The 2015 harvest
The season zone by zone: the region as a whole first, then its appellations. Each is compared with its own mean over the previous ten years.
Only the unusual is coloured: warmth and September rain are compared with each zone's mean over the previous ten years; a frost means a minimum of −2 °C or lower after 10 April. An uncoloured indicator means “as usual”, a dashed one means no data. Tap an indicator for the full sentence; the figures by region are in the table on the vintage years page.
Kakheti
The region is computed at a single representative point, not as an average of its appellations — so its indicators can differ from those of the appellations below.
Kakhetiwhole region
usual warmth
as warm as the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
usual warmth
as warm as the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
usual warmth
as warm as the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
heat
unusually many days above 35 °C: in such heat ripening stalls and berries burn
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
heat
unusually many days above 35 °C: in such heat ripening stalls and berries burn
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
usual warmth
as warm as the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
heat
unusually many days above 35 °C: in such heat ripening stalls and berries burn
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
heat
unusually many days above 35 °C: in such heat ripening stalls and berries burn
usual September
an ordinary September for rain
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
heat
unusually many days above 35 °C: in such heat ripening stalls and berries burn
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
heat
unusually many days above 35 °C: in such heat ripening stalls and berries burn
usual September
an ordinary September for rain
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
usual warmth
as warm as the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
heat
unusually many days above 35 °C: in such heat ripening stalls and berries burn
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
usual warmth
as warm as the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
usual warmth
as warm as the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
usual warmth
as warm as the previous ten years here
usual September
an ordinary September for rain
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
heat
unusually many days above 35 °C: in such heat ripening stalls and berries burn
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
heat
unusually many days above 35 °C: in such heat ripening stalls and berries burn
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
usual warmth
as warm as the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
usual warmth
as warm as the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
usual warmth
as warm as the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
Kartli
The region is computed at a single representative point, not as an average of its appellations — so its indicators can differ from those of the appellations below.
Kartliwhole region
warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
heat
unusually many days above 35 °C: in such heat ripening stalls and berries burn
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
spring frost
a spring frost down to −2 °C or lower after 10 April, when young shoots are at risk
warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
Racha-Lechkhumi
The region is computed at a single representative point, not as an average of its appellations — so its indicators can differ from those of the appellations below.
Racha-Lechkhumiwhole region
warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
heat
unusually many days above 35 °C: in such heat ripening stalls and berries burn
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
Imereti
The region is computed at a single representative point, not as an average of its appellations — so its indicators can differ from those of the appellations below.
Imeretiwhole region
heat
unusually many days above 35 °C: in such heat ripening stalls and berries burn
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
heat
unusually many days above 35 °C: in such heat ripening stalls and berries burn
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
heat
unusually many days above 35 °C: in such heat ripening stalls and berries burn
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
Samegrelo
The region is computed at a single representative point, not as an average of its appellations — so its indicators can differ from those of the appellations below.
Samegrelowhole region
warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
Abkhazia
Abkhaziawhole region
warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
Adjara
Adjarawhole region
usual warmth
as warm as the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
Guria
Guriawhole region
warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April
Samtskhe-Javakheti
Samtskhe-Javakhetiwhole region
warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
spring frost
a spring frost down to −2 °C or lower after 10 April, when young shoots are at risk
Wines of 2015 in the catalogue
Source: ERA5-Land reanalysis, precipitation from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service) via the Open-Meteo archive — a gridded model, not weather stations in the vineyards. Years are compared with the mean of the previous ten, not with the 1991–2020 climate normal: the climate has shifted, and against that normal 14 of the last 20 years would read as warmer than usual — true about warming, but not about the year. This is not a rating of wine and not a drinking window: the weather explains what the season was like; what ended up in the bottle depends on picking and on the winery's work.