Vintages

Year	Harvest Dates	Weather	Crop Level	Heat Summation	Wine Assessment
1986	Early April	Warm, dry	Tiny; first crop	1243	Rich and generous
1987	Mid April	Cool March, some rain in April	Small	1106	Fine, understated
1988	Early April	Warm March, little rain	Low yield	1368	Supple and powerful
1989	Early April	Hot year, dry	Low yield	1336	Forward, overt flavours
1990	Mid April	Warm March, av April, Mid April rain	Above average	1406	Subtle, rich but not heavy
1991	Mid March	Cool March	Average yield	1394	Fine, understated. good concentration
1992	Early April	Average warmth in March & April. Rain slowed ripening	Above average yield	1274	Gentle, subtle. Similar to 91
1993	Late April	Warm, sunny March & April after cold, wet growing season	Low Yield	1220	Powerful and concentrated
1994	Early April	Warm weather at harvest. Dry	Low Yield	1230	Soft lingering, gentle wines
1995	Early April	Cool March. Some rain in early April	Low Yield	1368	Fine and understated. Similar to 91 and 92
1996	Mid April	Warm March but very cold and rainy April	Average yield	1266	Robust flavours. Powerful wines
1997	Mid April	Very cool March. Sunny April. Dry & warm at the finish	Low Yield	1284	Similar to 96. Powerful wines with generous flavour
1998	Early April	Warm March, Cold & wet April. Harvest completed before the rain	Average yield	1359	Fresh, delicate tightly structured wines. Less overt styles
1999	Late March	Warm March. Late rain but harvest ripe & dry grapes	Small crop	1407	Generous flavours with high acid levels. Intense wines
2000	Late March	Hot summer, rain Feb & March	Very low crop	1214	Tight subtle wines
2001	Mid March	Hot summer, mild autumn with some rain.	Very low crop	1412	Fine understated but complex wines
2002	Mid April	Coolest summer ever. Latest harvest date. Dry ripe fruit	Very low crop	962	Ripe, intense flavours with high acids
2003	Late March	Very cool March. No rain	Very low crop	1148	Similar to 2002 with concentrated flavours and high natural acids
2004	Early April	Warm March, sunny and dry	Above average crop	1282	Less overt fruit flavours. Wines to keep with good acid and subtlety
2005	Late March	Perfect season, mild and sunny	Average crop	1124	Excellent fruit intensity and acids. Fresh vibrant wines
2006	Late March	Good season. Warm finish.	Low crop	1390	No rain at harvest. Lovely ripe flavours.
2007	Early March	Very warm, dry year. Earliest harvest ever.	Average crop	1417	Lively flavours, with lower acid than usual.