Bourgueil is an appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine in the Loire Valley region, and produces primarily red wine from the grape variety Cabernet Franc, located in the commune of Bourgueil and surrounding communes. Bourgueil gained Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) status when regulatory laws were passed on 31 July 1937.
From the Wikipedia article Bourgueil AOC, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bourgueil is an appellation in Loire, France. Its rules allow Cabernet Franc. We track 49 of its wines in stock at 19 shops, from 7 wine houses, from € 11.99; mostly red.
- Country
- France
- Region
- Loire
- Grapes allowed
- Cabernet Franc
- In our wines
- Cabernet Franc, Chenin Blanc, Pinot Noir
- Styles
- Red 49
- Prices
- from € 11.99 · median € 27.86 / 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 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +5.2 °C · 2,121 GDD · 25 % rain |
| 2025 | 1 | € 11.99 | € 11.99 | – | hotdry +1.9 °C · 1,676 GDD · 38 % rain |
| 2024 | 5 | € 12.66 | € 24.00 | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,319 GDD · 134 % rain |
| 2023 | 5 | € 17.45 | € 26.63 | – | hot +2.1 °C · 1,705 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2022 | 5 | € 17.45 | € 27.00 | – | hotdry +2.7 °C · 1,853 GDD · 62 % rain |
| 2021 | 9 | € 14.00 | € 31.00 | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,259 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2020 | 6 | € 20.74 | € 34.50 | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,429 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2019 | 4 | € 17.00 | € 31.00 | – | warm +0.9 °C · 1,456 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2018 | 2 | € 27.76 | € 30.88 | 91.0 (1 wine) | hotdry harvest +1.3 °C · 1,552 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,444 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,270 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2015 | 1 | € 29.77 | € 29.77 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,275 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,267 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,173 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.7 °C · 1,153 GDD · 150 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,334 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,158 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,299 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.3 °C · 1,030 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.7 °C · 1,114 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | hotwet harvest +1.1 °C · 1,501 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.9 °C · 1,462 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,228 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,375 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,038 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,132 GDD · 122 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,111 GDD · 132 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,276 GDD · 147 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,169 GDD · 128 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,291 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cooldry −0.6 °C · 1,131 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.2 °C · 1,322 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,260 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coldwet harvest −1.0 °C · 1,063 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,311 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.5 °C · 1,369 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.4 °C · 1,580 GDD · 49 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.2 °C · 1,573 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,202 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,266 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.0 °C · 1,145 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | colddry harvest −1.2 °C · 1,018 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.3 °C · 1,005 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,135 GDD · 136 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,190 GDD · 114 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Bourgueil'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.
Domaine de la Butte 14 · Domaine du Bel Air 14 · Domaine Breton 2 · Catherine & Pierre Breton 1 · Domaine Frédéric Mabileau 1 · Saget La Perriere 1 · Stéphane Guion 1