Appellation

Colchagua Valley

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About Colchagua Valley

Colchagua Valley is an appellation in Chilean Central Valley, Chile. We track 73 of its wines in stock at 24 shops, from 11 wine houses, from € 6.02; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
Chile
Region
Chilean Central Valley
In our wines
Carmenère, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Malbec, Merlot
Styles
Red 61 · White 10
Prices
from € 6.02 · median € 23.50 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––warmdrywet harvest +0.5 °C · 2,032 GDD · 59 % rain
20253€ 6.68€ 6.68–warmdry +0.6 °C · 2,057 GDD · 28 % rain
20242€ 8.02€ 22.94–averagedrydry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,935 GDD · 49 % rain
20238€ 6.02€ 12.38–hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 2,196 GDD · 13 % rain
202211€ 8.75€ 19.07–averagedrydry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,904 GDD · 43 % rain
20215€ 8.02€ 15.92–averagedry harvest −0.4 °C · 1,838 GDD · 75 % rain
20208€ 8.02€ 31.85–hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 2,198 GDD · 20 % rain
20196€ 13.37€ 130.95–averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,982 GDD · 43 % rain
20186€ 49.85€ 101.8796.7 (3 wines)averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,873 GDD · 92 % rain
20172€ 120.15€ 123.56–warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 2,097 GDD · 61 % rain
2016––––coolwetdry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,816 GDD · 244 % rain
20154€ 23.00€ 63.32–warmdry +0.5 °C · 2,043 GDD · 54 % rain
20141€ 52.05€ 52.05–averagedry −0.1 °C · 1,903 GDD · 28 % rain
2013––––averagewetdry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,870 GDD · 192 % rain
2012––––warmdrydry harvest +0.6 °C · 2,051 GDD · 20 % rain
2011––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,815 GDD · 84 % rain
2010––––averagedrydry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,904 GDD · 29 % rain
2009––––hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 2,201 GDD · 13 % rain
2008––––averagedry +0.4 °C · 2,019 GDD · 35 % rain
2007––––average −0.2 °C · 1,883 GDD · 91 % rain
2006––––averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,890 GDD · 85 % rain
2005––––averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,890 GDD · 129 % rain
2004––––averagewetwet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,954 GDD · 175 % rain
2003––––cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,814 GDD · 86 % rain
2002––––averagewetwet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,917 GDD · 142 % rain
2001––––average −0.1 °C · 1,914 GDD · 77 % rain
2000––––colddry harvest −1.1 °C · 1,706 GDD · 100 % rain
1999––––averagedrywet harvest +0.3 °C · 1,989 GDD · 59 % rain
1998––––coldwetdry harvest −1.2 °C · 1,683 GDD · 261 % rain
1997––––warmdry harvest +0.6 °C · 2,059 GDD · 103 % rain
1996––––average −0.2 °C · 1,876 GDD · 96 % rain
1995––––averagewetdry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,966 GDD · 159 % rain
1994––––averagewet −0.1 °C · 1,912 GDD · 133 % rain
1993––––average +0.1 °C · 1,951 GDD · 105 % rain
1992––––coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,773 GDD · 222 % rain
1991––––averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,912 GDD · 127 % rain
1990––––averagewetwet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,970 GDD · 153 % rain
1989––––warmdrydry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,071 GDD · 34 % rain
1988––––warmwetwet harvest +0.7 °C · 2,065 GDD · 130 % rain
1987––––warmwetwet harvest +0.8 °C · 2,097 GDD · 172 % rain
1986––––averagewetwet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,920 GDD · 219 % rain
1985––––averagewetwet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,884 GDD · 138 % rain
1984––––hotdry +1.1 °C · 2,155 GDD · 47 % rain
1983––––averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,989 GDD · 61 % rain
1982––––averagedry −0.2 °C · 1,882 GDD · 70 % rain

Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Colchagua Valley'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.