Vintage Weather
1975 across the wine world
Every region on record for 1975, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
Northern hemisphere
Fierce summer sun built brutal tannin; only Pomerol and Sauternes truly triumphed.
A hot summer then wet September delayed harvest but built firm structure.
An underrated vintage prized for elegant, fine-acid Riesling in classic Spatlese style.
A wet spring and dry summer gave balanced, elegant, age-worthy wines.
A hot dry summer was diluted by September rain, giving lighter wines.
A cool, wet, disease-pressured year that rewarded patient, structured winemaking.
Cool moderate summer with a dry, disease-free harvest.
Cool acidity-driven Pinot that later shocked Burgundy in blind tastings.
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).
Weather extremes and a wet March produced a mostly weak, thin vintage.