VINES.ORG Vintage Charts

Vintage assessments for Tuscany from 1988 to 2007
Year	VINES.ORG	Robert Parker	Wine Spectator	Decanter	Alles-Ueber-Wein	Details
2003						Summer of record heat expected to lead to unusually early harvest.
2002						This was the year of record rainfall in Eastern Europe, Northern Italy, and the South of France. The wines are expected to be rather light and to lack concentration.
2001					18
2000					17
1999	88B	88T		**** drink soon	19	Good vintage with best wines made by producers who picked early.
1998	87B	86C		*** drink soon	16	Wines somewhat like 1996; quite good but not outstanding.
1997	96A	95E	95-100	***** hold	19	Small crop of very concentrated wines. Much production of riservas. Acclaimed as the best vintage of the century. Wines are atypically rich.
1996	85B	78R	87 / Drink/Hold	***** hold	16	Average quality: wines decent but slightly higher acidity than usual. Bolgheri was good.
1995	88C	88T	88 / Drink/Hold	***** hold	18	High quality and elegant.
1994	85D	85C	86 / Drink/Hold	*** drink now	15	Cool and wet, litttle riserva production
1993	85D	86T	84 / Drink/Hold	*** drink soon	16	Lean wines that should be drunk soon.
1992	75D	72C	77 / Drink	** drink now	13	Poor vintage.
1991	80D	85T	81 / Drink	*** drink now	14
1990	90C	90E	98 / Drink/Hold	***** drink soon		High quality vintage, best wines approaching peak now.
1989	75D	72C	79 / Drink	** drink now	14
1988	90C	89T	96 / Drink/Hold	***** drink soon	19

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