Vintage Weather
1995 across the wine world
Every region on record for 1995, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
A dry, sun-soaked season that gave deep, structured Malbec.
Harvested autumn 1995
A 40-year heat and drought record was capped by rain that firmed up tannins.
Frost and millerandage made a tiny, concentrated crop that took decades to open.
A hot, stormy year gave forward, generous wines with soft acidity.
A warm, dry year with an August mistral, but rain hurt northern harvest.
Rain-plagued late summer was redeemed by the warmest October in a decade.
A cool, wet summer and August hail were rescued by a warm October.
A small harvest after early rain gave rich, tannic, concentrated wines.
Four weeks of furnace-like August heat pushed sugars to record levels.
A warm, well-watered year that delivered abundant, ripe, Excelente-rated wines.
Floods and a June hailstorm gave a late, lighter, balanced vintage.
A promising spring undone by mid-harvest rain, yet elegant wines resulted.
Winter floods and a June hailstorm gave way to a rescuing Indian Summer.
A cool, rain-affected season produced a mixed but rewarding vintage.