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The Wine Enthusiast Wine Vintage Chart — 2025 Edition

The Wine Enthusiast Wine Vintage Chart — 2025 Edition


Find out what wines in your collection are peaking and what may be past its prime. 

Use this vintage chart like a time machine into the past and future experiences with vintages yet to be explored. To use it, find the year of the wine you’re about to crack open and match it to the color-coded ratings. Remember that this is general guidance that evolves and not hard fast rules. Share your findings with us at tastings@wineenthusiast.com.

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Ratings:

98–100
Classic

94–97
Superb

90–93
Excellent

87–89
Very Good

83–86
Good

80–82
Acceptable

NV
Not Vintage Year

Color
Key:

  • Hold
  • Can DrinkNot at Peak
  • ReadyAt Peak
  • Can DrinkMay be Past Peak
  • In DeclineMay be Undrinkable
  • Undeclared VintageNo Data

Argentina

Region Wine Variety 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Mendoza Reds 90 91 92 88 93 92 91 84 85 85 90 87 89 90 89 87 86 93 89 88 92 94 85 87 90 83 89
Mendoza Whites 89 90 91 87 90 89

Australia

Region Wine Variety 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Barossa/McLaren Vale Shiraz 93 94 96 92 93 95 94 92 91 90 93 96 83 95 91 87 89 91 95 94 87 94 93 87 89 93 87
Clare Valley Riesling 94 95 94 93 94 96 97 96 96 90 92 93 87 95 93 92 89 91 93 89 88 94 88 88 87 91 93
Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 90 93 95 93 95 94 90 90 90 90 93 95 83 93 90 88 88 94 94 92 88 87 93 91 89 94 88
Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 88 92 93 95 91 91 96 91 95 88 93 95 82 89 85 88 90 91 92 86 89 89 90 91 87 91 93
Western Australia Cabernet/Chardonnay 96 93 90 92 95 95 93 92 91 93 93 94 94 95 94 94 95 88 90 94 88 91 91 87 88 90 90
Hunter Valley Semillon 95 92 93 92 94 93 86 85 96 91 86 91 90 93 84 89 89 90 88 90 87 88 90 89 92 86

Austria

Region Appellation/Type 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Danube Regions Whites 94 95 98 95 96 94 94 94 94 90 93 94 94 90 93 89 90 92 88 88 87 88 89 86 92 88 89
Burgenland Reds 94 95 97 94 96 93 93 93 93 88 91 90 92 90 93 90 88 93 85 89 91 89 90 90 91 88 92
Sweet Wines 91 90 92 93 93 92 92 92 96 87 90 90 88 90 94 87 95 90 91 91 84 88 91 84 94 92 86

Chile

Region Wine Variety 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Maipo Reds 89 89 88 85 88 92 86 83 90 88 90 88 89 88 88 89 95 88 94 90 93 86 92 88 91 83 91
Casablanca/Coastal Whites 90 88 87 87 87 90 87 85 91 84 88 85 90 90 86 88 93 90 92 90 85 92 87 91 81 90 90
Colchagua Reds 89 89 90 85 88 92 85 84 90 85 87 88 90 90 87 90 94 88 94 90 93 83 92 87 91 84 91

