Piedmont Vintage Guide

2005 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

2005 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. Climate conditions have been erratic with many producers saying it's been a tough and difficult vintage.

Barbaresco: Piedmont 2000 & 2001

Barbaresco producers have become used to living in the shadow of their counterparts in Barolo. Yet tasting the latest releases, TOM MARESCA senses a case of role reversal

2004 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

2004 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. Well balanced wines with ripe fruit.

2003 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

2003 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. Deep, bold reds with high levels of alcohol and in the best cases balanced with ripe fruit.

2002 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

2002 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. An average year, the best of which will be a relatively elegant style of Barolo and Barbaresco .

2001 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

2001 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. Lovely, ripe whites with good concentration and reds with excellent aging potential.

1999 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1998 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1998 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. The third great vintage in a row.

1997 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1997 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. An outstanding vintage which produced superbly ripe wines for mid-term ageing.

1996 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1996 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. A troublesome vintage, though the top growers still managed to produce some excellent wines.

1995 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont

1995 vintage guide for Italy Piedmont. An over-hyped vintage at the time, the wines now seem lacking in fruit.

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.