Cerasuolo di Vittoria is a dry red Italian wine from a region around the comune of Vittoria, Sicily. The only wine with DOCG status in Sicily, it is made from a blend of two Sicilian grape varieties, Nero d'Avola at between 50% and 70%, with Frappato as the remainder. The DOCG rules also include regulation of cropping rates and a minimum alcohol level of 13%. Cerasuolo means "cherry red" and refers to the colour of the resulting blend of these grapes.
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Cerasuolo di Vittoria is an appellation in Sicily, Italy. Its rules allow Nero d'Avola, Frappato. We track 20 of its wines in stock at 15 shops, from 9 wine houses, from € 12.50; mostly rosé.
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Sicily
- Grapes allowed
- Nero d'Avola, Frappato
- In our wines
- Frappato, Nero d'Avola, Cortese
- Styles
- Rosé 20
- Prices
- from € 12.50 · median € 19.99 / 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 +2.1 °C · 2,707 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 2025 | 1 | € 17.00 | € 17.00 | – | hotdry harvest +1.2 °C · 2,894 GDD · 122 % rain |
| 2024 | 4 | € 12.50 | € 15.75 | – | hotdry +2.0 °C · 3,054 GDD · 50 % rain |
| 2023 | 7 | € 12.50 | € 18.00 | – | warmwetdry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,783 GDD · 264 % rain |
| 2022 | 2 | € 16.90 | € 17.70 | – | hot +1.6 °C · 2,974 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2021 | 1 | € 43.00 | € 43.00 | – | warmwet +0.9 °C · 2,824 GDD · 141 % rain |
| 2020 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.4 °C · 2,720 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 2,722 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 2018 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.2 °C · 2,688 GDD · 212 % rain |
| 2017 | 1 | € 29.90 | € 29.90 | – | average +0.3 °C · 2,703 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 2,692 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.3 °C · 2,703 GDD · 128 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 2,602 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 2,698 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 2,811 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.1 °C · 2,606 GDD · 161 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.5 °C · 2,524 GDD · 137 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.1 °C · 2,622 GDD · 163 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 2,689 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 2,701 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 2,664 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 2,539 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 2,550 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hotwetwet harvest +1.1 °C · 2,866 GDD · 179 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.3 °C · 2,577 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 2,692 GDD · 30 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 2,645 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.8 °C · 2,811 GDD · 32 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 2,631 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.5 °C · 2,526 GDD · 169 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.3 °C · 2,350 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 2,512 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 2,758 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.2 °C · 2,676 GDD · 56 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 2,478 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 2,493 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 2,692 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.4 °C · 2,542 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +1.0 °C · 2,845 GDD · 50 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 2,695 GDD · 23 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.2 °C · 2,673 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 2,618 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cooldry −0.9 °C · 2,454 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.1 °C · 2,623 GDD · 48 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.3 °C · 2,692 GDD · 136 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Cerasuolo di Vittoria'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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