France

Region Appellation/Type 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Bordeaux Pomerol/Saint-Émilion 94 95 95 95 95 95 94 97 96 95 87 90 90 97 96 92 88 91 98 91 88 87 95 97 88 92 85
Médoc 95 95 93 97 98 97 95 98 99 94 88 90 91 100 97 93 87 91 100 89 89 86 96 96 88 90 83
Graves (red) 95 94 93 96 96 95 96 96 96 94 87 91 90 96 96 91 86 88 95 89 89 86 94 96 89 89 84
Graves (white) 93 93 95 94 95 95 95 95 94 95 95 95 94 95 91 90 96 90 93 91 86 90 90 94 90 89 89
Sauternes/Barsac 95 94 95 92 95 96 96 95 96 95 94 88 95 95 95 88 95 91 89 87 92 91 95 81 94 87 92
Burgundy Côte de Nuits (red) 96 96 94 96 96 95 96 94 98 95 92 94 91 95 97 89 88 89 96 91 94 97 88 84 93 92 90
Côte de Beaune (red) 96 96 94 96 96 94 95 93 96 91 90 90 92 94 95 91 87 90 95 90 93 96 88 84 88 87 90
Côte Chalonnaise (red) 96 95 94 95 94 95 93 94 94
Chablis 96 96 94 96 95 94 94 95 94 95 90 95 94 96 95 91 91 91 95 92 87 95 93 89 87 89 89
Côte de Beaune (white) 96 96 95 96 95 94 95 93 94 96 94 95 94 96 95 92 91 91 96 93 88 96 92 91 88 90 89
Côte Chalonnaise (white) 96 96 94 95 94 94 94 93 94
Mâconnais 95 95 94 96 96 94 96 94 93 94 92 94 94 95 95 90 90 90 92 89 84 91 90 89 87 89 90
Beaujolais 94 93 92 95 96 96 96 90 96 94 89 89 93 93 96 90 87 90 92 91 90 87 87 84 88 88 90
Northern Rhône Reds 96 93 94 96 94 94 95 99 87 88 92 91 95 95 86 87 91 94 87 93 83 92 90 93 92 91
Whites 95 96 94 94 93 93 93 94 93 90 92 92 95 92 87 88 91 92 94 86 85 91 87 92 92 90
Southern Rhône Reds 95 96 93 93 94 94 94 99 97 89 88 92 91 98 93 85 96 90 92 90 90 NR 93 90 89 96 85
Whites 95 96 95 93 93 93 93 94 93 89 90 92 92 95 89 87 94 89 88 87 87 85 87 87 90 93 87
Loire Dry Whites 94 92 93 94 95 94 95 96 96 95 90 94 92 94 94 91 92 88 94 91 89 92 88 84 89 86 85
Sweet Whites 94 93 92 92 93 95 94 93 97 96 87 87 95 94 93 87 95 89 95 89 92 87 93 88 89 85 90
Reds 94 93 93 95 96 97 97 93 96 95 88 93 93 89 93 88 89 88 93 88 90 88 89 93 90 85 87
Alsace 94 95 94 92 94 93 93 90 92 89 89 92 91 93 95 90 94 88 91 93 89 88 94 86 84 89 96
Champagne 93 96 94 96 97 97 95 93 95 93 98 91 90 94 98 91 89 93 95 86 98 NV 88 88 90 87
Languedoc-Roussillon 93 93 93 93 93 93 93 94 93 88 90 89 90 92 92 90 91 91 87 88 90 84 92 90 89 95 85
Provence Reds 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 92 89 89 91 89 91 90 94 90 87 87 90 85 90 91 88 94 86

Germany

Region Appellation/Type 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Mosel Whites 93 92 98 97 98 93 93 93 96 90 89 92 93 93 95 90 94 93 96 90 93 91 96 85 90 89 89
Rhine Regions Whites 95 93 96 94 95 92 92 90 94 90 90 92 93 92 94 88 96 94 95 88 94 94 95 84 91 89 88
Franken Whites 94 95 95 95 96 92 92 91 93 90 90 91 90 89 92 90 96 92 90 88 88 90 95 85 90 88 88

