Vintage charts provide you with a guide when purchasing wine. A great example: you’re in the Vintages
section at your local LCBO or you are visiting your local wine store. You see an amazing first growth
Bordeaux for a fraction of the price you think you should be paying. Check your vintage chart - it may
be a great buy, but it also may have been a poor year or it may be on its way out. This sounds too
difficult, right? Well, if you are unsure, the best person to ask is a category manager or, of course,
the owner of the establishment you are in.

Shareaglass has compiled data on the more popular wine growing regions. It is by no
means a complete list, but will help you avoid the bad, and treasure the good.

Share a Glass is in the process of updating our vintage charts. Please refer to the Ontario Wine Society’s Vintage Chart for Ontario wines, as well, we have been searching to find a vintage chart for British Columbia wines from a reputable source, but, have not found one. If you are familiar with a source, we would love to hear from you.

(FYI: The “Drink” or “Hold” numbers provide a percentage for how good the wine is for that year.)

AUSTRALIA			CALIFORNIA
Vintage	Shiraz	Chardonnay	Vintage	Cabernet	Chardonnay
2005	80 Hold	80 Hold	2005	75 Hold	70 Hold
2004	70 Hold	70 Drink or Hold	2004	75 Hold	65 Drink or Hold
2003	60 Drink or Hold	60 Drink or Hold	2003	65 Drink or Hold	65 Drink or Hold
2002	65 Drink or Hold	65 Drink or Hold	2002	70 Drink or Hold	70 Drink
2001	70 Drink or Hold	60 Drink or Hold	2001	75 Drink	60 Drink
2000	70 Drink or Hold	80 Drink
1999	80 Drink	60 Drink
1998	80 Drink or Hold	80 Drink

FRANCE: Alsace		FRANCE: Burgundy
Vintage		Cote d’or Red	Cote d’or White	Chablis
2005	85 Drink or Hold	80 Hold	80 Hold	80 Hold
2004	70 Drink or Hold	70 Hold	75 Hold	75 Hold
2003	65 Drink or Hold	65 Hold	65 Hold	65 Drink or Hold
2002	75 Drink or Hold	75 Hold	75 Drink or Hold	75 Drink or Hold
2001	70 Drink or Hold	70 Drink or Hold	80 Drink	70 Drink or Hold
2000	90 Drink or Hold	75 Drink or Hold	75 Drink or Hold	80 Drink or Hold
1999	70 Drink or Hold	85 Drink or Hold	60 Drink	65 Drink or Hold
1998	80 Drink or Hold	65 Drink or Hold	60 Drink	75 Drink or Hold

FRANCE: Red Bordeaux			FRANCE: White Bordeaux
Vintage	Medoc/Graves	Pom/St. Emil	Sauternes	Graves & dry
2005	95 Hold	95 Hold	90 Hold	90 Drink or Hold
2004	75 Hold	80 Hold	60 Hold	65 Hold
2003	65 Hold	65 Hold	75 Hold	65 Drink or Hold
2002	70 Drink or Hold	65 Hold	75 Hold	75 Drink or Hold
2001	70 Drink or Hold	75 Hold	80 Drink or Hold	80 Drink or Hold
2000	90 Hold	80 Hold	70 Drink or Hold	70 Drink or Hold
1999	60 Drink or Hold	65 Drink or Hold	75 Drink or Hold	85 Drink or Hold
1998	65 Drink or Hold	75 Drink or Hold	65 Drink or Hold	70 Drink or Hold

FRANCE: Champagne		FRANCE: Rhone
Vintage		Northern	Southern
2005	70 Hold	75 Hold	70 Hold
2004	80 Hold	65 Hold	65 Hold
2003	70 Hold	60 Hold	70 Hold
2002	80 Hold	50 Drink or Hold	50 Hold
2001	20 Avoid	75 Hold	80 Hold
2000	80 Hold	70 Drink or Hold	80 Drink or Hold
1999	70 Hold	80 Drink or Hold	75 Drink or Hold
1998	60 Hold	70 Drink or Hold	80 Drink or Hold

GERMANY			ITALY
Vintage	Rhine	Mosel	Piedmont Reds	Tuscan Reds
2005	90 Hold	90 Hold	70 Hold	70 Hold
2004	70 Hold	70 Hold	80 Hold	80 Hold
2003	75 Hold	75 Hold	70 Hold	60 Hold
2002	75 Drink or Hold	75 Drink or Hold	55 Hold	60 Hold
2001	80 Drink or Hold	90 Drink or Hold	85 Hold	65 Drink or Hold
2000	65 Drink or Hold	65 Drink or Hold	75 Hold	65 Drink or Hold
1999	85 Drink or Hold	85 Drink or Hold	90 Drink or Hold	90 Drink or Hold
1998	75 Drink or Hold	75 Drink or Hold	75 Drink or Hold	65 Drink or Hold

NEW ZEALAND			SOUTH AFRICA		SPAIN
Vintage	Red	White	Port	Red	Rioja
2005	70 Drink or Hold	70 Drink or Hold	80 Hold	70 Drink or Hold	90 Hold
2004	65 Drink or Hold	65 Drink or Hold	75 Hold	75 Drink or Hold	80 Hold
2003	70 Drink or Hold	70 Drink or Hold	85 Hold	80 Drink or Hold	65 Hold
2002	70 Drink	70 Drink	45 Hold	70 Drink	65 Hold
2001	60 Drink	70 Drink	65 Hold	70 Drink or Hold	80 Hold
2000			90 Hold		60 Hold
1999			50 Hold		65 Drink
1998			50 Hold		75 Drink