Appellation

Colli Piacentini

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About Colli Piacentini

The Colli Piacentini are an Italian wine region located at the western end of Emilia-Romagna. In 1967, the region was given the denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) quality designation. Within its boundaries are several smaller DOCs including Colli Piacentini Gutturnio, Monterosso Val D'Arda DOC, Trebbianino Val Trebbia DOC, and Val Nur del Colli Piacentini DOC. The region has a long history of winemaking with fossilized vine roots and grape seeds excavated from the region showing viticulture taking place as early as 2000 BC. In Roman times, Julius Caesar's father-in-law Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, grew grapes in the Piacenza hills.

From the Wikipedia article Colli Piacentini, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Colli Piacentini is an appellation in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. We track 15 of its wines in stock at 7 shops, from 5 wine houses, from € 5.90; mostly sparkling, red, white.

At a glance
Country
Italy
Region
Emilia-Romagna
In our wines
Croatina, Barbera, Malvasia, Ortrugo, Pinot Noir
Styles
Sparkling 9 · Red 3 · White 3
Prices
from € 5.90 · median € 11.50 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotwetso far +2.6 °C · 2,350 GDD · 146 % rain
20253€ 6.70€ 7.00–warmwet +0.7 °C · 2,141 GDD · 159 % rain
20243€ 7.00€ 7.90–warmwet +0.5 °C · 2,101 GDD · 239 % rain
20231€ 11.50€ 11.50–hotdry harvest +1.8 °C · 2,373 GDD · 90 % rain
20221€ 5.90€ 5.90–hotdry +2.4 °C · 2,515 GDD · 59 % rain
20212€ 9.50€ 11.50–average +0.2 °C · 2,038 GDD · 71 % rain
2020––––warm +0.5 °C · 2,092 GDD · 96 % rain
2019––––warm +0.7 °C · 2,146 GDD · 104 % rain
2018––––hotdry harvest +1.4 °C · 2,294 GDD · 99 % rain
2017––––hotdry +1.4 °C · 2,300 GDD · 59 % rain
2016––––averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 2,049 GDD · 82 % rain
2015––––warmdry +0.8 °C · 2,160 GDD · 68 % rain
2014––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,892 GDD · 107 % rain
2013––––average −0.4 °C · 1,912 GDD · 100 % rain
2012––––warm +0.9 °C · 2,195 GDD · 100 % rain
2011––––warmdry +0.7 °C · 2,132 GDD · 68 % rain
2010––––cool −0.9 °C · 1,811 GDD · 122 % rain
2009––––warm +0.8 °C · 2,162 GDD · 74 % rain
2008––––average −0.1 °C · 1,970 GDD · 100 % rain
2007––––average +0.3 °C · 2,065 GDD · 81 % rain
2006––––warm +0.5 °C · 2,099 GDD · 76 % rain
2005––––average −0.3 °C · 1,928 GDD · 96 % rain
2004––––average −0.2 °C · 1,942 GDD · 86 % rain
2003––––hotdrydry harvest +1.2 °C · 2,254 GDD · 69 % rain
2002––––coolwet −0.7 °C · 1,843 GDD · 131 % rain
2001––––average −0.2 °C · 1,948 GDD · 86 % rain
2000––––average +0.1 °C · 2,014 GDD · 124 % rain
1999––––average +0.1 °C · 2,014 GDD · 117 % rain
1998––––average −0.1 °C · 1,983 GDD · 103 % rain
1997––––cooldry harvest −0.8 °C · 1,817 GDD · 87 % rain
1996––––cold −1.7 °C · 1,623 GDD · 124 % rain
1995––––coldwet harvest −1.4 °C · 1,701 GDD · 122 % rain
1994––––coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,855 GDD · 153 % rain
1993––––coolwetwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,869 GDD · 147 % rain
1992––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,861 GDD · 125 % rain
1991––––cold −1.0 °C · 1,789 GDD · 92 % rain
1990––––cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,889 GDD · 107 % rain
1989––––cold −1.2 °C · 1,747 GDD · 113 % rain
1988––––cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,894 GDD · 97 % rain
1987––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,869 GDD · 100 % rain
1986––––cool −0.9 °C · 1,809 GDD · 90 % rain
1985––––cooldrydry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,883 GDD · 69 % rain
1984––––coldwet −2.3 °C · 1,494 GDD · 139 % rain
1983––––averagedry −0.4 °C · 1,907 GDD · 66 % rain
1982––––average −0.4 °C · 1,909 GDD · 129 % rain

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