Vintage Weather
2017 across the wine world
Every region on record for 2017, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
Spring frost slashed yields, concentrating an elegant, structured Malbec.
Harvested autumn 2017
A cool, wet, late season produced elegant wines with great natural acidity.
Harvested autumn 2017
Bordeaux's worst frost since 1991 cut the crop to its smallest since 1945.
Frost hit Chablis but a warm, dry, disease-free season made plentiful, charming wines.
Frost and rot battered the crop, but ripe Chardonnay pulled through.
Coulure slashed yields; a hot, dry summer built dense, structured wines.
A brutal April frost cut yields in half, concentrating superb, structured wines.
A severe frost and record drought and heat built a tricky, divisive year.
Frost and the Lucifer heatwave cut yields but made vivid, fragrant wines.
The hottest, driest season in decades brought the earliest harvest on record.
April frost and summer drought forced Rioja's earliest-ever, concentrated harvest.
Record heat defined 2017, with most fruit picked before the October fires.
A cool wet spring, the warmest August on record, and a slow steady harvest.
Record rain and a Labor Day heat wave preceded fires, but most fruit was already in.
A cool start and cool finish around a warm summer, rich with high acidity.