Official Vintage Ratings

The Control Boards of the D.O.Ca. Rioja and the D.O. Navarra carry out extensive laboratory tests and tastings on a large number of representative wine samples from each vintage. The results are then pooled and an average rating for the whole wine region is calculated and officially announced in the Spring following harvest. Below are the official average ratings obtained by the vintages of both regions.

One should, however, keep in mind that these ratings are for the whole region and that they should be used as general guidelines. Thus, one can often find excellent wines from a vintage that was given a below-average rating.

Year	Rioja	Year	Rioja	Year	Rioja	Navarra	Year	Rioja	Navarra	Year	Rioja	Navarra
1928	VG	1946	N	1964	E	E	1982	E	E	2000	G	VG
1929	N	1947	VG	1965	A	P	1983	G	VG	2001	E	E
1930	A	1948	E	1966	N	VG	1984	N	VG	2002	G	VG
1931	VG	1949	VG	1967	N	G	1985	G	G	2003	G	G
1932	N	1950	N	1968	VG	VG	1986	G	G	2004	E	E
1933	N	1951	N	1969	N	G	1987	VG	G	2005	E	E
1934	E	1952	E	1970	VG	E	1988	G	VG	2006	VG	VG
1935	VG	1953	A	1971	A	P	1989	G	VG	2007	VG	VG
1936	N	1954	G	1972	A	P	1990	G	G	2008	VG
1937	N	1955	E	1973	G	E	1991	VG	G	2009
1938	A	1956	G	1974	G	G	1992	G	G	2010
1939	N	1957	N	1975	VG	G	1993	G	VG	2011
1940	N	1958	E	1976	G	G	1994	E	VG	2012
1941	G	1959	VG	1977	N	R	1995	E	E	2013
1942	VG	1960	G	1978	VG	VG	1996	VG	VG	2014
1943	G	1961	G	1979	N	R	1997	G	G	2015
1944	G	1962	VG	1980	G	R	1998	VG	VG	2016
1945	A	1963	N	1981	VG	E	1999	G	VG	2017
Key: RIOJA: E Excellent; VG Very Good; G Good; N Normal; A Average NAVARRA: E Excellent; VG Very Good; G Good; R Regular; P Poor

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