|
Year
|
|
WOW Rating
|
%
|
|
2004
|
Excellent vintage with consistent quality.
|
Hold
|
92
|
|
2003
|
The heatwave summer produced hot days and hot nights and left a lot of
dull juice.
|
Avoid
|
70
|
|
2002
|
A poor weather disaster compared with the previous 3 years.
|
Avoid
|
70
|
|
2001
|
Another outstanding vintage.
|
Drink or Hold
|
96
|
|
2000
|
Truly great vintage, very consistent.
|
Drink or Hold
|
95
|
|
1999
|
Really good vintage, well-balanced wines. Some will keep for 10 years
or more.
|
Drink or Hold
|
93
|
|
1998
|
Really good vintage for both white and red
|
Drink
|
90
|
|
1997
|
Very fine year, consistent wines
|
Drink
|
91
|
|
1996
|
Exceptional year, magnificent reds, excellent whites
|
Drink or Hold
|
95
|
|
1995
|
Good vintage, reasonably consisent
|
Drink
|
89
|
|
1994
|
Wonderful harvest, classic top whites, reds outstanding
|
Drink
|
94
|
|
1993
|
Average vintage, best drunk quickly
|
Drink
|
85
|
|
1992
|
Healthy harvest, attractive whites, sound reds
|
Drink
|
89
|
|
1991
|
Only Italy really succeeded in Western Europe in '91
|
Drink or Hold
|
90
|
|
1990
|
Second great vintage, save finest reds, excellent whites
|
Drink
|
95
|
|
1989
|
Stunning year, top wines exceptional. Superb now, if you can
find a bottle!
|
Drink
|
96
|
Last updated on July 23, 2008