Bierzo is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) for wines located in the northwest of the province of León and covers about 3,000 km2. It borders on the provinces of Ourense, Lugo and Asturias in the north and in the south on areas of La Montaña, la Cabrera and La Meseta, in Léon. The area consists of numerous small valleys in the mountainous part and of a wide, flat plain . The DO covers 23 municipalities including the largest town of the area, Ponferrada.
From the Wikipedia article Bierzo (DO), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bierzo is an appellation in Castilla y León, Spain. Its rules allow Mencía, Godello. We track 124 of its wines in stock at 36 shops, from 14 wine houses, from € 6.26; mostly red, white.
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Castilla y León
- Grapes allowed
- Mencía, Godello
- In our wines
- Mencía, Godello, Alicante Bouschet, Grenache, Palomino
- Styles
- Red 91 · White 22 · Fortified 1
- Prices
- from € 6.26 · median € 24.00 / 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 | – | – | – | – | hotso far +2.8 °C · 1,412 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2025 | 7 | € 9.10 | € 19.10 | – | hotdry harvest +1.7 °C · 1,299 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2024 | 15 | € 8.40 | € 20.05 | 95.9 (9 wines) | warmwet harvest +0.5 °C · 1,051 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 2023 | 19 | € 10.70 | € 20.00 | 94.9 (7 wines) | hotwetwet harvest +1.5 °C · 1,236 GDD · 137 % rain |
| 2022 | 19 | € 15.90 | € 35.00 | 94.2 (6 wines) | hot +2.0 °C · 1,429 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2021 | 15 | € 8.70 | € 26.50 | 94.5 (2 wines) | average ±0.0 °C · 966 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2020 | 4 | € 28.50 | € 42.50 | – | warmwet +0.6 °C · 1,097 GDD · 142 % rain |
| 2019 | 2 | € 30.90 | € 32.95 | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,018 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 2018 | 5 | € 26.80 | € 48.21 | – | averagedry harvest +0.4 °C · 1,074 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 2017 | 3 | € 30.00 | € 38.67 | 96.0 (1 wine) | hotdrydry harvest +1.7 °C · 1,284 GDD · 57 % rain |
| 2016 | 1 | € 49.37 | € 49.37 | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,106 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,075 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2014 | 1 | € 95.00 | € 95.00 | – | average +0.2 °C · 975 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 985 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 959 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.9 °C · 1,109 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,000 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,125 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 830 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 797 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.2 °C · 1,205 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.1 °C · 1,198 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,023 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.2 °C · 1,064 GDD · 134 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 843 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 922 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 903 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.3 °C · 923 GDD · 152 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 965 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 984 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 824 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.5 °C · 1,055 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 888 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.8 °C · 720 GDD · 176 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.9 °C · 871 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.3 °C · 1,028 GDD · 62 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.7 °C · 1,189 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.9 °C · 1,247 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.9 °C · 807 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.4 °C · 1,084 GDD · 138 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 975 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,038 GDD · 70 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −1.0 °C · 805 GDD · 144 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | coldwetdry harvest −1.3 °C · 850 GDD · 134 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 866 GDD · 100 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Bierzo'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.
Raúl Pérez 10 · Alvaro Palacios 8 · Michelini i Mufatto 8 · Bodegas Emilio Moro 4 · Bodegas Luna Beberide 4 · Vinostito 3 · Indigo 3 · Verónica Ortega 2 · Bodegas Demencia de Autor 2 · Bodegas Gancedo 1 · Bancroft Wines 1 · Classic Drinks 1 · Bodega del Abad 1 · H2G Wines 1