Vintage Weather
Willamette Valley
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| Year | Temperature | Events | Read | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Warm | Heat spike | A warm, dry year ran early and fast, with small berries and concentration. | Verified |
| 2024 | Warm | Frost, Heat spike, Low yield | Textbook timing on the outside, a January freeze and July heat on the inside. | Verified |
| 2023 | Hot | Heat spike, Drought | A hot, dry summer and a September rain forecast made for a condensed harvest. | Verified |
| 2022 | Warm | Frost, Mildew / rot | An April frost burned the primary buds and a warm October still brought it home. | Verified |
| 2021 | Hot | Heat spike, Drought, Low yield | A record heat dome hit before veraison and the fruit came through clean. | Verified |
| 2020 | Warm | Smoke, Drought, Low yield | Labor Day wildfire smoke reshaped what was already a small, high-quality crop. | Verified |
| 2019 | Average | Frost, Harvest rain | A cooler, wetter season after five warm years, with rain at the start of harvest. | Verified |
| 2018 | Warm | Drought, Smoke | A very warm, very dry, very sunny year saved by a half inch of September rain. | Verified |
| 2017 | Warm | Heat spike | A cool wet spring, the warmest August on record, and a slow steady harvest. | Verified |
| 2016 | Warm | Heat spike | An early start, a moderate summer and a calm harvest with no weather pressure. | Verified |
| 2015 | Hot | Heat spike | Oregon's hottest year on record, picked early off a record crop. | Verified |
| 2014 | Hot | Frost, Heat spike | Record heat and a huge crop, all picked by October 1 with alcohols near 14. | Verified |
| 2013 | Warm | Harvest rain, Botrytis, Mildew / rot | A warm, early year cut in two by a 30-year rain event in late September. | Verified |
| 2012 | Warm | Drought, Low yield | A short crop from a wet bloom, then 100-plus dry days to ripen it well. | Verified |
| 2011 | Cold | Oregon's latest and coldest season on record, saved by a sunny late autumn. | Verified | |
| 2010 | Cold | Mildew / rot, Botrytis, Low yield | Oregon's coolest season in 30 years, rescued by a long run of October sun. | Verified |
| 2009 | Warm | Heat spike, Harvest rain | A warm, swing-heavy year with long hang time and plentiful Willamette yields. | Verified |
| 2008 | Cold | Frost, Harvest rain, Low yield | A cold, late season saved by warm, dry October days for those who waited. | Verified |
| 2007 | Cool | Harvest rain, Mildew / rot | Weekly autumn rains delayed picking and gave high-acid, lower-alcohol wines. | Verified |
| 2006 | Warm | Heat spike | A warm, dry year with a big crop that gave rich wines and high alcohols. | Verified |
| 2005 | Cool | Harvest rain | A cool year where late September rain brought balance and supple, fresh wines. | Verified |
| 2004 | Average | Harvest rain, Low yield | Rain delayed a short crop, and the wait gave crisp, bright, classic wines. | Verified |
| 2003 | Hot | Heat spike | A hot, dry season that gave richly ripe wines with high alcohol and low acid. | Verified |
| 2002 | Warm | A dry, warm season with cool nights gave ripe wines with balancing acidity. | Verified | |
| 2000 | Cool | A dry, even season that gave ripe Pinot Noir with moderate acids. | Verified | |
| 1999 | Cool | A nerve-wracking cool year rewarded patience with firm, age-worthy acidity. | Not yet verified | |
| 1998 | Warm | Low yield | Tiny yields and ripe fruit made one of the decade's most concentrated years. | Not yet verified |
| 1997 | Cool | Harvest rain, Botrytis | The wettest of three rain years, saved by aggressive thinning and early picks. | Not yet verified |
| 1996 | Cool | Harvest rain | Oregon's wettest year on record still produced rich, structured Pinot. | Not yet verified |
| 1995 | Average | Harvest rain | A promising spring undone by mid-harvest rain, yet elegant wines resulted. | Not yet verified |