Was 2025 a Good Year for Wine Production in Provence, France?

For an opinion on the prospects for the current (2025) vintage in France, it’s best to turn to an expert. For over 25 years, Göran Boman has been a member of the Swedish wine-tasting and wine-education association, Munskänkarna. He is also an expert on Provencal wine. So, how did 2025 stack up for wine production in Provence? Below is a summary of some of the highlights of Göran’s blog post on the subject.

Weather: Precipitation

Provence experienced two consecutive dry years, 2022 and 2023. The precipitation for the 2024 season was 20% above normal, a relatively rainy year. 2025 followed with a similar increase of 41% in annual rainfall, but it must come at the correct times.

The beginning of the year was wet, and what really made it was the heavy rains on May 20; the worst-affected area in Provence received up to 230 mm of rain in just one hour! A wet start to the year, unfortunately, meant that the powdery mildew pressure was high before the heavy rains, forcing some winegrowers to spray the vines five times!

Then, in the hot summer months of June, July and August, there was virtually no rainfall. As a reference, only 8 mm compared to the “normal” 110 mm in my Le Luc, which is in the middle of the Var department. The rain came instead in September with 25 mm in the first four days and a full 63 mm three weeks into the month during the sensitive harvest period.

Weather: Temperature

Continuing the trend from previous years, every month in 2025 had average temperatures equal to or above normal. The positive thing is that there was no severe frost during the spring, which is so sensitive to the vine, but instead we had the heavy rains in May.

During the low-precipitation summer months of June, July, and August, the weather was also very hot, which led to a drought. Already in June, a heat wave occurred from mid-to-late June, with maximum temperatures reaching around 38 degrees. After a short heat wave in mid-July, an intense and prolonged heat wave began just before mid-August, with maximum temperatures reaching around 40 degrees. It was the latter that reduced harvest volumes by 10%.

Wine Production Volumes

For the 2023 harvest, the “Syndicat des Vins Côtes de Provence” decided that the harvest for rosé wine in Côtes de Provence would be reduced, the reason being that for a few years now, there has been a slight overproduction of rosé wine in the world, and sales of Provence rosé wines have also decreased.

The 2025 harvest volume is in the same order of magnitude as that of 2024, i.e., 10% below the average for the five years. It is strongly affected by the heat wave in August, resulting in no restrictions this year. It has been reported that the green Rolle grape in particular has been hit harder in terms of volume.

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Guest Writer:

Göran Boman, the author of The Wines of Provence – Tricolour, is based in Sweden, far from Provence’s vineyards. His studies at Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology led to a career with large international companies. Before retiring, Göran monitored the quality of nuclear fuel transmitted from EDF France to Sweden.

If you love Provencal wines, his book should be an essential read for you. In his book, Göran Boman covers 58 wine producers and recommends 338 wines, not just rosé wines. Use the book as a guide to discovering these wines and their producers. His goal is to deepen your knowledge of everything worth knowing about the wines of Provence.

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