Vintage Weather
Mosel
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| Year | Temperature | Events | Read | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Warm | Harvest rain | A fast, early harvest after the frost year gave small but very clean Riesling. | Verified |
| 2024 | No weather read | Frost, Hail, Mildew / rot, Low yield | April frost, May hail and a wet season gave the Mosel its smallest crop in 50 years. | Verified |
| 2023 | Warm | Drought, Heat spike, Mildew / rot, Botrytis | A hot, dry June, a soaking from late July and a very warm September sped ripening. | Verified |
| 2022 | Hot | Heat spike, Drought, Botrytis | July heat and drought, an August start, and light, aromatic Mosel Rieslings. | Verified |
| 2021 | Cool | Mildew / rot, Low yield | A cool, wet year of fungal disease gave small crops of fresh, classic Mosel Riesling. | Verified |
| 2020 | Warm | Drought, Heat spike, Hail, Harvest rain, Botrytis | A third dry year brought an early, healthy Mosel harvest seen as a Kabinett year. | Verified |
| 2019 | Warm | Frost, Hail, Heat spike, Drought, Harvest rain, Botrytis, Low yield | Frost, heat, drought and autumn rain cut the Mosel crop, but the grapes came in ripe. | Verified |
| 2018 | Hot | Drought, Botrytis | A hot, dry summer brought an early harvest and a big crop of ripe, mild-acid Riesling. | Verified |
| 2017 | Warm | Frost, Hail, Botrytis, Harvest rain, Low yield | April frost gave the Mosel its smallest crop in 50 years and a record-early harvest. | Verified |
| 2016 | Average | Frost, Hail, Mildew / rot, Drought, Heat spike, Low yield | A wet, mildew-hit spring gave way to a dry, hot late summer and a calm, chilly harvest. | Verified |
| 2015 | Warm | Drought, Botrytis | A hot, dry summer and a cool, golden October gave ripe Mosel Riesling with high acidity. | Verified |
| 2014 | No weather read | Frost, Hail, Harvest rain, Botrytis | An early spring, a wet summer and October harvest rain made selection decisive in 2014. | Verified |
| 2013 | No weather read | Hail, Harvest rain, Botrytis, Low yield | Late flowering, hail and a damp, warm October cut the Mosel crop by more than a quarter. | Verified |
| 2012 | Cool | Mildew / rot, Botrytis, Low yield | A cool, damp year of millerandage and mildew ended in a long, warm, dry autumn. | Verified |
| 2011 | Warm | A warm spring and golden September; in the Mosel, the challenge was very high yields. | Verified | |
| 2010 | Cool | Low yield | Cool flowering and a wet August gave Germany a tiny crop of concentrated, high-acid wine. | Verified |
| 2009 | Warm | Hail, Mildew / rot, Harvest rain, Botrytis, Low yield | A dry summer and uneven flowering gave the Mosel a tiny crop of ripe, fruity wines. | Verified |
| 2008 | Average | Hail, Mildew / rot, Harvest rain, Botrytis | Early flowering, local May hail and a cool, wet September made a late Mosel harvest. | Verified |
| 2007 | No weather read | Record-early flowering and a dull summer gave a long hang time and a dry Mosel harvest. | Verified | |
| 2006 | Warm | Harvest rain, Botrytis | End-of-September rain spread botrytis through ripe Mosel grapes and forced an early pick. | Verified |
| 2005 | Warm | Harvest rain | An extraordinarily sunny year ripened grapes about two weeks ahead of schedule. | Verified |
| 2004 | Average | A warm-enough season and a sunny golden October gave fresh, aromatic whites. | Verified | |
| 2003 | Hot | Heat spike, Drought, Low yield | A scorching, dry German summer; Mosel growers expected an uneven vintage, smaller crop. | Verified |
| 2002 | Warm | Heat spike, Botrytis, Harvest rain | A warm summer, then mid-October rain; Saar and Ruwer made the star Rieslings. | Verified |
| 2001 | No weather read | Low yield | A damp September and sunny October gave small yields and supreme Mosel Riesling. | Verified |
| 1999 | Hot | Heat spike, Harvest rain | A near-perfect hot summer was tempered by late rain, still yielding excellent wines. | Not yet verified |
| 1998 | Average | Heat spike, Harvest rain, Low yield | A hot August and rainy autumn still produced a solid, all-round vintage. | Not yet verified |
| 1997 | Hot | Frost, Low yield | Catastrophic spring frost gave way to a glorious summer that rescued the vintage. | Not yet verified |
| 1996 | Cool | Hail, Botrytis | Cold flowering and hail made for a lean, high-acid, classically structured year. | Not yet verified |
| 1995 | Warm | Low yield | Rain-plagued late summer was redeemed by the warmest October in a decade. | Not yet verified |