Vintage Weather
Rioja
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✓Verified against primary sources
| Year | Temperature | Events | Read | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Warm | Mildew / rot, Low yield, Heat spike | Mildew cut the crop, then a calm autumn earned an Excellent rating. | Verified |
| 2024 | Warm | Harvest rain, Mildew / rot, Botrytis, Low yield | Low fruit set, a dry warm summer and harvest rain, rated Buena (Good) by the Consejo. | Verified |
| 2023 | No weather read | Drought, Frost, Heat spike, Harvest rain, Botrytis | A dry start, late-August heat and heavy September rain made a variable Muy Buena year. | Verified |
| 2022 | Hot | Heat spike, Drought, Hail | Rioja's hottest year on record: healthy fruit, an early harvest, a Muy Buena rating. | Verified |
| 2021 | Average | Frost, Hail, Drought | April frost and June hail tested a dry season; Rioja still rated it Muy Buena. | Verified |
| 2020 | No weather read | Mildew / rot | A rainy spring and local mildew, then a balanced finish that earned Muy Buena. | Verified |
| 2019 | No weather read | A stable, healthy season and a smaller crop earned Rioja's first Excelente since 2011. | Verified | |
| 2018 | No weather read | Hail, Mildew / rot | Wet spring and stormy early July raised mildew fears, then a long, record harvest. | Verified |
| 2017 | Warm | Frost, Heat spike, Drought, Low yield | April frost and drought shaped a small crop and Rioja's earliest harvest on record. | Verified |
| 2016 | Warm | Drought | Drought and summer heat, then a favorable autumn and a clean, two-month selective harvest. | Verified |
| 2015 | Warm | A warm, dry year gave Rioja its earliest harvest on record and a Muy Buena rating. | Verified | |
| 2014 | Cool | Mildew / rot, Botrytis, Harvest rain | A favourable season turned wet at harvest, bringing botrytis and a heterogeneous vintage. | Verified |
| 2012 | No weather read | Drought, Low yield | A drought year and a small crop, with late September rain helping ripening. | Verified |
| 2011 | Warm | Drought, Low yield | A dry year of low yields, yet healthy grapes earned Rioja a second straight Excelente. | Verified |
| 2010 | Average | Favourable, stable weather and moderate yields gave Rioja its first Excelente since 2005. | Verified | |
| 2009 | Hot | Hail, Drought | Hot, dry summer and May hail, rescued by September rain for an early Muy Buena harvest. | Verified |
| 2008 | Cool | Mildew / rot, Low yield | A wet, mildew-prone spring and cool summer were saved by a long Indian summer. | Verified |
| 2007 | No weather read | Hail, Mildew / rot, Harvest rain | A long season with hail and mildew, saved by a dry, sunny, selective autumn harvest. | Verified |
| 2006 | Average | Hail, Mildew / rot, Heat spike, Harvest rain | Spring rain, a dry August and September heat gave Rioja a Muy Buena year. | Verified |
| 2005 | Average | Drought, Harvest rain | A dry, healthy year with cool harvest nights and a generous crop, rated Excelente. | Verified |
| 2004 | Cool | Hail, Mildew / rot, Botrytis, Harvest rain | A cool, late year with hail and September rain, saved by a long, fine harvest. | Verified |
| 2001 | Warm | Heat spike, Harvest rain | Spring heat, healthy grapes and top analytics earned Rioja an Excelente. | Verified |
| 1999 | No weather read | Frost, Low yield | Spring frost cut yields, but a late harvest still delivered real concentration. | Not yet verified |
| 1998 | Warm | Harvest rain | A hot, dry summer and small crop built concentrated, age-worthy wines. | Not yet verified |
| 1997 | No weather read | A dry summer drove record yields but diluted quality in lower vineyards. | Not yet verified | |
| 1996 | Average | Harvest rain | A promising, balanced season undone by heavy rain right before harvest. | Not yet verified |
| 1995 | Warm | Frost | A warm, well-watered year that delivered abundant, ripe, Excelente-rated wines. | Not yet verified |
| 1994 | Hot | Frost, Low yield | A hot, dry, frost-thinned harvest producing small yields and brilliant concentration. | Not yet verified |
| 1991 | Cool | Frost, Hail, Botrytis, Harvest rain | A cold, wet, frost-hit year that produced lean, high-acid, age-worthy wines. | Not yet verified |
| 1989 | Warm | Frost, Hail | A frosty start and summer hail could not stop an early, warm harvest. | Not yet verified |