Wine region

Aconcagua

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About Aconcagua

Aconcagua is one of the five principal wine regions of Chile. It takes its name from the Aconcagua River and encompasses all winegrowing areas in Valparaíso Region. The Aconcagua wine region is composed of four minor wine districts: Casablanca Valley, Aconcagua Costa, Aconcagua Valley, and Leyda Valley.

From the Wikipedia article Aconcagua (wine region), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Aconcagua is a wine region, Chile. We track 99 of its wines in stock at 31 shops, from 20 wine houses, from € 6.50; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
Chile
In our wines
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Syrah, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon
Styles
Red 55 · White 36 · Orange 2 · Rosé 2 · Dessert 1 · Sparkling 1
Prices
from € 6.50 · median € 22.74 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
20261€ 8.95€ 8.95–warmdry +0.5 °C · 1,754 GDD · 51 % rain
20258€ 6.50€ 12.60–warmdry +0.5 °C · 1,755 GDD · 42 % rain
202412€ 6.69€ 13.92–averagedrydry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,657 GDD · 37 % rain
202311€ 11.00€ 20.7393.0 (1 wine)warmdrydry harvest +0.9 °C · 1,833 GDD · 28 % rain
20226€ 11.29€ 19.37–averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,581 GDD · 84 % rain
20215€ 11.37€ 33.44–cool −0.8 °C · 1,477 GDD · 107 % rain
20206€ 12.03€ 41.75–warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 1,831 GDD · 33 % rain
20194€ 18.00€ 36.88–averagedry +0.1 °C · 1,672 GDD · 30 % rain
20181€ 89.51€ 89.51–averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,592 GDD · 95 % rain
20174€ 93.52€ 108.3197.3 (3 wines)warm +0.6 °C · 1,788 GDD · 84 % rain
20165€ 70.90€ 108.37–averagewetdry harvest −0.4 °C · 1,562 GDD · 330 % rain
20153€ 133.66€ 162.00–averagedry +0.4 °C · 1,733 GDD · 35 % rain
2014––––averagedrydry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,591 GDD · 16 % rain
2013––––averagewetdry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,600 GDD · 179 % rain
2012––––averagedrydry harvest +0.4 °C · 1,739 GDD · 23 % rain
2011––––cooldrydry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,526 GDD · 56 % rain
2010––––averagedrydry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,624 GDD · 14 % rain
2009––––warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 1,818 GDD · 14 % rain
20081€ 12.71€ 12.71–averagedry +0.2 °C · 1,685 GDD · 47 % rain
20071€ 20.73€ 20.73–averagewet −0.3 °C · 1,581 GDD · 156 % rain
2006––––averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,602 GDD · 95 % rain
2005––––averagewetwet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,618 GDD · 160 % rain
2004––––averagewetwet harvest +0.4 °C · 1,730 GDD · 174 % rain
2003––––averagedry −0.3 °C · 1,592 GDD · 35 % rain
2002––––averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,684 GDD · 77 % rain
2001––––average +0.1 °C · 1,674 GDD · 116 % rain
2000––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,502 GDD · 93 % rain
1999––––averagedrywet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,649 GDD · 67 % rain
1998––––coolwetdry harvest −0.7 °C · 1,500 GDD · 235 % rain
1997––––warmdry +0.6 °C · 1,786 GDD · 40 % rain
1996––––averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,649 GDD · 88 % rain
1995––––warmwet +0.5 °C · 1,752 GDD · 135 % rain
1994––––averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,706 GDD · 79 % rain
1993––––averagewet +0.3 °C · 1,717 GDD · 219 % rain
1992––––averagewetwet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,595 GDD · 219 % rain
1991––––averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,650 GDD · 91 % rain
1990––––averagewet harvest +0.4 °C · 1,732 GDD · 72 % rain
1989––––warmdrydry harvest +0.6 °C · 1,769 GDD · 56 % rain
1988––––warm +0.8 °C · 1,811 GDD · 107 % rain
1987––––hotwet +1.1 °C · 1,877 GDD · 153 % rain
1986––––averagewetdry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,693 GDD · 130 % rain
1985––––averagedry +0.2 °C · 1,694 GDD · 65 % rain
1984––––warmdry +0.8 °C · 1,824 GDD · 30 % rain
1983––––warmdrydry harvest +0.6 °C · 1,786 GDD · 40 % rain
1982––––averagewet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,571 GDD · 102 % rain

Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Aconcagua's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the region. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.

Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.