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.
El Nino humidity and hail made a difficult, site-selective cool year.
Harvested autumn 2007
Drought, frost, and smoke taint slashed yields but concentrated deeply colored reds.
Harvested autumn 2007
A cold, wet summer made weak reds but Sauternes and dry whites triumphed.
A cool, damp summer rescued by a late August wind made fragrant, light reds.
A cool, wet summer produced precise, high-acid, Chardonnay-driven wines.
A historic southern drought and a damp northern summer both surprised with quality.
Record-early flowering and a long, cool summer built exceptional aromatic depth.
One of Piedmont's warmest years produced an early, opulent harvest.
A warm dry season with timely August rain gave ripe, polished wines.
A long cool season was rescued by two weeks of intense September heat.
A cool, rainy, mildew-hit year that still found elegant, aromatic wines.
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.
A dry, benign season with a late warm-up gave a long, flexible harvest.
Heat spikes and a cool, dry fall made hang time count for flavor, not alcohol.