✓ 2025 Cool summer, fresh and moderate · Harvest rain A cool summer gave slow ripening and fresh, moderate-alcohol wines. ✓ 2024 hot season, classic result · Heat spike Wet winter soils carried the vines through 38 to 40 days above 100 degrees. ✓ 2023 cool, late, high acidity · Mildew / rot, Frost A cold wet winter and cool season pushed harvest toward November with high acidity. ✓ 2022 heat wave then rain · Heat spike, Harvest rain A record September heat wave, then rain, split 2022 into two harvests. ✓ 2021 drought year, small concentrated crop · Drought, Heat spike, Low yield A dry drought year with very low yields and one of the earliest harvests on record. ✓ 2020 fire-shortened, smoke-shadowed · Frost, Drought, Heat spike, Smoke, Low yield Two wildfires and widespread smoke cut the 2020 red crop sharply. ✓ 2019 generous, ripe, soft tannins · Heat spike A wet spring and mild summer gave ripe, generous reds with softer tannins. ✓ 2018 mild, even, generous crop · Harvest rain A mild season with no heat spikes, a late harvest and a very large crop. ✓ 2017 extreme heat, fire-year harvest · Heat spike, Smoke Record heat defined 2017, with most fruit picked before the October fires. ✓ 2016 Even season, September heat · Heat spike An even growing season with September heat that brought the Cabernet in fast. ✓ 2015 Warm, dry, early and small · Drought, Low yield A warm dry year with an early start and a notably small crop. ✓ 2014 Dry, even, early and abundant · Drought A drought year with even ripening, an early finish and a generous crop. ✓ 2013 Warm, dry, early and abundant · Drought, Heat spike A dry warm year with the earliest harvest in recent record and a big crop. ✓ 2012 Warm, even, textbook season A textbook warm season with even ripening and a return to normal crop size. ✓ 2011 Cold wet year, botrytis pressure · Harvest rain, Botrytis, Low yield A cold wet year with a tiny crop, October rain and widespread botrytis. ✓ 2010 Cool wet year, heat spike · Heat spike, Harvest rain A cold wet season broken by an August heat spike and a very late finish. ✓ 2009 Mild season, wet October · Harvest rain A long mild season that ended in a race against October rain. ✓ 2008 Frost, drought, tiny crop · Frost, Heat spike, Drought, Low yield A huge frost season and dry spring cut the crop to its lowest in decades. ✓ 2007 Dry season, small clean berries · Heat spike, Harvest rain, Low yield A dry, mild season gave small berries, low yields and a relaxed harvest. ✓ 2006 Wet spring, July heat wave · Heat spike, Botrytis, Harvest rain A wet spring and July heat wave made a grower's challenge and a late harvest. ✓ 2005 Long even season, big crop A mild, even season ran late and delivered a big, balanced crop. ✓ 2004 Early, warm, small concentrated crop · Heat spike, Low yield An early spring and hot dry September gave a small, concentrated crop. ✓ 2003 Cold wet spring, September heat · Heat spike, Low yield A cold wet spring ran a month late before September heat compressed harvest. ✓ 2002 Mild season, fast ripe harvest · Frost, Heat spike A mild season and late heat spikes gave a fast, early, ripe harvest. ✓ 2001 Frost, heat spells, ripe Cabernet · Frost, Heat spike Frost and heat spells gave way to a cool September and ripe Cabernet. 1999 Cool, dry, structured, elegant · Heat spike, Drought A long cool dry season made structured, Bordeaux-like, ageworthy Cabernets. 1998 El Nino, high acid, cooler El Nino brought a wet, uneven season, but wines aged with high acidity. 1997 Vintage of the Century, abundant · Harvest rain Near-perfect weather and big yields made the celebrated Vintage of the Century. 1996 Warm, ripe, high-alcohol reds · Heat spike, Low yield A hot August and low yields produced rich, seductive, ripe wines. 1995 Late, light, luscious, hail-hit · Hail, Mildew / rot, Low yield Floods and a June hailstorm gave a late, lighter, balanced vintage. 1994 Balanced, moderate, ageworthy A long, moderate season gave one of the greatest modern Napa vintages. 1993 Uneven, panic-harvest year · Heat spike, Low yield Cool spells and a late heat spike made an uneven, hit-or-miss year. 1992 Classical, taut, moderate alcohol · Heat spike A hot August gave way to ideal September ripening, yielding classic style. 1991 Large crop, late cool harvest A cool, long season with heavy crop thinning produced ageworthy wines. 1990 Low yield, drought concentrated · Drought, Low yield Low yields and drought concentrated fruit into powerful, ageworthy wines. 1989 Rain-plagued, uneven harvest · Harvest rain, Botrytis Torrential harvest rains earned it the nickname Vintage From Hell. 1988 Cool and rain diluted · Harvest rain Cool summer and harvest rain made a difficult, inconsistent vintage. 1987 Drought, heat, low-yield concentration · Drought, Heat spike, Low yield Drought and heat waves shrank the crop into concentrated fruit. 1986 Mild, forward, early-drinking Cabernet Cool start, warm September; mild, easy-drinking Cabernets. 1985 Balanced, dry, textbook Mediterranean A calm, balanced season: no heat spikes, no harvest rain, no disease. 1984 Hot, dry, early harvest year · Heat spike Hot dry spring through harvest triggered an early, concentrated pick. 1980 Cool foggy season, late-heat rescue · Heat spike One of the coolest seasons on record, saved by a September heat spell. 1978 Warm, abundant, heat-wave vintage · Heat spike Wet spring, then warmth and a pre-harvest heat wave; big crop. 1977 Drought year, small concentrated berries · Drought, Harvest rain, Low yield Second drought year; light harvest rain saved small berries. 1975 Cool, moderate, dry harvest Cool moderate summer with a dry, disease-free harvest. 1974 Cool, gradual ripening, old-vine · Frost A touch of frost, then a long cool summer, near-ideal ripening. 1973 Moderate, elegant, balanced Cabernet Moderate temperatures produced structured, elegant Cabernet in 1973. 1970 Cool start, structured Cabernet Chilly start gave way to a successful, structured vintage. 1968 Warm, dry benchmark vintage Warm, dry summer produced Napa's first legendary vintage.