Other Regions Flashcards
Loire Valley: Cold and/or Wet Vintages of the 2000s - Present
‘00/01, ‘06/07/08, ‘11/12/13
Loire Valley: Heat Wave Vintages of the 2000s - Present
2003, ‘06
*‘06 had a July heatwave followed by cold, wet weather
Red Wines
Loire Valley: Top Vintages
2000-Present
2005, ‘09/10, ‘15
Dry White Wines
Loire Valley: Top Vintages
2000-Present
2002, ‘08-10, ‘14, ‘15
Sweet Wines
Loire Valley: Top Vintages
2000-Present
2003, ‘05, ‘09, ‘15
Alsace: Top Vintages
2000-Present
2000, ‘05, ‘07-‘09, ‘14/15
Alsace: “Good, but not Great” Vintages
2000-Present
2001/02, ‘10/11/12,
Alsace: Poor Vintages
2000-Present
2003/04, ‘06
*Heatwaves
Rioja and Ribera del Duero
Top vintages for the 1980s:
1981/82, ‘85/86, ‘89
Rioja and Ribera del Duero
Top vintages for the 1990s:
1990/91, ‘94/95/96,
*Frost in Ribera del Duero; small crop
Rioja and Ribera del Duero
Poor vintages for the 1990s:
1992/93, ‘97
Rioja
Poor vintages
2000-Present
2000, ‘02/03, ‘06/07, ‘11, ‘13
Rioja
Top vintages
2000-Present
2001, ‘04/05, ‘08/09/10, ‘12
*Best of consecutive bunch
Ribera del Duero
Top vintages for the 2000-Present
2001, ‘04, ‘09/10
Ribera del Duero
Good Vintages but not great
2000-Present
2002, ‘05*, ‘07/08, ‘12
*Heatwave
2002 was poor everywhere else in Spain
Ribera del Duero
Poor Vintages
2000-Present
2000, ‘03, ‘06, ‘11, ‘13
Germany
Top Vintage
1980s
1985 - Classy and stylish, these show how well Riesling ages.
1988 - Overshadowed by two remarkable years, this is still an excellent vintage of elegance and fruit.
1989 - A phenomenal harvest. The late-harvested Rieslings show profound complexity. Probably best in the Mosel.
Germany
Top Vintage
1990s
1990 -
1991 - Ripe, crisp, even slightly austere
1995 - Late-harvest, Mosel vintage
1996 - Eiswein vintage
1998 - Vibrant acidity; excellent Eiswein vintage
Germany
Top Vintage
2000-Present
2001 - A very great, long-term vintage with remarkable ripeness and acidity; a high proportion of botrytised wines were produced causing a shortage in basic QbA wines
2002 - Excellent for Kab, Spät, Auslese styles; riper wines but are aging rapidly
2004 - Good acidity, minerality and fine focus
2005 - Exceptional! Luscious fruit with minerality and structure; large quantities of BA and TBA wines were made
2007 - Clean, sleak and profound wines at Kab, Spät and Auslese ripeness
2008 - Very high acidities, but only the best sites produced truly great wines
2009 - Amongst the greatest vintages
2011 - Crystalline wines with very
2012 - Excellent PN vintage; great GG Riesling vintage
Austria
Top Vintage
1990s
1993 - Fine, elegant wines
1994 - Top growers produced top-quality wines
1995 - Great vintage; some botrytis
1997 - Perfect vintage; crystalline wines with perfect structure
1998 - Racy acidity with frequent botrytis
1999 - Perfect vintage; fine and brilliant wines
Austria
Top Vintage
2000-Present
2001 - A great classic, on the cool side with botrytis
2002 - Great wines despite fickle weather; no botrytis
2003 - Hot vintage; very powerful, full-bodied wines; no botrytis
2004 - Cool vintage; good, crisp wines; no botrytis
2005 - Very good vintage; some botrytis
2006 - monumental wines; no botrytis
2007 - Fine, harmonious wines with botrytis
2009 - Powerful wines with bortytis
2010 - cool, crisp wines; no botrytis
2011 - High level of ripeness; bountiful harvest (hot vintage)
2012 - Full-bodied, ripe wines; no botrytis
2013 - Historic vintage; no botrytis
2015 - Historic vintage; marvellous depth of fruit; no botrytis
Austria
Historic Vintages
1991-2015
1995, ‘97, ‘99
2001, ‘06
2013, ‘15
