Wine region

Ahr

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About Ahr

Ahr is a wine region (Anbaugebiet) for quality wine in Germany, and is located in the valley of the river Ahr, a tributary of Rhine, and is situated in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. With only 558 hectares of vines as of 2008, it is one of smaller of Germany's 13 regions. Despite its northern location it primarily produces red wines, and red grape varieties account for 86% of the vineyard area, which is more than in any other German wine region.

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

Ahr is a wine region, Germany. We track 14 of its wines in stock at 5 shops, from 3 wine houses, from € 10.50; mostly red.

At a glance
Country
Germany
In our wines
Pinot Noir, Merlot
Styles
Red 12 · Rosé 1 · White 1
Prices
from € 10.50 · median € 25.88 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +2.6 °C · 1,254 GDD · 69 % rain
2025––––hotwet harvest +1.2 °C · 984 GDD · 104 % rain
2024––––warmwet +0.9 °C · 933 GDD · 152 % rain
20232€ 24.75€ 29.77–hot +1.4 °C · 1,088 GDD · 113 % rain
20226€ 10.50€ 18.61–hotwet harvest +1.9 °C · 1,192 GDD · 88 % rain
20211€ 27.50€ 27.50–cool −0.6 °C · 780 GDD · 118 % rain
2020––––hot +1.1 °C · 973 GDD · 72 % rain
2019––––hot +1.0 °C · 965 GDD · 88 % rain
2018––––hot +2.2 °C · 1,179 GDD · 72 % rain
2017––––warm +0.5 °C · 918 GDD · 102 % rain
2016––––average −0.1 °C · 868 GDD · 118 % rain
2015––––averagewet harvest −0.4 °C · 785 GDD · 97 % rain
2014––––warm +0.6 °C · 830 GDD · 121 % rain
2013––––average −0.3 °C · 742 GDD · 109 % rain
2012––––cool −0.6 °C · 736 GDD · 120 % rain
2011––––average +0.3 °C · 811 GDD · 87 % rain
2010––––cool −0.8 °C · 724 GDD · 107 % rain
2009––––average +0.2 °C · 818 GDD · 104 % rain
2008––––cool −0.5 °C · 766 GDD · 97 % rain
2007––––average −0.2 °C · 735 GDD · 125 % rain
2006––––hot +1.1 °C · 1,046 GDD · 94 % rain
2005––––average +0.3 °C · 817 GDD · 93 % rain
2004––––average −0.4 °C · 692 GDD · 108 % rain
2003––––warm +0.5 °C · 1,038 GDD · 88 % rain
2002––––cool −0.5 °C · 757 GDD · 106 % rain
2001––––averagewet harvest −0.3 °C · 770 GDD · 101 % rain
2000––––average −0.1 °C · 758 GDD · 110 % rain
1999––––average +0.3 °C · 901 GDD · 86 % rain
1998––––coolwetwet harvest −0.8 °C · 699 GDD · 137 % rain
1997––––averagedry harvest −0.4 °C · 825 GDD · 93 % rain
1996––––cold −1.2 °C · 588 GDD · 81 % rain
1995––––average +0.3 °C · 846 GDD · 79 % rain
1994––––average −0.3 °C · 829 GDD · 92 % rain
1993––––coolwet harvest −0.9 °C · 657 GDD · 127 % rain
1992––––cool −0.5 °C · 845 GDD · 112 % rain
1991––––cool −0.9 °C · 750 GDD · 74 % rain
1990––––cool −0.5 °C · 739 GDD · 90 % rain
1989––––average −0.3 °C · 781 GDD · 106 % rain
1988––––cool −0.7 °C · 666 GDD · 97 % rain
1987––––cold −1.3 °C · 553 GDD · 125 % rain
1986––––cold −1.3 °C · 609 GDD · 115 % rain
1985––––cold −1.3 °C · 583 GDD · 98 % rain
1984––––coldwetwet harvest −1.9 °C · 487 GDD · 159 % rain
1983––––cool −0.5 °C · 749 GDD · 110 % rain
1982––––average −0.4 °C · 794 GDD · 126 % rain

Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Ahr'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.

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