Vintage Weather
1987 across the wine world
Every region on record for 1987, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
Temperature
Cold → Hot
Burgundy
Vintage report → An erratic season rescued by September sun made an average, workmanlike vintage.
Port & Douro
Vintage report → A hot, dry summer ripened fruit fully without deep extraction or power.
Rioja
Vintage report → Early rain threatened the harvest, but a hot late September saved it.
Napa Valley
Vintage report → Drought and heat waves shrank the crop into concentrated fruit.
Willamette Valley
Vintage report → A scorching early harvest let sugars race ahead of real ripeness.
Sonoma
Vintage report → A prolonged drought concentrated fruit into rich, structured wines.