Vintage Weather
2007 across the wine world
Every region on record for 2007, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
Northern hemisphere
A cool, damp summer and heavy mildew, rescued by a dry, sunny September and October.
A cool, rainy summer saved by a sunny September gave fragrant, light reds.
A cool, wet summer produced precise, high-acid, Chardonnay-driven wines.
A damp, cool north saved by September; a dry, windy south made rich, round reds.
Record-early flowering and a dull summer gave a long hang time and a dry Mosel harvest.
Mild winter, dry July and an early harvest; hail trimmed a crop of very ripe grapes.
Mild dry winter, record spring heat, hot July, harvest early and yields down 10%.
A cool, unsettled Douro summer was saved by a dry August and September heat.
A long season with hail and mildew, saved by a dry, sunny, selective autumn harvest.
A dry, mild season gave small berries, low yields and a relaxed harvest.
Weekly autumn rains delayed picking and gave high-acid, lower-alcohol wines.
Dry winter, even summer, early two-part harvest and a small crop of concentrated fruit.
Heat spikes and a cool, dry fall made hang time count for flavor, not alcohol.
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).
A hot, humid El Nino year with patchy hail; the INV called it complicated but very good.
Drought, frost and smoke taint cut the national crush by just over a quarter.