Vintage Weather
2016 across the wine world
Every region on record for 2016, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
El Nino brought Mendoza's worst harvest in decades, yielding mineral Malbec.
Harvested autumn 2016
El Nino heat and a compressed harvest still delivered a sensational fine wine year.
Harvested autumn 2016
A soaking spring mildew scare gave way to near-drought and classic elegance.
The worst frost since 1981 devastated yields but ideal ripening made fresh, elegant wines.
Record rain and mildew nearly wrecked it, then August heat saved the crop.
April hail cut yields, but a long season built elegant, terroir-true wines.
A rainy spring gave way to a hot, dry summer, yielding elegant, moderate wines.
A balanced season without extremes produced an all-time great wine.
A balanced season and a late harvest made a precise, age-worthy classic.
A very wet spring raised disease pressure before a scorching September.
A dry summer and late heat spike still built a large, balanced crop.
An even growing season with September heat that brought the Cabernet in fast.
An early start, a moderate summer and a calm harvest with no weather pressure.
A cool 'Fogust' produced balanced, elegant, age-worthy wines across the board.
A record crop from an early warm start and a long, cool finish.