The Vintage Chart
LANGTONS Vintage Chart is a quick reference guide to the vintage for Australia’s most important regional wine styles, year-by-year. Listed by state and scored out of ten, the vintage rating is based on the weather conditions that had the most impact on the growing season and harvest in that region, that year. For ease of reference, the chart also comprises individual vintage ratings for five LANGTONS Classification heritage wines; Penfolds Grange, Henschke Hill of Grace, Mount Mary Quintet, Leeuwin Art Series Chardonnay, and Wendouree Shiraz.
How ratings work
The vintage chart’s numerical rating out of 10 serves as a summary of the conditions that will have influenced the overall style of the wines from that region in that year. It is important to note that individual producers may still make outstanding wines even from difficult vintages, as quality is also dependent on key decisions made in the vineyard and winery preceding and during vintage.
Vintage Chart Commentary
Our vintage chart is back! Discover changes made to the list as well as trends and insights gleaned from talking to winemakers about the past decade of vintages and how they have affected regional varietal stalwarts.