Italy

Region Appellation/Type 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Piedmont Barbaresco 91 92 96 93 98 91 91 99 92 92 92 93 90 98 94 95 90 95 91 96 85 82 96 95 94 95 93
Barolo 91 93 97 93 98 91 90 99 93 90 94 93 93 98 95 95 95 95 91 97 86 82 97 90 95 94 93
Veneto Amarone 91 90 93 91 93 89 90 92 91 85 91 92 92 93 94 90 93 93 92 92 90 83 90 89 88 89 95
Soave Classico/Lugana 91 90 94 93 94 91 88 92 90 85 90 90 91 93 93 90 91 91 89 90 88 84 85 94 87 90 95
Trentino-Alto Adige Whites 91 90 94 93 93 90 88 90 90 84 89 91 91 93 94 92 93 92 91 91 86 84 86 97 90 85 87
Collio-Friuli Whites 90 88 93 93 93 91 90 94 92 85 89 92 92 93 94 92 93 93 90 92 88 83 87 90 90 85 87
Lombardy Franciacorta 91 92 93 91 95 90 88 92 90 85 89 92 90 92 93 90 91 91 88 90 89 87 90 88 90 86 91
Tuscany Bolgheri 90 93 91 90 95 88 88 91 91 85 91 93 93 96 93 93 94 93 93 94 90 83 97 89 90 93 94
Chianti Classico 91 93 92 91 95 90 88 92 92 83 91 91 92 96 94 93 94 93 91 93 91 83 95 91 96 91 97
Brunello di Montalcino 91 92 92 93 95 90 88 96 92 83 91 92 93 98 95 93 97 97 92 94 87 83 91 89 94 90 98
Maremma 90 92 91 91 95 88 88 90 90 84 91 90 90 94 92 90 92 91 90 92 90 82 96 89 90 92 97
Umbria Reds 90 91 93 91 93 90 88 91 90 84 89 90 90 93 92 90 92 92 90 93 92 84 91 90 91 96 94
Marche Verdicchio 89 89 95 92 93 91 87 90 90 86 89 91 90 92 91 90 91 90 91 91 88 87 96 88 89 90 90
Conero/Rosso Piceno 88 88 91 90 90 88 88 91 90 83 89 88 90 92 91 90 92 92 90 90 89 89 90 89 87 89 91
Abruzzo Reds 89 91 91 90 90 87 88 90 90 83 88 90 90 93 92 90 91 92 91 90 87 88 92 93 92 92 91
Campania Reds 90 92 91 91 94 89 89 92 90 84 89 92 92 93 93 92 94 93 94 90 89 88 90 92 94 93 95
Whites 91 93 92 93 94 90 88 92 91 86 92 92 92 93 93 92 94 94 93 92 90 93 94 95 92 90 90
Basilicata Aglianico del Vulture 90 92 91 91 93 88 89 90 90 82 89 91 92 94 93 92 94 93 94 90 89 89 96 95 94 94 93
Puglia Reds 89 91 91 90 91 87 88 90 90 82 89 90 90 92 92 90 90 90 91 89 88 83 90 97 92 93 84
Sicily Reds 91 92 92 93 95 88 88 93 92 93 88 92 91 90 88 90 93 92 94 90 91 87 84 86 83 87 87
Whites 93 93 93 92 92 90 88 91 91 94 89 90 90 91 88 90 90 90 91 88 90 86 86 86 83 87 84
Sardinia Reds 91 92 92 92 93 89 89 91 91 94 90 91 91 92 92 90 90 90 91 90 88 93 92 93 91 90 90

New Zealand

Region Wine Variety 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Hawke’s Bay Reds 86 95 95 96 95 93 91 94 93 95 96 88 86 95 93 88 92 89 92 90 88 91 86 84 90 95
Martinborough Pinot Noir 87 95 95 96 95 89 90 93 91 90 93 89 94 91 92 88 93 88 93 87 88 91 88 87 91 90
Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 95 93 93 95 94 84 89 92 93 89 93 90 90 92 92 88 92 91 93 88 92 90 90 89 91 90 88
Central Otago Pinot Noir 94 95 95 96 93 89 91 92 92 91 90 92 88 93 92 92 93 92 91 88 89 93 90 89 90 90

Portugal

Region Appellation/Type 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Port 95 93 95 95 96 96 100 96 88 89 90 100 92 96 89 93 89 91 90 96 84 84 92 86 87 93
Table Wines Reds 96 94 94 95 96 95 95 96 96 89 89 94 95 92 95 90 94 88 91 89 92 83 85 90 88 91 92
Whites 93 92 93 95 94 94 94 95 94 93 93 92 91 92 91 92 90 87 88 85 87 86 88 89 90 89 90

