Vintage Weather

Port & Douro

Temperature

Cold → Hot

Year	Temperature	Events	Read
2025	Hot	Heat spike, Drought, Low yield	Portugal's hottest, driest summer in 94 years cut volumes but not quality.
2024	Warm	Low yield	A warm summer and cool harvest gave the first general declaration since 2017.
2023	Average	Hail, Mildew / rot, Heat spike, Harvest rain	An early, generous harvest broken in two by heavy September rain.
2022	Hot	Drought, Heat spike, Low yield	Portugal's hottest ever reading and worst drought since 1931 cut yields.
2021	Cool	Hail, Harvest rain	A cool season and June hail gave fresh, elegant wines after a wet harvest.
2020	Hot	Drought, Heat spike, Low yield	Record July heat and near-zero rain made the smallest harvest this century.
2019	Cool		Cooler summer temperatures than 2018 gave fresh, elegant, balanced wines.
2017	Hot	Drought, Heat spike, Low yield	The hottest, driest season in decades brought the earliest harvest on record.
2016	No weather read	Heat spike, Harvest rain, Mildew / rot, Low yield	A very wet spring raised disease pressure before a scorching September.
2015	No weather read	Drought, Harvest rain, Low yield	Record spring heat and drought met a decisive cyclone rain before harvest.
2013	No weather read	Harvest rain	Late September rain split the harvest into strong and diluted lots.
2011	No weather read	Heat spike, Drought, Mildew / rot, Low yield	A dry year with a June heat spike still gave elegant, powerful wines.
2009	No weather read	Drought, Low yield	Near-rainless summer drought and low fertility brought an early harvest.
2008	Cool		A cool, dry year rewarded growers who waited for a late harvest.
2007	No weather read	Heat spike	A long cool season was rescued by two weeks of intense September heat.
2004	No weather read	Drought	Severe spring drought was followed by the wettest August in 104 years.
2003	Hot	Heat spike, Low yield	Europe's infamous heatwave was tempered by rain timed at the right moments.
2001	Cool	Mildew / rot	The wettest year in 20 years and a cool summer delayed ripening.
2000	No weather read	Low yield	Wet spring fruit-set losses cut yields 35 to 40 percent before a fine summer.
1999	No weather read	Harvest rain	A favorable season was undone by intermittent rain in late September.
1998	Hot	Harvest rain, Heat spike, Low yield, Mildew / rot	Mildew cut yields, then extreme heat and harvest rain made a mixed year.
1997	No weather read		Snow, an early bud burst, and late-August rain framed a balanced season.
1995	Hot	Heat spike	Four weeks of furnace-like August heat pushed sugars to record levels.
1994	Warm	Hail, Low yield	Hail and poor flowering slashed yields before a warm, dry summer.
1992	Warm		A long hot summer and late rain gave low yields and tannic structure.
1991	Warm	Drought	A hot dry summer after heavy winter rain gave small, concentrated berries.
1988	Hot	Drought, Heat spike, Low yield	No rain and near-27C heat caused 50 to 70 percent crop losses.
1987	Warm	Drought	A hot, dry summer ripened fruit fully without deep extraction or power.
1985	Warm	Drought	A hot, rainless July and August stressed vines into thick-skinned fruit.
1983	Cool		A cold winter and cold August gave way to a late, perfect October harvest.