Appellation

Barsac

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About Barsac

Barsac is an appellation in Bordeaux, France. Its rules allow Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc. We track 38 of its wines in stock at 13 shops, from 7 wine houses, from € 13.80; mostly dessert.

At a glance
Country
France
Region
Bordeaux
Grapes allowed
Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc
In our wines
Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscadelle, Sémillion
Styles
Dessert 38
Prices
from € 13.80 · median € 53.67 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +4.4 °C · 2,291 GDD · 31 % rain
20254€ 23.28€ 43.95–hotdrydry harvest +1.8 °C · 1,999 GDD · 42 % rain
20242€ 22.75€ 43.49–averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,656 GDD · 125 % rain
20235€ 22.75€ 41.48–hot +2.3 °C · 2,089 GDD · 105 % rain
202211€ 13.80€ 56.20–hotdry +2.6 °C · 2,160 GDD · 59 % rain
20211€ 200.69€ 401.38–average −0.4 °C · 1,515 GDD · 94 % rain
2020––––warmwet +0.5 °C · 1,715 GDD · 139 % rain
20192€ 40.00€ 47.04–warm +0.6 °C · 1,738 GDD · 106 % rain
20181€ 18.73€ 37.46–warmdry harvest +0.8 °C · 1,781 GDD · 98 % rain
2017––––warm +0.7 °C · 1,759 GDD · 94 % rain
20163€ 32.09€ 64.18–average ±0.0 °C · 1,605 GDD · 72 % rain
20151€ 53.51€ 107.0295.0 (1 wine)average +0.4 °C · 1,686 GDD · 76 % rain
2014––––averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,679 GDD · 82 % rain
2013––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,493 GDD · 113 % rain
20121€ 75.00€ 75.00–average −0.1 °C · 1,586 GDD · 107 % rain
20113€ 65.64€ 155.16–warmdry +0.7 °C · 1,748 GDD · 62 % rain
20102€ 74.00€ 118.1695.0 (1 wine)cool −0.6 °C · 1,487 GDD · 77 % rain
20091€ 267.59€ 535.18–average +0.1 °C · 1,621 GDD · 94 % rain
2008––––cold −1.0 °C · 1,393 GDD · 120 % rain
2007––––average −0.4 °C · 1,512 GDD · 102 % rain
2006––––hot +1.2 °C · 1,860 GDD · 86 % rain
2005––––warm +0.9 °C · 1,798 GDD · 71 % rain
2004––––warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,703 GDD · 82 % rain
2003––––hotdry +1.8 °C · 1,985 GDD · 70 % rain
2002––––averagedry −0.1 °C · 1,583 GDD · 65 % rain
2001––––averagedry −0.3 °C · 1,550 GDD · 66 % rain
20001€ 133.13€ 133.13–average −0.3 °C · 1,548 GDD · 105 % rain
1999––––averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,612 GDD · 119 % rain
1998––––coldwetwet harvest −1.0 °C · 1,390 GDD · 141 % rain
1997––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,607 GDD · 115 % rain
1996––––cold −1.3 °C · 1,334 GDD · 115 % rain
1995––––averagewet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,549 GDD · 85 % rain
1994––––averagewetwet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,519 GDD · 130 % rain
1993––––coldwetwet harvest −1.1 °C · 1,367 GDD · 151 % rain
1992––––coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,448 GDD · 169 % rain
1991––––averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,606 GDD · 90 % rain
1990––––hotdry +1.3 °C · 1,888 GDD · 65 % rain
1989––––warmdry harvest +0.7 °C · 1,753 GDD · 83 % rain
1988––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,498 GDD · 102 % rain
1987––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,616 GDD · 102 % rain
1986––––cold −1.2 °C · 1,426 GDD · 93 % rain
1985––––cooldry harvest −0.9 °C · 1,413 GDD · 78 % rain
1984––––cold −1.6 °C · 1,265 GDD · 113 % rain
1983––––cool −0.8 °C · 1,441 GDD · 109 % rain
1982––––cool −0.8 °C · 1,437 GDD · 117 % rain

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

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