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Vintage Weather

Mosel

Temperature
Cold → Hot
Year Temperature Events Read
2025 Warm Harvest rain A fast, early harvest after the frost year gave small but very clean Riesling.
2024 Cool Frost, Hail, Mildew / rot, Low yield A brutal April frost and cool season made the smallest Mosel harvest in 50 years.
2023 Warm Botrytis A dry spring, wet August, and warm September made a fast harvest of elegant wines.
2022 Hot Drought, Heat spike Germany's driest year ever still produced crisp, low-alcohol wines via September rain.
2021 Cool Mildew / rot A cool, rain-soaked season and the Ahr flood still yielded crisp, mineral wines.
2020 Warm Frost, Drought One of the sunniest summers on record brought an early harvest of elegant, fresh wines.
2019 Hot Frost, Heat spike, Drought, Low yield Frost, blistering heat, and drought still produced Germany's best Riesling in decades.
2018 Hot Heat spike, Drought The hottest four-month stretch since 1881 produced a huge, ripe, early harvest.
2017 Warm Frost, Drought, Botrytis, Low yield A brutal April frost cut yields in half, concentrating superb, structured wines.
2016 Average Mildew / rot, Hail, Frost, Heat spike A rainy spring gave way to a hot, dry summer, yielding elegant, moderate wines.
2015 Hot Heat spike, Drought The driest, hottest summer since 1961 still delivered exceptional balance and depth.
2014 Cool Harvest rain October rain split the vintage; selection made some of the finest Kabinetts in decades.
2013 Cool Hail, Harvest rain, Botrytis, Low yield A very cold spring and rainy September made for a lean, low-yield, high-acid vintage.
2012 Cool Mildew / rot A cool, mildew-troubled growing season was redeemed by a superb, late-picked autumn.
2011 Warm Frost, Botrytis A warm, frost-interrupted season made generous wines rather than razor acidity.
2010 Cool Hail, Low yield A cold, low-yield season produced piercingly acidic, age-worthy wines.
2009 Warm Harvest rain, Botrytis A warm, dry summer made for a big, ripe, crowd-pleasing vintage.
2008 Cool Harvest rain, Low yield A cool, wet season made for lean, piercingly high-acid, age-worthy wines.
2007 No weather read Record-early flowering and a long, cool summer built exceptional aromatic depth.
2006 No weather read Harvest rain, Botrytis, Low yield Late rains triggered rampant botrytis, forcing an early harvest of stunning sweet wines.
2005 Hot Low yield Record sunshine and an early, low-yield harvest made this an instant classic.
2004 Cool A cool, disappointing summer produced crisp, precise, age-worthy dry Rieslings.
2003 Hot Heat spike, Drought, Botrytis Europe's most extreme heatwave in 500 years split producers into stars, letdowns.
2002 Warm Harvest rain, Frost A wet October curbed noble rot, but a rare December freeze delivered abundant Eiswein.
2001 Warm Botrytis A long, temperate summer and warm Indian summer created near-perfect balance.
1999 Hot Heat spike, Harvest rain A near-perfect hot summer was tempered by late rain, still yielding excellent wines.
1998 Average Heat spike, Harvest rain, Low yield A hot August and rainy autumn still produced a solid, all-round vintage.
1997 Hot Frost, Low yield Catastrophic spring frost gave way to a glorious summer that rescued the vintage.
1996 Cool Hail, Botrytis Cold flowering and hail made for a lean, high-acid, classically structured year.
1995 Warm Low yield Rain-plagued late summer was redeemed by the warmest October in a decade.