Appellation

Anjou

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About Anjou

Anjou wine is produced in the Loire Valley wine region of France near the city of Angers. The wines of region are often grouped together with the wines of nearby Saumur as "Anjou-Saumur". Along with the wines produced further east in Touraine, Anjou-Saumur make what is collectively known as the "Middle Loire". Within the Anjou wine region are several Appellation d'origine contrôlées (AOCs) responsible for a broad spectrum of wines including still red, white and rosé produced with varying levels of sweetness. Extending across the Deux-Sèvres, Maine-et-Loire and Vienne départements, the generic Anjou AOC appellation and its various sub-appellations encompasses vineyards across more than 151 communes.

From the Wikipedia article Anjou wine, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Anjou is an appellation in Loire, France. We track 92 of its wines in stock at 45 shops, from 26 wine houses, from € 7.15; mostly white, rosé, red.

At a glance
Country
France
Region
Loire
In our wines
Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc, Grolleau, Gamay, Cabernet Sauvignon
Styles
White 50 · Rosé 21 · Red 20
Prices
from € 7.15 · median € 26.09 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +5.0 °C · 1,973 GDD · 25 % rain
202513€ 7.15€ 14.58–hotdry +1.7 °C · 1,502 GDD · 40 % rain
202420€ 7.45€ 22.63–averagewet +0.4 °C · 1,224 GDD · 131 % rain
202316€ 13.25€ 28.97–hot +2.2 °C · 1,605 GDD · 102 % rain
202210€ 9.95€ 50.20–hotdry +2.6 °C · 1,704 GDD · 62 % rain
20219€ 15.92€ 34.12–average −0.1 °C · 1,145 GDD · 86 % rain
20203€ 61.00€ 61.00–warm +0.6 °C · 1,268 GDD · 105 % rain
20192€ 95.00€ 71.37–warm +0.8 °C · 1,302 GDD · 95 % rain
20181€ 40.58€ 40.58–hotdry harvest +1.2 °C · 1,402 GDD · 88 % rain
20171€ 20.06€ 20.06–warm +0.6 °C · 1,276 GDD · 81 % rain
2016––––average −0.2 °C · 1,131 GDD · 74 % rain
2015––––average −0.2 °C · 1,097 GDD · 110 % rain
2014––––averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,167 GDD · 112 % rain
2013––––average −0.3 °C · 1,102 GDD · 95 % rain
2012––––coolwet −0.5 °C · 1,086 GDD · 138 % rain
2011––––average +0.3 °C · 1,208 GDD · 79 % rain
2010––––cooldry −0.6 °C · 1,006 GDD · 68 % rain
2009––––average −0.1 °C · 1,111 GDD · 85 % rain
2008––––cold −1.2 °C · 918 GDD · 116 % rain
2007––––cooldry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,006 GDD · 101 % rain
2006––––hotwet harvest +1.0 °C · 1,357 GDD · 116 % rain
2005––––warm +0.7 °C · 1,292 GDD · 83 % rain
2004––––averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,080 GDD · 92 % rain
2003––––average +0.2 °C · 1,193 GDD · 96 % rain
2002––––cold −1.1 °C · 903 GDD · 106 % rain
2001––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,053 GDD · 118 % rain
2000––––coolwet −0.6 °C · 1,027 GDD · 134 % rain
1999––––averagewetwet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,172 GDD · 159 % rain
1998––––coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,070 GDD · 125 % rain
1997––––averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,211 GDD · 87 % rain
1996––––cooldry −0.7 °C · 984 GDD · 69 % rain
1995––––averagedry +0.1 °C · 1,184 GDD · 68 % rain
1994––––averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,184 GDD · 122 % rain
1993––––coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,006 GDD · 115 % rain
1992––––average +0.3 °C · 1,227 GDD · 94 % rain
1991––––warm +0.5 °C · 1,269 GDD · 74 % rain
1990––––hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 1,438 GDD · 48 % rain
1989––––hotdrydry harvest +1.0 °C · 1,410 GDD · 62 % rain
1988––––average −0.3 °C · 1,075 GDD · 87 % rain
1987––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,126 GDD · 100 % rain
1986––––cold −1.2 °C · 996 GDD · 81 % rain
1985––––colddry harvest −1.1 °C · 912 GDD · 77 % rain
1984––––cold −1.2 °C · 887 GDD · 99 % rain
1983––––coolwet −0.5 °C · 1,069 GDD · 133 % rain
1982––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,063 GDD · 110 % rain

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