✓ 2025 Small, healthy, structured, Excellent · Mildew / rot, Low yield, Heat spike Mildew cut the crop, then a calm autumn earned an Excellent rating. ✓ 2024 Untitled year · Harvest rain, Mildew / rot, Botrytis, Low yield Low fruit set, a dry warm summer and harvest rain, rated Buena (Good) by the Consejo. ✓ 2023 Fresh, variable, rain-split harvest · Drought, Frost, Heat spike, Harvest rain, Botrytis A dry start, late-August heat and heavy September rain made a variable Muy Buena year. ✓ 2022 Hottest year, healthy, Muy Buena · Heat spike, Drought, Hail Rioja's hottest year on record: healthy fruit, an early harvest, a Muy Buena rating. ✓ 2021 Frost, hail, then balance · Frost, Hail, Drought April frost and June hail tested a dry season; Rioja still rated it Muy Buena. ✓ 2020 Rainy spring, balanced finish · Mildew / rot A rainy spring and local mildew, then a balanced finish that earned Muy Buena. ✓ 2019 Stable, healthy, Excelente A stable, healthy season and a smaller crop earned Rioja's first Excelente since 2011. ✓ 2018 Wet start, mildew, record crop · Hail, Mildew / rot Wet spring and stormy early July raised mildew fears, then a long, record harvest. ✓ 2017 Frost, drought, earliest harvest · Frost, Heat spike, Drought, Low yield April frost and drought shaped a small crop and Rioja's earliest harvest on record. ✓ 2016 Fresh, balanced, phenolically ripe · Drought Drought and summer heat, then a favorable autumn and a clean, two-month selective harvest. ✓ 2015 Warm, dry, record-early harvest A warm, dry year gave Rioja its earliest harvest on record and a Muy Buena rating. ✓ 2014 Healthy vines, wet harvest · Mildew / rot, Botrytis, Harvest rain A favourable season turned wet at harvest, bringing botrytis and a heterogeneous vintage. ✓ 2012 Drought year, late September rain · Drought, Low yield A drought year and a small crop, with late September rain helping ripening. ✓ 2011 Dry, low-yield, healthy, Excelente · Drought, Low yield A dry year of low yields, yet healthy grapes earned Rioja a second straight Excelente. ✓ 2010 Even, healthy, Excelente year Favourable, stable weather and moderate yields gave Rioja its first Excelente since 2005. ✓ 2009 Hot, dry, early, rain-rescued · Hail, Drought Hot, dry summer and May hail, rescued by September rain for an early Muy Buena harvest. ✓ 2008 Wet spring, Indian summer finish · Mildew / rot, Low yield A wet, mildew-prone spring and cool summer were saved by a long Indian summer. ✓ 2007 Long season, selective harvest · Hail, Mildew / rot, Harvest rain A long season with hail and mildew, saved by a dry, sunny, selective autumn harvest. ✓ 2006 Hail-touched, fresh, selective, Muy Buena · Hail, Mildew / rot, Heat spike, Harvest rain Spring rain, a dry August and September heat gave Rioja a Muy Buena year. ✓ 2005 Dry year, healthy fruit · Drought, Harvest rain A dry, healthy year with cool harvest nights and a generous crop, rated Excelente. ✓ 2004 Cool, late, rain-tested, fine finish · Hail, Mildew / rot, Botrytis, Harvest rain A cool, late year with hail and September rain, saved by a long, fine harvest. ✓ 2001 Spring heat, healthy, Excelente · Heat spike, Harvest rain Spring heat, healthy grapes and top analytics earned Rioja an Excelente. 1999 Frost-thinned, late, concentrated harvest · Frost, Low yield Spring frost cut yields, but a late harvest still delivered real concentration. 1998 Hot, dry, small, concentrated crop · Harvest rain A hot, dry summer and small crop built concentrated, age-worthy wines. 1997 Record volume, diluted quality A dry summer drove record yields but diluted quality in lower vineyards. 1996 Near-perfect summer, diluted finish · Harvest rain A promising, balanced season undone by heavy rain right before harvest. 1995 Warm, abundant, second Excelente year · Frost A warm, well-watered year that delivered abundant, ripe, Excelente-rated wines. 1994 Hot, dry, small, brilliant harvest · Frost, Low yield A hot, dry, frost-thinned harvest producing small yields and brilliant concentration. 1991 Cool, wet, high-acid vintage · Frost, Hail, Botrytis, Harvest rain A cold, wet, frost-hit year that produced lean, high-acid, age-worthy wines. 1989 Early, hail-marked, warm harvest · Frost, Hail A frosty start and summer hail could not stop an early, warm harvest. 1987 Rain-interrupted, then hot rescue · Harvest rain Early rain threatened the harvest, but a hot late September saved it. 1985 Large crop, quietly excellent A record-large harvest that quietly outperformed its official Good rating. 1983 Mixed, dilute, uneven quality · Harvest rain A patchy, rain-diluted year that fell short of Rioja's best 1980s vintages. 1982 Legendary drought-concentrated vintage · Drought, Low yield A spring and summer drought concentrated fruit into one of Rioja's legendary years. 1981 Intense colour, selective excellence A selective, excellent year that built intense, deeply colored, age-worthy wines. 1978 Small crop, fruity balance · Low yield A smaller harvest that produced fruity, well-balanced wines built to age well. 1975 Cool, rain-tested, built for patience · Mildew / rot, Botrytis, Harvest rain A cool, wet, disease-pressured year that rewarded patient, structured winemaking. 1970 Mixed conditions, disciplined producers Variable conditions favored patient producers who waited for full physiological ripeness. 1968 Cool, dry, concentrated, structured · Drought, Low yield A cool, drought year that trimmed yields but concentrated flavor and structure. 1966 Overshadowed year, mixed results A secondary vintage overshadowed by 1964, with quality varying widely by bottle. 1964 Rioja's vintage of the century Warm, generous, and nearly perfect, this is Rioja's benchmark vintage of the century. 1955 Balanced, age-worthy, quietly great One of the decade's three Excellent vintages, prized for balance and longevity. 1952 Elegant, structured, quietly excellent Officially rated Excellent, this vintage built elegant, long-lived Rioja from top estates. 1947 Warm, concentrated, built to last A warm, dry season built deeply colored wines that still drink beautifully today. 1945 Postwar rarity, regulatory milestone No weather record survives, but this year marked the birth of Rioja's Consejo Regulador. 1942 Wartime scarcity, quiet survivor Made amid wartime scarcity, this Very Good vintage still surprises when found today. 1934 Quiet vintage, surprising longevity An unheralded year that, against the odds, produced surprisingly long-lived wines. 1922 Pre-regulatory historical curiosity No reliable weather record survives; treat this as a historical footnote, not a drinker.