Vintage Weather
Rhône Valley
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✓Verified against primary sources
| Year | Temperature | Events | Read | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hot | Heat spike, Drought, Harvest rain, Low yield | A hot, early, small vintage with concentration, freshness and fine tannins. | Verified |
| 2024 | Average | Frost, Hail, Mildew / rot, Low yield | A wet, mildew-heavy year saved by August sun, giving fresh, drinkable wines. | Verified |
| 2023 | Warm | Heat spike, Drought, Hail, Mildew / rot, Harvest rain | Dry winter, rainy spring, late summer heat; a mid-September deluge in the north. | Verified |
| 2022 | Hot | Heat spike, Drought, Hail | Hottest, driest vine cycle since 1950; August and September rain let ripening go on. | Verified |
| 2021 | Cool | Frost, Hail | April frost, rain and hail, a cool summer, then a late harvest of fresh wines. | Verified |
| 2020 | Warm | Drought | Early, sunny and dry, with a drought scare, healthy fruit and uneven, lower yields. | Verified |
| 2019 | Hot | Drought, Heat spike, Hail | Hot, dry year; groundwater and northern showers carried vines to a near-average crop. | Verified |
| 2018 | Warm | Mildew / rot | Wet June mildew hit the south hardest; sunshine and a cool September ripened the grapes. | Verified |
| 2017 | Warm | Drought, Low yield | Hot and dry with a record-early pick; coulure cut the crop, hardest in the south. | Verified |
| 2016 | Warm | Hail, Mildew / rot, Drought | Hail and a wet spring tested the north; the south had a dry, near-ideal season. | Verified |
| 2015 | Hot | Heat spike | Wet spring, July heatwave and a dry summer gave a healthy, normal-sized crop. | Verified |
| 2014 | Cool | Hail, Harvest rain, Botrytis | Rainy July north, coolish summer south; fruit flies, hail and harvest rain tested growers. | Verified |
| 2013 | Cool | Mildew / rot, Harvest rain, Low yield | Cold spring and coulure cut the crop; a late harvest gave fresh, well-coloured wines. | Verified |
| 2012 | No weather read | Drought, Mildew / rot | Dry and sunny in the south, a wet spring and mildew fight in the north. | Verified |
| 2011 | Warm | Heat spike, Harvest rain | Warm dry spring, cool July, early September rain, then a long Indian summer. | Verified |
| 2010 | Cool | Low yield | Coulure and a wet, cool spring cut yields; a late harvest gave fresh, structured wines. | Verified |
| 2009 | Warm | Heat spike | Hot, dry summer and early harvest; low Chateauneuf yields, normal ones in the north. | Verified |
| 2008 | Cool | Hail, Harvest rain, Mildew / rot, Low yield | Spring and September rain, mildew and rot; sun and a cool Mistral saved patient growers. | Verified |
| 2007 | No weather read | Hail, Mildew / rot, Drought | A damp, cool north saved by September; a dry, windy south made rich, round reds. | Verified |
| 2006 | No weather read | Chateauneuf-du-Pape: a dry, sunny 2006 kept grapes healthy for generous wines. | Verified | |
| 2005 | Warm | Drought, Low yield | A dry year with cool nights; Decanter called it a classic 5/5 vintage. | Verified |
| 2004 | Average | A normal year after 2003: August rain, then a dry, windy September. | Verified | |
| 2003 | Hot | Heat spike, Drought | One long, hot summer and very early picking; dense, ripe wines, uneven in the north. | Verified |
| 2001 | No weather read | Dry summer; September north wind and fine weather concentrated the crop, notably up north. | Verified | |
| 2000 | No weather read | Hail | A dry season and healthy grapes in the south; high yields and some hail in the north. | Verified |
| 1999 | Warm | Mildew / rot, Harvest rain | A wet June brought mildew risk, but a warm dry summer built superb wines. | Not yet verified |
| 1998 | Warm | Frost | April frost slashed yields; a hot dry summer built dense, ageworthy wines. | Not yet verified |
| 1997 | Average | Harvest rain | A damp September rewarded patient growers who waited into October. | Not yet verified |
| 1996 | Cool | Harvest rain | A mild wet winter and cool harvest gave firm, average-quality wines. | Not yet verified |
| 1995 | Warm | Harvest rain | A warm, dry year with an August mistral, but rain hurt northern harvest. | Not yet verified |