Vintages

2007 Very early, very small harvest, shrunk by the killer combination of frost and drought. Reds tend to be concentrated. Clare Rieslings are likely to shine.. 2006 Rain, very welcome in some respects, interrupted harvest at the end of the fourth successive drought-affected. More...

2008 Sonoma’s earliest harvest, and very early throughout northern California. 2007  Harvest began early, mid August in the warmer regions, then a cool September slowed ripening to a crawl, allowing physiological maturity to catch up with sugars. October warmed up, and. More...

2007 Unusual vintage during which a hot April and record early flowering was followed by a very cool summer but then the grapes were ripened, after a suitably extended growing season, by a very fine autumn. A distinct shortage of Kabinett. 2006 A less than glorious summer. More...

2006 A wet year with rain inconveniently timed in September. But some grapes were also shrivelled by extreme heat. Far from a textbook year. 2005 An exceptionally dry growing season in which only old vines triumphed. Very early harvest produced unusual musts – the Douro’s. More...

2007 After a miserable summer, frost on 24 Sep decimated the crop from many young Ribera del Duero vineyards. Most grapes struggled to ripen but late pickers were rewarded. Not a stellar year though. 2006 Some spring hail in Rioja. Hot summer with some drought stress. May. More...

2006 A coolish summer was followed by an Indian summer punctuated by two bouts of rain but the grapes were healthy enough to withstand them. Promising. 2005 Reduced crop of decent but unremarkable wines for medium term drinking. 2004 Very promising with few extremes of. More...

2007 Very cool, grey summer left grapes struggling to ripen properly. 2006 Relatively soft wines for medium-term drinking. 2005 Almost great but rain at harvest time diluted the potential somewhat. 2004 Traditional growing season. Very good, well-balanced. More...

2007 Very wet spring but the region had a much drier summer than most of the rest of France. Wines and tannins are very ripe. 2006 Some very lusciously fruited wines that may not last as long as the 2005s but should provide much drinking pleasure in the medium term. 2005. More...

2007 Very wet spring, a patchy summer but the vintage was saved by decent weather in September. 2006 Very promising. As elsewhere in France, the region experienced a very mixed August but a warm September seems to have resulted in an excitingly high success rate. 2005 As. More...

2007 Very good vintage, even earlier than 2003, with extremely healthy, ripe grapes. 2006 Firm wines slightly lacking flesh. 2005 Pure, expressive, well balanced wines with good ripeness. 2004 Challenging vintage with quite a bit of rain. 2003 Very. More...