Australian Vintage Chart

The following charts show James Halliday's ratings for every Australian vintage over the last 20 years. The numbers represent a mark out of 10 for the quality of the vintage in each Australian wine region.

Red
White

New South Wales

     
Canberra District
Cowra
Gundagai
Hastings River
Hilltops
Hunter Valley
Lower Hunter Valley
Mudgee
Orange
Perricoota
RiverinaGriffith
Shoalhaven
Southern Highlands
Tumbarumba
Upper Hunter Valley
     
198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010
696897889889658988988898
795887768887768878998999
-----------5567986767977
-----------6587595866786
--------------67679866  
--------------67778777  
8874768675576859679685  
6685668786896979689778  
-----------57-99599106988
-----------57-9866896889
                   68277
                   7107109
945410457565889481087682  
84568856784889877897107  
567876586888545968785886
779886787879556767977798
5658686879886569109896889
765779778898765997987799
--------------79679778  
--------------68686898  
6658797689887551077667777
665878878888864878677868
          -------7974785
          -------7884787
---------------55-883967
---------------56-985897
-----------93-7855777788
-----------95-6646999989
87859567897978578676727 
67769677897999878897869 
198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010

Queensland

     
Granite Belt
South Burnett
     
198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010
8810998101099-98108987988667
87988899910-5697879977887
-------------87886978679
-------------768861088788
198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010

South Australia

     
Adelaide Hills
Adelaide Plains
Barossa Valley
Clare Valley
Coonawarra
Eden Valley
Kangaroo Island
Langhorne Creek
McLaren Vale
Mount Benson Robe
Padthaway
Riverland
Southern Fleurieu
Wrattonbully
     
198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010
594997688977758988778799
674769678977868987896799
78581097898998789688788 9
8869988889997678779877 7
677987887981054810797107879
787987788977665877876778
886108878778109671089987698
9751077898710887910108976889
67610968969710968997877979
686776897968777886767788
6771088897978769978878798
9669677788976681099987889
--------------7778887898
--------------66778788109
-----------86779889888-10
-----------88887778988-9
78710998989710687989887788
8861099898978785877876777
--------------5987877878
--------------7998977888
5857756968610978987888668
7578978108988897997777688
-----------95751088898668
-----------8686998989878
--------------7877888878
--------------6878888778
-------------96874896769
-------------86787876878
198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010

Tasmania

     
Northern Tasmania
Southern Tasmania
     
198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010
57678858978109989761087888
778899899799998978978789
68697899858981089871097789
687878989688798978988788
198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010

Victoria

     
Alpine Valleys
Beechworth
Bendigo
Geelong
Gippsland
Glenrowan Rutherglen
Goulburn Valley
Grampians
Heathcote
Henty
King Valley
Macedon
Mornington Peninsula
Murray Darling
Pyrenees
Strathbogie Ranges
Sunbury
Upper Goulburn
Yarra Valley
     
198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010
-------------8694988**788
-------------78849107**788
---------------881088**727
---------------76887**676
79610886879109989979886848
787968576899666769787879
          -------8887799
          -------8787799
79689869879-6885710999868
89669878868-787569988787
684778575859577109977**7-8
68677867655856697677**6-7
875898678799788989898878
7867696878610777867887988
587798991091010108879101088789
776878779797897786987798
--------------89810897979
--------------7869976767
6878889878885106879984989
8998897989886958109898888
684778575659886107878**788
68677867655998798997**978
6869978887899879108798778
785997888678887899888787
7968871087510979889109999910
7867879987897889810788899
--------------5977888887
--------------5867898887
710610108888107888988101098878
7967988781078987869987877
---------------88897**868
---------------878887779
-----------9988998788899
-----------9889877877788
-----------8--797798**769
-----------7--7767984888
71058101079789969799109977****
61048810895788696998998779
198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010
** Frost and bushfire smoke taint precludes ratings; virtually no wine made in these regions

Western Australia

     
Geographe
Great Southern
Manjimup
Margaret River
Peel
Pemberton
Perth Hills
Swan District
     
198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010
-------------86789768889
-------------99989889788
68810987109876779877968888
787978798897668868989898
--------------9769768878
--------------8865989989
88671087998871098889978999
876888989867888888998998
---------------8881099888
---------------9871099577
------------788768969888
------------688878989997
-------------6697910887108
-------------88887977888
55668676667987910799788108
967710610776596669678878108
198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010

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