Beaujolais is a French appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) wine in the Burgundy region. Red Beaujolais wines are generally made of the Gamay grape, which has a thin skin and is low in tannin, but like most AOC wines they are not labeled varietally. Whites, 1% of production, are made mostly with Chardonnay, though Aligoté was also permitted until 2024. Beaujolais tends to be a very light-bodied red wine, with relatively high acidity. In some vintages, Beaujolais produces more wine than the Burgundy wine regions of Chablis, Côte d'Or, Côte Chalonnaise, and Mâconnais put together.
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Beaujolais is a wine region, France. Typical grapes: Gamay. We track 619 of its wines in stock at 94 shops, from 116 wine houses, from € 7.80; mostly red.
- Country
- France
- Grapes
- Gamay
- In our wines
- Gamay, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Aligoté, Syrah
- Styles
- Red 515 · White 44 · Rosé 10 · Sparkling 3
- Prices
- from € 7.80 · median € 26.76 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | € 10.95 | € 23.49 | – | hotdryso far +3.7 °C · 1,773 GDD · 50 % rain |
| 2025 | 29 | € 9.90 | € 22.08 | 91.0 (1 wine) | hot +1.1 °C · 1,348 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2024 | 97 | € 10.18 | € 24.75 | 92.0 (3 wines) | averagewetwet harvest +0.4 °C · 1,235 GDD · 149 % rain |
| 2023 | 125 | € 7.80 | € 26.20 | 93.0 (3 wines) | hot +2.1 °C · 1,606 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2022 | 84 | € 11.82 | € 30.44 | 91.5 (2 wines) | hot +2.2 °C · 1,619 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 2021 | 49 | € 13.25 | € 30.74 | 93.0 (1 wine) | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,053 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 2020 | 33 | € 14.70 | € 33.00 | – | hot +1.3 °C · 1,383 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2019 | 18 | € 9.50 | € 31.05 | 94.0 (1 wine) | hotdry harvest +1.1 °C · 1,373 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2018 | 4 | € 25.29 | € 58.05 | – | hotdry harvest +1.7 °C · 1,485 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2017 | 3 | € 25.00 | € 30.95 | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,306 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2016 | 2 | € 21.27 | € 22.13 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,153 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2015 | 3 | € 35.00 | € 38.00 | – | warm +0.7 °C · 1,300 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2014 | 1 | € 39.90 | € 39.90 | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,124 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 2013 | 1 | € 35.00 | € 35.00 | – | cool −0.9 °C · 987 GDD · 122 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,152 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,250 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 930 GDD · 123 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,199 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −1.1 °C · 945 GDD · 148 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 987 GDD · 127 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,300 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,168 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,164 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +2.0 °C · 1,595 GDD · 57 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 1,134 GDD · 62 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,204 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,137 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,161 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,082 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,166 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.5 °C · 845 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,069 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,146 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.8 °C · 1,012 GDD · 145 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,139 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,212 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.6 °C · 1,328 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,199 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,052 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,045 GDD · 127 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,175 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,052 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −2.0 °C · 794 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.7 °C · 1,039 GDD · 156 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,087 GDD · 121 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Beaujolais'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.
Jean Foillard 25 · Bodegas Morgón 24 · Clos Bateau 14 · Jean-Paul Brun 14 · Jules Métras 13 · Bret Brothers 12 · Domaine Passot 11 · Alex Foillard 10 · Maison Louis Jadot 10 · Maison Joseph Drouhin 9 · Domaine Mee Godard 9 · Yvon Métras 8 · Guignier 7 · Blancs 7 · Maison Piron 7 · Château des Jacques 6
Morgon 99 · Fleurie 93 · Beaujolais-Villages 68 · Moulin-à-Vent 46 · Brouilly 30 · Chiroubles 27 · Côte de Brouilly 25 · Juliénas 19 · Chénas 15 · Saint-Amour 12 · Régnié 11