Piedmont Vintage Guide

1994 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1994 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. Prolonged rain caused serious problems although a few producers still made good wines.

1993 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1993 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. A variable vintage of irregular quality. Some good Barolo and Barbaresco.

1992 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1992 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. Cold and wet weather at harvest time produced thin, light wines.

1991 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1991 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. A better vintage than first thought, but not up to the standard of the previous three.

1990 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1990 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. A superb vintage all round with Barolo and Barbaresco set for a long life.

1989 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1988 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1988 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. October rains were a problem but the wines from this vintage finally turned out well.

1987 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1987 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. Uneven quality overall.

1986 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1986 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. Serious hail problems in many Barolo communes. Some good wines were still made.

1985 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1985 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. A superb vintage with rich, perfumed wines destined for long ageing.

1984 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1984 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. A sub-standard Piedmont vintage.

1983 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1983 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. A weak vintage producing lightweight, early-maturing wines.

1982 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1982 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. A tremendous vintage for big, rich and fruity Barolo and Barbaresco.

1981 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1981 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. An unexceptional year of only average quality.

1980 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1980 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. A sound, rather than exciting, vintage.

1979 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1979 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. A good year of above average quality.

1978 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1978 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. An excellent vintage which produced well-structured, long-lived wines.

1977 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1977 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. Wines were adequate at best.

1976 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1976 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. An unremarkable vintage producing few wines suitable for long-term ageing.

1975 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1975 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. A vintage now best forgotten.

1974 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1974 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. A good vintage after two disappointing years.