Spain

Region Appellation/Type 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Catalonia Reds 93 92 90 92 86 87 93 92 87 88 89 91 92 90 87 85 87 94 91 86 85 93 89 90 88 88
Rioja Reds 93 93 92 94 86 86 95 93 85 85 92 93 92 91 86 86 88 93 94 84 84 95 87 90 88 85
Ribera del Duero Reds 93 93 91 92 87 87 93 93 85 84 91 93 95 92 85 85 88 94 92 84 86 93 88 89 88 87
Galicia Whites 92 90 95 95 87 87 92 90 84 85 90 88 93 90 88 88 87 94 91 85 86 92 88 90 87 86

South Africa

Region Wine Variety 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
South Africa Reds 92 91 92 91 93 92 95 91 95 88 89 90 89 87 94 88 91 92 90 89 93 87 92 93 92 93 87

USA

Region Wine Variety 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
California
Napa Chardonnay 92 91 93 91 92 93 90 94 90 92 91 91 87 87 88 87 90 86 86 85 85 90 90 88 88 87 94
Cabernet Sauvignon 93 91 94 88 94 94 90 95 95 95 95 95 89 89 89 92 95 90 95 90 90 93 98 85 93 85 96
Zinfandel 92 90 93 90 90 90 89 93 93 93 93 92 89 89 89 89 94 87 87 90 88 86 91 85 90 85 89
Russian River Valley Chardonnay 94 92 93 92 94 94 92 94 92 94 94 93 89 89 87 90 92 86 91 93 91 97 93 90 92 88 95
Pinot Noir 95 91 94 93 94 94 92 95 92 94 95 95 89 91 90 92 96 87 95 93 90 89 90 89 91 85 91
Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon 93 91 92 89 91 92 90 94 93 93 95 93 88 87 87 90 92 87 89 87 89 88 93 84 90 84 91
Pinot Noir 95 91 92 90 91 92 90 95 92 94 95 95 90 92 91 93 95 87 95 93 89 88 89 87 90 85 90
Zinfandel 93 90 92 90 91 92 89 93 93 93 93 92 89 89 89 88 93 86 90 90 89 88 91 86 90 86 88
Carneros Chardonnay 94 93 93 90 91 92 92 92 90 94 93 92 88 88 87 89 91 85 87 92 91 95 93 89 89 85 91
Pinot Noir 93 91 93 90 90 91 91 92 91 93 94 93 87 90 89 90 94 86 93 89 89 85 87 85 87 83 85
Anderson Valley Pinot Noir 95 93 95 91 91 95 90 92 94 93 95 96 91 93 93 92 95 88 94 90 90 87
Santa Barbara Chardonnay 93 91 93 92 93 93 93 93 92 93 93 93 92 92 90 91 92 90 89 92 92 94 91 88 91 88 95
Pinot Noir 93 91 93 93 94 93 91 94 93 93 93 94 90 92 91 92 95 90 95 93 94 94 92 89 90 84 95
Central Coast Chardonnay 92 90 92 91 92 92 92 92 91 92 92 92 90 91 88 90 92 87 90 93 92 94 90 89 89 85 94
Pinot Noir 92 91 93 93 93 92 91 92 91 93 92 92 91 93 89 89 94 88 92 89 93 95 91 88 89 86 93
Syrah 92 91 92 92 93 92 92 92 91 92 90 89 91 89 87 87 90 85 84 86 92 88 91 84 86 83
North Coast Syrah 93 92 90 89 92 91 90 92 92 91 91 92 89 88 87 88 93 88 85 89 89 88 92 84 89 83
South Coast Syrah 90 89 89 89 89 89 89 88 88 88 88 88 87 90 90 88 94 91 87 89 91 89 92 85 88 83
Paso Robles Reds 92 91 92 91 92 92 92 91 91 91 92 91 90 90 90 87 92 87 85 87 86 86 87 85 89 84 86
Sierra Foothills Zinfandel 94 93 90 92 91 93 89 94 94 93 93 92 89 91 90 88 90 87 87 89 87 86 85 84 85 84 84
Oregon
Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 94 93 93 85 91 92 93 91 95 93 92 93 91 87 91 92 86 94 89 92 86 88 92 91 94 92 84
Whites 92 92 91 91 92 92 94 92 93 93 93 92 89 88 92 94 86 91 90 93 86 88 89 90 83 90 85
Southern Oregon Reds 92 92 91 91 90 87 91 90 90 90 89 90 90 89 88 90 89 87 87 90 85 87 88 89 90 89 84
Washington
Columbia Valley Cabernet, Merlot 92 93 92 91 92 95 91 90 90 93 91 95 89 92 90 92 93 92 95 89 92 94 92 88 96 91 87
Syrah 93 92 93 92 93 93 91 91 90 90 90 95 91 89 91 90 89 91 93 90 91 94 93 88 92 89 87
Whites 92 93 91 92 92 93 94 91 89 90 88 93 90 92 89 94 89 90 92 88 90 91 89 89 87 90 88
New York
Finger Lakes Reds 90 91 94 94 92 88 91 90 89 89 88 92 85 91 85 89 89 85 89 86 84 89 91 86 90 88 86
Whites 89 90 88 94 94 88 91 90 90 89 89 90 88 90 88 90 88 89 90 88 90 91 93 89 92 89 90
Long Island Reds 91 92 91 92 94 86 90 87 90 90 92 92 84 92 85 89 88 87 87 90 84 85 90 87 86 93 89
Whites 91 92 88 91 94 89 90 89 89 89 88 89 86 90 86 89 90 88 87 91 88 89 90 88 89 93 90
Virginia
Monticello Reds 93 90 92 87 92
Whites 93 90 92 88 91

