Vintage Weather
1959 across the wine world
Every region on record for 1959, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
Temperature
Cold → Hot
Bordeaux
Vintage report → The hottest, driest year in a decade made a legendary Vintage of the Century.
Burgundy
Vintage report → A hot, dry summer with timely September rain built rich, full-bodied classics.
Champagne
Vintage report → Frost and hail early, then relentless heat and drought built rare power.
Rhône Valley
Vintage report → The hottest, driest year in a decade produced small yields of concentrated wine.
Mosel
Vintage report → An exceptionally warm, sunny season made this a gold-standard benchmark vintage.