Appellation

Alicante

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About Alicante

Alicante is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) for wines located in the province of Alicante.

From the Wikipedia article Alicante (DO), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Alicante is an appellation in Valencia, Spain. We track 37 of its wines in stock at 18 shops, from 8 wine houses, from € 5.25; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
Spain
Region
Valencia
In our wines
Mourvèdre, Muscat, Zibibbo, Alicante Bouschet, Cabernet Franc
Styles
Red 26 · White 8 · Fortified 3
Prices
from € 5.25 · median € 23.85 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +2.4 °C · 2,483 GDD · 61 % rain
20254€ 12.03€ 14.61–hot +1.8 °C · 2,635 GDD · 112 % rain
20243€ 16.41€ 18.00–hot +1.4 °C · 2,552 GDD · 104 % rain
20231€ 43.56€ 43.56–hotwet harvest +1.7 °C · 2,612 GDD · 124 % rain
20224€ 24.00€ 27.94–hotwet +1.5 °C · 2,564 GDD · 130 % rain
20212€ 9.50€ 25.04–averagewet +0.4 °C · 2,327 GDD · 146 % rain
2020––––averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 2,281 GDD · 77 % rain
20192€ 25.67€ 27.59–averagewetwet harvest +0.3 °C · 2,308 GDD · 196 % rain
2018––––averagewetwet harvest +0.1 °C · 2,269 GDD · 130 % rain
2017––––warmdrydry harvest +0.6 °C · 2,371 GDD · 46 % rain
2016––––warmdrydry harvest +0.5 °C · 2,357 GDD · 66 % rain
2015––––warmwet harvest +0.8 °C · 2,418 GDD · 88 % rain
2014––––hotdry +1.0 °C · 2,472 GDD · 58 % rain
2013––––cooldry harvest −0.6 °C · 2,131 GDD · 103 % rain
2012––––warmwet harvest +0.8 °C · 2,413 GDD · 114 % rain
2011––––warm +0.5 °C · 2,347 GDD · 76 % rain
2010––––coolwet −0.8 °C · 2,075 GDD · 149 % rain
2009––––averagewet harvest +0.4 °C · 2,336 GDD · 93 % rain
2008––––coolwet −0.5 °C · 2,142 GDD · 175 % rain
2007––––average −0.4 °C · 2,156 GDD · 123 % rain
2006––––warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 2,416 GDD · 65 % rain
2005––––average +0.4 °C · 2,338 GDD · 74 % rain
2004––––averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 2,184 GDD · 115 % rain
2003––––warm +0.6 °C · 2,389 GDD · 93 % rain
2002––––cool −0.7 °C · 2,100 GDD · 116 % rain
2001––––warm +0.5 °C · 2,354 GDD · 86 % rain
2000––––averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 2,223 GDD · 85 % rain
1999––––warmdry +0.6 °C · 2,374 GDD · 61 % rain
1998––––cool −0.7 °C · 2,101 GDD · 77 % rain
1997––––coolwetwet harvest −0.5 °C · 2,140 GDD · 178 % rain
1996––––coldwet harvest −1.1 °C · 2,019 GDD · 105 % rain
1995––––averagedrydry harvest −0.4 °C · 2,176 GDD · 55 % rain
1994––––average +0.4 °C · 2,335 GDD · 80 % rain
1993––––cold −1.5 °C · 1,938 GDD · 99 % rain
1992––––colddry harvest −1.2 °C · 1,997 GDD · 128 % rain
1991––––cool −0.8 °C · 2,084 GDD · 82 % rain
1990––––average −0.4 °C · 2,165 GDD · 99 % rain
1989––––coolwetwet harvest −0.5 °C · 2,138 GDD · 158 % rain
1988––––cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 2,141 GDD · 124 % rain
1987––––averagedrydry harvest +0.2 °C · 2,281 GDD · 67 % rain
1986––––averagewet −0.4 °C · 2,165 GDD · 161 % rain
1985––––averagedry −0.1 °C · 2,231 GDD · 56 % rain
1984––––colddry harvest −1.3 °C · 1,961 GDD · 71 % rain
1983––––averagedrydry harvest +0.1 °C · 2,276 GDD · 54 % rain
1982––––averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 2,188 GDD · 102 % rain

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