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As we worked to update our vintage chart as we do every year, we asked our tasters to reflect on the past several vintages. Their thoughts (and those of some of the winemakers they spoke to) should give some insight into what goes into the scores and colors on our Vintage Chart giving you guidance on when to uncork that bottle you’ve been cellaring.

“When I started at the magazine in 2014, I was tasting a ton of 2011s, which was a very cool vintage. Many of these wines had been dismissed by other publications, but I found them to be stunning if lighter expressions of the Central Coast. They remain electric today, as 2011 is revered as a remarkable vintage.”

–Matt Kettmann

“A late bud break and long growing season in 2021 resulted in smaller than average crops in a number of Sonoma County regions. Despite the reduced quantities, there are loads of great maturing wines to be found.”

–Tom R. Capo

“Following a challenging 2018, the 2019 vintage is a beautiful gift to the faithful farmer. We will be celebrating this year’s growing season for many years to come, for giving us white wines of great intensity and fragrance, and reds of unquestionably long age-worthiness.”

–Luca Paschina, Barboursville Winery (Piedmont, Virginia)

“Beaujolais can age with the grace of a Burgundy with time and patience. One can often appreciate it more after tannins and fruit begin to settle, especially in cooler vintages.”  

–Reggie Solomon

“A recent tasting trip to South Australia’s Barossa Valley has reinforced my love for this iconic region’s 2021 vintage. While the ’22s and ’23s also look promising, near-perfect vintages like ’21—which brought long, slow ripening, excellent acid retention and flavor depth—feel increasingly rare in the age of climate chaos. Treasure them for the unicorns they are.”

–Christina Pickard

“2014 might just be the villain of the last decade in Europe—cold, wet, and downright miserable, especially in Austria, Germany and Alsace. Yet, in the hands of the best producers, who chose precision over abundance, it became something of a paradox: wines that are whisper-light yet layered with a complexity only struggle could create.”

–Aleks Zecevic

“Sweet wines from the Loire like those from Coteaux du Layon and Bonnezeaux start to come into their best starting a decade after bottling which our vintage chart reflects.”

–Reggie Solomon

“Weather was the enemy in Bordeaux in 2024. From frost to hail, to rain, to mildew, the weather gods had it in for the region. Organic producers were spraying constantly. The fight was to protect what became among the smallest harvests since World War II. Time will tell.”

–Roger Voss

“The longer ripening will produce wines reminiscent of the 1970s in style. 2023 will turn out to be a vintage for the decades.”

–Bill Easton, Easton Vineyards (Sierra Foothills, California) 

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