Vintage Weather
1955 across the wine world
Every region on record for 1955, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
Northern hemisphere
A near-perfect hot, dry summer with timely rain gave a big excellent crop.
May frost trimmed some growths, but a sunny harvest brought an ample crop.
A mild spring and hot, dry summer gave ripe, balanced fruit.
A wet spring and dry summer produced a balanced, elegant classic.
A hot summer and slightly reduced yields concentrated an excellent vintage.
One of the decade's three Excellent vintages, prized for balance and longevity.
Southern hemisphere
Southern hemisphere: the vintage year is the harvest year, so the growing season began in the previous calendar year (spring in September to October, harvest in February to April of the vintage year).
Warm, dry harvest conditions produced one of Australia's greatest Grange vintages.