Best Champagne Vintages Since 2000

When it comes to the best vintages 1996 is highly regarded across the board and wines from that vintage make up eight of the 22 representatives in our list.

Best champagne vintages since 2000.

1996 1998 2000 2002 2003 2005 2006. A vintage year for all with some growers claiming that 2015 is the best vintage since 1947. The vintage chart and harvest reports provided by the wine scholar guild gives you the ranking for every french wine region and vintage from 2000 to today. That s why we also compile an annual cheat sheet showing what wine vintages are best to drink right now.

Chardonnays big foursquare are not in same league. 2012 was deemed one of the best vintages the champagne region has ever experienced. This score is calculated for specific vintages of a wine as well as across all vintages. One of the latest harvests since 1988 caused by delayed flowering into july.

Spring was mild and warm leading to a generous fruit set after two short vintages in 2012 and 2013. The world s best champagnes on wine searcher. Plus recommendations for when to drink the wines at their best. Andrew jefford award winning wine journalist for decanter magazine and author of twelve books on wine including the new france has compiled information and written the vintage charts starting with the 2013 vintage.

See decanter s vintage ratings for champagne with vintages back to 1970. 2000 is was a good year that seems to be aging fast. Aube badly hit by hail. A long dry summer produced grapes of record ripeness with record acidity.

But then so is 1990 and there is only one wine from that vintage on the list. Find ratings for recent vintages in france s champagne region summing up the quality and character of the sparkling wines. The best since 1990. Indeed 1996 is universally acknowledged as exceptional.