The Central Otago wine region is a geographical indication in New Zealand's South Island, and the world's southernmost commercial wine growing region. While Central Otago is best known for Pinot Noir, many white wine varieties are also popular.
From the Wikipedia article Central Otago wine region, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Central Otago is a wine region, New Zealand. We track 74 of its wines in stock at 22 shops, from 11 wine houses, from € 23.15; mostly red, white.
- Country
- New Zealand
- In our wines
- Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc
- Styles
- Red 59 · White 15
- Prices
- from € 23.15 · median € 62.45 / 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 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 284 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2025 | 8 | € 34.82 | € 44.06 | – | hot +1.0 °C · 385 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2024 | 13 | € 32.46 | € 58.90 | 98.0 (1 wine) | warm +0.7 °C · 337 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2023 | 8 | € 23.75 | € 60.57 | – | hotwet harvest +1.2 °C · 454 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2022 | 11 | € 31.03 | € 70.42 | – | hotdry harvest +1.3 °C · 437 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2021 | 5 | € 23.41 | € 42.97 | – | warm +0.9 °C · 356 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2020 | 4 | € 44.76 | € 58.80 | – | average +0.4 °C · 335 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 2019 | 4 | € 67.43 | € 74.72 | – | hot +1.2 °C · 486 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 2018 | 1 | € 61.95 | € 61.95 | – | hot +1.6 °C · 560 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 198 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.9 °C · 386 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 375 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 268 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 431 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 223 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 291 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 251 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 240 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 396 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 240 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 307 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 261 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 230 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 292 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 243 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest ±0.0 °C · 283 GDD · 64 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 211 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +1.3 °C · 529 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 354 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −1.0 °C · 172 GDD · 137 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 257 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 262 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.5 °C · 202 GDD · 145 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.3 °C · 70 GDD · 123 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.5 °C · 118 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.4 °C · 225 GDD · 143 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 313 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.7 °C · 381 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 182 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest ±0.0 °C · 251 GDD · 151 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.2 °C · 298 GDD · 141 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 270 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.4 °C · 167 GDD · 155 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.6 °C · 61 GDD · 159 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 300 GDD · 107 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Central Otago'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.
Felton Road 34 · Two Paddocks 10 · Pyramid Valley 3 · Domain Road Vineyard 2 · Valli 2 · Snapper Rock Wines 1 · Mount Difficulty 1 · Cloudy Bay 1 · Coal Pit 1 · Akitu 1 · Neck of The Woods 1
Bannockburn 20 · Gibbston 1