Vintage Weather
Sonoma
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| Year | Temperature | Events | Read | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cool | Harvest rain | A wet winter and cool summer gave fresh, lower-alcohol wines. | Verified |
| 2024 | Warm | A smooth, fast, rain-free harvest with outstanding quality across Sonoma. | Verified | |
| 2023 | Cool | Heat spike | A wet, cool start and mild summer gave a late, long harvest with plenty of fresh fruit. | Verified |
| 2022 | Warm | Drought, Frost, Heat spike, Harvest rain, Low yield | A dry, record-early Sonoma year: frost and a Labor Day heatwave gave dense wines. | Verified |
| 2021 | Average | Frost, Drought, Low yield | A dry, even, fire-free drought year that gave Sonoma a small, concentrated crop. | Verified |
| 2020 | Average | Heat spike, Smoke, Low yield | Near-perfect until a mid-August lightning storm; whites got in early, reds bore the smoke. | Verified |
| 2019 | No weather read | Frost, Smoke | A quiet season cut short by the Kincade fire, with about 92 percent of the crop picked. | Verified |
| 2018 | Cool | Harvest rain | A cool start and moderate summer gave Sonoma a long, relaxed season and a normal crop. | Verified |
| 2017 | Warm | Heat spike, Smoke | Wet winter, a hot August, a Labor Day heat spike, then the October fires. | Verified |
| 2016 | Average | Heat spike | An early start and a cool, foggy August gave Sonoma a steady, uneventful harvest. | Verified |
| 2015 | Warm | Drought, Heat spike, Low yield | A fourth drought year, rough flowering and a warm summer brought an early, small crop. | Verified |
| 2014 | Average | Drought, Harvest rain | An early, moderately warm drought year with a harvest that started July 30. | Verified |
| 2013 | Average | A long, moderate, early season with clean fruit and a large, above-average crop. | Verified | |
| 2012 | Average | A long, moderate season with no heat waves and a crop 60 percent bigger than 2011. | Verified | |
| 2011 | Cool | Harvest rain, Low yield | A cool, late, short Sonoma crop with fall rain and rot, but fresh, lower-alcohol wines. | Verified |
| 2010 | Cool | Heat spike, Mildew / rot, Botrytis, Harvest rain, Low yield | A cold spring, foggy summer and late-August heat cut crops; sorting decided quality. | Verified |
| 2009 | Average | Harvest rain | Mild, even California season; Sonoma Pinot and Chardonnay picked before October rain. | Verified |
| 2008 | Average | Frost, Heat spike, Drought, Smoke, Low yield | Frost, drought and wildfire smoke, then an early harvest of smaller crops. | Verified |
| 2007 | Average | Heat spike, Harvest rain, Low yield | Dry winter, even summer, early two-part harvest and a small crop of concentrated fruit. | Verified |
| 2006 | Cool | Heat spike, Harvest rain, Mildew / rot, Botrytis | Cool, soggy spring, July heat and October rain; a B- year per Wine Spectator. | Verified |
| 2005 | Cool | Mildew / rot, Botrytis | Record May-June rain cut Pinot Noir set; a cool, damp summer kept rot pressure high. | Verified |
| 2004 | No weather read | Low yield | An early, short Sonoma harvest with a small crop, wrapped up by early October. | Verified |
| 2003 | No weather read | Heat spike, Harvest rain, Low yield | Early budbreak, cold wet April, July heat; a short Sonoma crop of small berries. | Verified |
| 2002 | No weather read | Frost, Heat spike | North Coast frost and May rain, then September heat; firm, racy Cabernet, per Decanter. | Verified |
| 2001 | Warm | Frost, Heat spike, Harvest rain, Low yield | April frost, early summer heat and a late-September storm; smaller crops, top Zinfandel. | Verified |
| 1999 | Average | Heat spike, Low yield | A cool season with long hang time and low yields made concentrated wines. | Not yet verified |
| 1998 | Cold | Mildew / rot, Botrytis, Low yield | A cold, wet El Nino year with mildew pressure made surprisingly age-worthy wines. | Not yet verified |
| 1997 | Average | A warm, early season produced ripe, generous, fruit-forward wines. | Not yet verified | |
| 1996 | Warm | Heat spike, Low yield | Spring berry shatter and summer heat spikes made a concentrated sleeper year. | Not yet verified |
| 1995 | Warm | Hail | Winter floods and a June hailstorm gave way to a rescuing Indian Summer. | Not yet verified |