Vintage Charts

Our Wine Vintage Key Chart

  1. Dire
  2. Poor
  3. Average
  4. Good
  5. Very good
  6. Excellent
White
13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91
Alsace 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 3 3 5 5 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 2 2
Argentina 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 4 3 5 2
Australia 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 3 5 6 4 3 5 2
Austria 5 5 0 5 3 4 5 3 5 5 6 4 6 6 2 5 4
Bordeaux Dry 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 4 5 2 4 4 6
Bordeaux Sweet 4 5 4 6 3 4 4 6 3 6 4 6 3 3 4 3 5 2 1 1 1 2
Burgundy (Chablis) 5 6 5 4 3 4 6 4 5 6 4 6 5 4 4 5 4 3 2 5 2
Burgundy (Cote d'Or) 5 5 5 4 3 4 5 3 3 6 4 5 4 5 4 5 6 3 2 6 1
Maconnais 5 5 5 4 3 4 5 3 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 6 3 2 6 1
Champagne 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 5 1 3 4 5 3 5 5 2 4 3 2
Chile 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 3 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 3
Germany 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 6 3 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 3 2
Italy 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 2 4 5 6 4 5 4 3 4 2 2 6
Languédoc-Roussillon 5 6 5 3 4 4 5 4 5 3 6 5 3 5 3 3 5 4 4
Loire Valley Dry 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 3 4 5 4 4 5 4
Loire Valley Sweet 4 5 5 5 4 2 3 5 4 5 2 5 4 3 3 6 6 5 3 3 6 6
New Zealand 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 5
Portugal (Table Wines) 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
Rhône Valey (North) 5 6 5 4 3 4 5 3 3 5 5 4 6 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1
Rhône Valley (South) 5 6 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 2 5 6 5 6 3 2 5 3 2 1 2
South-West France 5 6 5 3 5 4 5 4 6 3 6 5 5 6 3 5 4 3 3 1 2
South Africa 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4
Spain 5 3 5 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 3 3 4 5 5 3 2 4
U.S.A. (California) 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 5 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 5
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Red Wines
Vintage 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92
Argentina 5 4 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 4 3 5 2
Australia 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 6 5 5 3 5
Beaujolais 5 5 6 6 4 3 4 5 3 6 4 3 5 5 5
Bordeaux (Left Bank) 4 5 6 6 3 3 3 6 3 6 3 3 6 3 4 3 5 5 3 2 3
Bordeaux (Right Bank) 4 5 5 6 4 3 3 6 4 4 2 3 5 4 5 3 4 5 3 3 2
Burgundy (Côte de Nuits) 5 5 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 3 5 4 4 6 4 3 5 3
Burgundy (Côte de Beaune) 5 5 5 4 3 3 5 4 4 5 3 4 5 4 4 6 4 3 5 3
Chile 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 5 4 5 4 5 2 3
Italy 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 2 4 5 6 4 5 4 3 4 2 2
Languédoc-Roussillon 5 5 5 3 4 5 5 4 5 3 6 5 3 5 3 3 5 4 4
Loire Valley Red 5 5 5 4 3 3 5 3 6 6 4 6 5 3
New Zealand 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5
Portugal (Table Wines) 4 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
Rhône Valley (North) 5 6 6 4 3 5 5 5 3 3 5 4 6 6 5 3 3 3 2 1
Rhône Valley (South) 5 6 6 4 3 5 5 3 4 2 5 6 5 6 3 2 5 3 2 1
South-West France 5 6 6 4 3 4 5 4 6 3 6 5 5 6 3 5 4 3 3 1
South Africa 4 4 5 5 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4
Spain 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 6 4 4 3 5 3 4 3 3 4 5 5 3 2
Vintage Port 6 ND ND 5 ND ND ND 5 ND ND 5 ND ND 5 ND ND 5 ND 4
U.S.A. (California) 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 5 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 5
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