Vintage Weather
Southern Rhône
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Temperature
Cold → Hot
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| Year | Temperature | Events | Read | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No weather read | Southern appellations report summer heat, smaller crops and fresh, balanced early wines. | Verified | |
| 2024 | No weather read | Frost, Mildew / rot, Heat spike, Low yield | A wet, mildew-hit start and Grenache coulure gave a small crop of fresh, balanced wines. | Verified |
| 2023 | No weather read | Dry winter, wet spring and a long, healthy harvest in southern appellation reports. | Verified | |
| 2022 | Hot | Drought, Hail | A drought year with an early harvest that Inter Rhone rated excellent for reds. | Verified |
| 2021 | Cool | Frost | A frost-hit, cooler year that gave fresh, fruity wines with lighter alcohol. | Verified |
| 2020 | No weather read | Supple, balanced southern reds, though harvest volumes varied greatly across the south. | Verified | |
| 2019 | Hot | Drought | A sweltering, very dry year that turned out best in Chateauneuf-du-Pape. | Verified |
| 2018 | Warm | Mildew / rot, Low yield | Spring mildew cut the crop; a hot, dry summer gave juicy but uneven wines. | Verified |
| 2017 | Warm | Drought, Low yield | Coulure and drought slashed an early crop, but the grapes came in ripe and healthy. | Verified |
| 2016 | Warm | Drought | A very dry, hot summer with cool nights; fresh, firm, balanced southern reds. | Verified |
| 2015 | Warm | A long, hot, dry season; ripe, powerful reds, with Gigondas a standout. | Verified | |
| 2014 | Cool | Harvest rain | A rainy winter, coolish summer and wet September gave slightly lighter southern reds. | Verified |
| 2013 | Cool | Low yield | Cold spring and Grenache coulure cut the crop; a late harvest gave lighter, fresher wines. | Verified |
| 2012 | No weather read | Drought, Low yield | A dry, sunny southern season with drought in spots and a small, heterogeneous crop. | Verified |
| 2011 | No weather read | Heat spike | A warm, dry spring, a cool July and a long Indian summer, with normal southern yields. | Verified |
| 2010 | No weather read | Drought, Low yield | Coulure and a very dry summer cut the crop; riper tannins and more freshness than 2009. | Verified |