Vintage Weather
1991 across the wine world
Every region on record for 1991, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
A warm, dry, early season produced textbook, age-worthy South Australian reds.
Harvested autumn 1991
The worst frost since 1945 devastated the crop in one of the coldest vintages ever.
Frost and hail cut yields, but a fine summer made precise, underrated reds.
Rhone escaped spring frost; September rain hurt the south more than north.
Persistent September rain kept Nebbiolo from reaching full ripeness.
Cold wet spring and harvest rains made an inconsistent, rain-affected year.
A hot dry summer after heavy winter rain gave small, concentrated berries.
A cold, wet, frost-hit year that produced lean, high-acid, age-worthy wines.
A cool, long season with heavy crop thinning produced ageworthy wines.
A cool late spring gave way to elegant, perfumed, age-worthy Pinot.
A cool, extended season with a July heat spike made elegant, structured wines.