Vintages Flashcards
What recent vintages in Alsace were the best for SGN and VT?
2017
2020
Why did red grapes suffer in Alsace in 2014?
drosophilia suzukii infestation
What recent vintage in Alsace is considered near legendary?
2015
What Barolo vintage was considered the best in the 1990s?
1990
What is unique about Barolo vintages from 1991-1994?
- some of the rainiest vintages and harvests
- 1992 saw disease and declassification
- 1994 was a high record rainfall since 1981
What Barolo vintage is considered most classic from 1995-1999 and why?
1999
- tension in fruit that hadn’t been seen in riper, more powerful previous vintages
What recent Barolo and Barbaresco vintages are considered most classic and ageworthy?
2013
2016
In what recent vintages did Barbaresco fare better than Barolo due to hail?
2012
2014
2018
What recent Barolo and Barbaresco vintage is the most ripe and high alcohol?
2011
What recent Champagne vintage has the record for early harvest?
2020
What recent Champagne vintage had a record hot summer?
2015
What recent Champagne vintage is considered most ageworthy?
2012
What recent Champagne vintages are the least successful?
2011
2016
2017
What recent vintage was the warmest in Cote d’Or?
2018
What recent vintage in the Cote d’Or was inconsistent, under ripe, and challenging?
2011
In what recent Cote d’Or vintage did many white crus not get made due to frost damage and disease pressure?
2016
What current vintages in the Loire were worst for sweet wine?
2013
2019
In what recent Loire vintages did hail decimate Savannieres?
2017
In what recent Loire vintage did hail destroy 2/3 of the crop in Vouvray?
2013
What was the coldest Medoc vintage of the 1990s?
1991
What Medoc vintage of the 1990s was best for merlot and why?
1998
- cool spring and warm, dry August
- Merlot ripens earlier
What current Medoc vintages are the most dense and powerful?
2018
2019
2020
In what recent Bordeaux vintage did hail damage result in a loss of 40% of crop?
2017
What recent vintage in the Medoc produced the most lean and light wines due to mildew and early picking?
2013
What recent vintages in Mendoza are considered the most age-worthy?
2012
2018
What recent vintages in Mendoza were part of a 3 year El Nino cycle marked by wet, cold, snow, hail, and rot?
2014
2015
2016
What current vintages in the Mosel were the most challenging and variable?
2013
2014
2016
What current Mosel vintages are the most age-worthy?
2012
2015
What current Mosel vintage was hottest and driest?
2018
What vintage of the 1990s saw noticeable price increases due to low yields in Napa?
1995
What vintage in Napa was considered the standout of the 1990s?
1997
What recent Napa vintages saw an abrupt end to the growing season due to wildfires?
2017
2020
What recent Napa vintage saw heat spikes and high yields, resulting in low acid?
2012
What recent vintage in Napa saw low yields (poor fruit set) and record early harvests (dehydration)?
2015
What recent Napa vintages are considered classic and ideal?
2013
2014
What recent vintage in the Northern Rhone is complex and age-worthy even though coulure lowered yields?
2010
What was the coolest, wettest recent vintage in the Northern Rhone?
2013
What is widely considered the best recent vintage of Port?
2011
What year was the earliest harvest on record in Port?
2017
What are the hottest and coolest Port vintages of the last 25 years?
2003 - hottest
2007 - coolest
What Rioja vintage was good for vigilant producers and high altitude sites?
2020
What recent Rioja vintages saw cooler weather and leaner wines, reminiscent of the 20th century?
2018
2014
What recent Rioja vintage was the most smooth, easy, and abundant?
2016
What recent Rioja vintage was one of the earliest and shortest?
2017
What recent Rioja vintage was the most challenging and why?
2013
- cool, rainy spring
- hail
- disease pressure
What recent vintages in Southern Rhone were challenging for grenache due to rain?
2013
2018
What recent vintage was the most challenging in Southern Rhone?
2014
What recent vintages in Southern Rhone are considered cool and “off?”
2013
2014
2021
What recent vintages in Tuscany are considered cooler, less consistent, and more lean?
2012
2014
What vintage in Tuscany (recent) is the most opulent robust, and tannic?
2017
What two recent vintages in Tuscany are considered the most elegant and age-worthy?
2018
2020
What was the biggest challenge of 2020 in the Willamette valley?
fires
What recent vintage in Willamette broke a streak of warm vintages?
2019
What recent vintage was the warmest on record in Willamette?
2015
Why was 2013 in Willamette so producer dependent?
- harvest rains favored producers who picked slightly earlier
- later pickers suffered varying quality
