Meteorological data: catastrophic conditions during the harvest.

Overall quality of the vintage: mediocre. Some estates do not even bother bottling their wine.

Overall quality of the vintage: mediocre. Overly acidic wines. Now past their best.

Meteorological data: in September, ripening is hampered by rain.

Harvest status:

Abundance: bumper harvest.

Quality: waterlogged grapes.

Overall quality of the vintage: average. Unbalanced wines, raw and green.

Overall quality of the vintage: poor.

Syrupy Bordeaux - 1974

Overall quality of the vintage: mediocre.

Limited harvest, in terms of both quantity and an often acidic quality.

Champagne - 1974

The Chardonnays and Pinot noirs proved satisfactory but fell short of vintage quality in the eyes of most of the major houses.

Rhone Valley - 1974

Plentiful grapes. Weak wine in the north, more structured in the south. Turns fast due to absence of depth.