Vintage Weather
2000 across the wine world
Every region on record for 2000, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
A wet spring and an early mildew scare gave way to a warm, dry summer and healthy grapes.
Early flowering, wet July, mid September rain south of Beaune; Cote de Nuits spared.
A rocky July gave way to a warm August that saved a solid, if modest, year.
A dry season and healthy grapes in the south; high yields and some hail in the north.
Record August heat and end-of-August hail, then an early harvest of high-sugar grapes.
June mildew and a hot, dry August gave an early harvest and soft, round wines.
A wet spring cut fruit set; a dry summer gave a tiny crop of concentrated wines.
A dry, even season that gave ripe Pinot Noir with moderate acids.
A cool season rescued by a warm, dry fall and one well-timed October rain.