Chianti Classico is an appellation in Tuscany, Italy. Its rules allow Sangiovese. We track 365 of its wines in stock at 82 shops, from 87 wine houses, from € 9.15; mostly red.
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Tuscany
- Grapes allowed
- Sangiovese
- In our wines
- Sangiovese, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Malvasia
- Styles
- Red 360 · Dessert 2 · White 2 · Rosé 1
- Prices
- from € 9.15 · median € 33.41 / 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 +3.4 °C · 2,391 GDD · 54 % rain |
| 2025 | 2 | € 16.50 | € 20.75 | – | hot +1.6 °C · 2,258 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2024 | 26 | € 9.90 | € 19.98 | – | hot +1.9 °C · 2,325 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2023 | 40 | € 11.00 | € 23.00 | 91.0 (3 wines) | hotdry harvest +1.8 °C · 2,283 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2022 | 69 | € 9.15 | € 26.63 | 92.6 (8 wines) | hotdry +2.3 °C · 2,404 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 2021 | 59 | € 17.00 | € 35.90 | 93.2 (6 wines) | averagedrydry harvest +0.4 °C · 1,992 GDD · 48 % rain |
| 2020 | 44 | € 14.90 | € 43.64 | 94.3 (3 wines) | average +0.3 °C · 1,977 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2019 | 17 | € 23.95 | € 46.69 | – | warm +0.8 °C · 2,058 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2018 | 13 | € 11.91 | € 34.65 | – | hotdry harvest +1.0 °C · 2,126 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2017 | 5 | € 25.00 | € 59.95 | 94.0 (1 wine) | warmdry +0.8 °C · 2,084 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 2016 | 12 | € 30.60 | € 94.95 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,868 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 2015 | 6 | € 29.00 | € 137.83 | – | averagedry harvest +0.4 °C · 2,003 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,788 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 2013 | 1 | € 227.45 | € 227.45 | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,878 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 2,045 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.3 °C · 1,961 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 2010 | 2 | € 280.97 | € 291.01 | – | coldwet −1.0 °C · 1,692 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 2,009 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,907 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,934 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,932 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,845 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,835 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.3 °C · 2,163 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,822 GDD · 128 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,883 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,977 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,979 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 1998 | 1 | € 26.63 | € 26.63 | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,889 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,803 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | coldwet harvest −1.4 °C · 1,598 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,676 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,924 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,868 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.5 °C · 1,809 GDD · 149 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −1.2 °C · 1,652 GDD · 132 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,833 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | coldwet harvest −1.2 °C · 1,648 GDD · 128 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.4 °C · 1,831 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,869 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,750 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,861 GDD · 60 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −2.2 °C · 1,437 GDD · 139 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,758 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,857 GDD · 116 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Chianti Classico'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.
Tenuta Mazzei 15 · Isole e Olena 14 · Castello di Ama 14 · Lamole di Lamole 13 · Fontodi 12 · Borgo Scopeto 9 · Frescobaldi 9 · Rocca delle Macìe 9 · Antinori 9 · Querciabella 9 · Badia a Coltibuono 7 · Casa Emma 7 · Castello Vicchiomaggio 7 · Badia A Passignano 7 · Dievole 6 · Bindi Sergardi 6