Vintage Weather
Tuscany
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Temperature
Cold → Hot
✓Verified against primary sources
| Year | Temperature | Events | Read | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Warm | Hail, Heat spike, Frost | Heat and scattered hail cut the crop, and early word calls quality high. | Verified |
| 2024 | Average | Harvest rain | A cool wet autumn gave lighter Chianti Classico at lower alcohol. | Verified |
| 2023 | Warm | Mildew / rot, Heat spike, Low yield | A rainy late spring brought downy mildew and smaller crops across much of Tuscany. | Verified |
| 2022 | Hot | Drought | Constant summer heat and drought, eased by August rain; healthy grapes picked early. | Verified |
| 2021 | No weather read | Frost, Drought, Heat spike, Low yield | April frost and a dry summer; less Brunello, and 4.5 stars for Vino Nobile. | Verified |
| 2020 | Warm | Frost, Heat spike, Mildew / rot, Low yield | Cool spring, cold budbreak, a long, warm summer and a smaller crop. | Verified |
| 2019 | Warm | Harvest rain | Wet spring, warm dry summer and a fine September; a generous Vino Nobile crop. | Verified |
| 2018 | Average | Hail, Mildew / rot | Spring rain, a mild summer and disease pressure in places gave classic, elegant wines. | Verified |
| 2017 | Hot | Frost, Heat spike, Drought, Low yield | Late frost, drought and summer heat gave Chianti Classico its smallest crop in 40 years. | Verified |
| 2016 | Average | Hail, Harvest rain, Drought | Cool, wet spring, hot dry summer, September rain, and five stars for Brunello. | Verified |
| 2015 | Warm | Hot July and August, cool nights and timely rain; five stars for Brunello. | Verified | |
| 2014 | Cool | A warm, wet start and a cold, rainy summer, then a late season that favored Sangiovese. | Verified | |
| 2013 | No weather read | Mildew / rot, Hail, Harvest rain | Wet, late start; heat from mid-July; October rain; four Brunello stars. | Verified |
| 2012 | Hot | Drought, Heat spike, Low yield | Drought and a hot Chianti summer, late August rain, smaller crops across reporting zones. | Verified |
| 2011 | Warm | Heat spike, Low yield | Wet spring, an August heat wave and smaller crops; careful selection was key. | Verified |
| 2010 | Cool | Hail | Near-freezing winter, cool wet spring, late harvest; structured Chianti and Brunello. | Verified |
| 2009 | Hot | Heat spike, Drought, Harvest rain | Wet spring, hot dry summer, September rain; mixed quality, cooler sites best. | Verified |
| 2008 | No weather read | Mildew / rot, Hail, Low yield | Wet spring, mildew and August hail in Montalcino; ripe, lighter wines. | Verified |
| 2007 | Warm | Heat spike | Mild dry winter, record spring heat, hot July, harvest early and yields down 10%. | Verified |
| 2006 | Warm | Harvest rain | Wet spring, very hot July, sunny early September; five stars for Brunello. | Verified |
| 2005 | No weather read | Harvest rain | Cold winter, cool wet August in Chianti Classico, September rain, late harvest. | Verified |
| 2004 | Average | Cold winter, rainy spring, warm summer, hot October; harvest 15 to 20 days late. | Verified | |
| 2003 | Hot | Frost, Heat spike, Drought, Low yield | Hottest summer in 150 years, April frost, drought, earliest harvest since 1945. | Verified |
| 2001 | Warm | Frost, Hail, Harvest rain, Low yield | An April frost cut the crop; a hot, dry summer gave full-bodied wines. | Verified |
| 2000 | Warm | Mildew / rot, Heat spike, Drought, Hail | June mildew and a hot, dry August gave an early harvest and soft, round wines. | Verified |
| 1999 | Warm | A warm, near-ideal season gave an early harvest of deep, ripe wines. | Not yet verified | |
| 1998 | Warm | Drought, Harvest rain | A hot, dry summer and September rain split early and late pickers. | Not yet verified |
| 1997 | Warm | Frost, Low yield | April frost cut yields; a warm, balanced season made an exceptional vintage. | Not yet verified |
| 1995 | Average | Harvest rain | A small harvest after early rain gave rich, tannic, concentrated wines. | Not yet verified |
| 1994 | Hot | Heat spike, Drought | Record summer heat and drought made soft, fruity, early-drinking wines. | Not yet verified |