, Frost | A hot, stormy year gave forward, generous wines with soft acidity. |
| 1992 | Hot | Hail, Heat spike | A long, hot summer with isolated hail produced ripe, high-acid fruit. |
| 1990 | Hot | Frost, Heat spike | Champagne's sunniest summer since 1950 built exceptional ripeness and power. |
| 1989 | Hot | Frost, Heat spike | April frost cut some vines, then relentless summer heat made lush, ripe wine. |