Appellation

Corbières

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About Corbières

Corbières is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine in the Languedoc-Roussillon, France, and it is this region's largest AOC, responsible for 46 per cent of the region's AOC wine production in 2005. Red wine dominates the production in Corbières with almost 95 per cent, with 3.5 per cent rosé wine and 2 per cent white wine making up the balance. Carignan is the most common grape variety. The AOC was created in 1985, covers 13,500 hectares of vineyards and produces an average of 554,000 hectoliters of wine per year, corresponding to 74 million bottles.

From the Wikipedia article Corbières AOC, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Corbières is an appellation in Languedoc, France. We track 77 of its wines in stock at 35 shops, from 20 wine houses, from € 8.55; mostly red, white, rosé.

At a glance
Country
France
Region
Languedoc
In our wines
Grenache, Syrah, Carignan, Garnacha Blanca, Cinsault
Styles
Red 47 · White 16 · Rosé 8 · Dessert 1 · Orange 1
Prices
from € 8.55 · median € 19.04 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotso far +3.5 °C · 2,396 GDD · 72 % rain
20258€ 8.95€ 15.95–hotdry +2.0 °C · 2,376 GDD · 46 % rain
202410€ 8.95€ 20.50–warm +0.8 °C · 2,124 GDD · 100 % rain
202313€ 8.55€ 15.00–hot +1.8 °C · 2,346 GDD · 72 % rain
202210€ 13.50€ 20.9592.0 (1 wine)hot +2.4 °C · 2,466 GDD · 73 % rain
20215€ 10.90€ 18.00–averagedry +0.4 °C · 2,042 GDD · 69 % rain
20205€ 19.94€ 27.9692.0 (2 wines)averagewet +0.3 °C · 2,010 GDD · 139 % rain
20195€ 13.95€ 25.4991.0 (1 wine)warm +0.6 °C · 2,084 GDD · 113 % rain
20183€ 28.10€ 35.95–hotwetdry harvest +1.1 °C · 2,184 GDD · 151 % rain
20172€ 29.24€ 37.89–averagedry +0.3 °C · 2,021 GDD · 62 % rain
2016––––average +0.1 °C · 1,981 GDD · 96 % rain
2015––––average +0.4 °C · 2,028 GDD · 75 % rain
2014––––warmwet harvest +0.5 °C · 2,059 GDD · 101 % rain
2013––––average −0.4 °C · 1,877 GDD · 76 % rain
2012––––average +0.1 °C · 1,963 GDD · 100 % rain
2011––––warm +0.5 °C · 2,062 GDD · 86 % rain
2010––––average −0.4 °C · 1,860 GDD · 109 % rain
2009––––warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 2,066 GDD · 91 % rain
2008––––averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,883 GDD · 76 % rain
2007––––average −0.3 °C · 1,893 GDD · 91 % rain
2006––––warmwet harvest +0.7 °C · 2,102 GDD · 73 % rain
2005––––average +0.1 °C · 1,980 GDD · 113 % rain
2004––––average −0.2 °C · 1,917 GDD · 103 % rain
2003––––hot +1.3 °C · 2,227 GDD · 76 % rain
2002––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,843 GDD · 120 % rain
2001––––averagedry +0.2 °C · 1,996 GDD · 49 % rain
2000––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,847 GDD · 84 % rain
1999––––averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,988 GDD · 129 % rain
1998––––average −0.4 °C · 1,861 GDD · 80 % rain
1997––––average −0.1 °C · 1,937 GDD · 98 % rain
1996––––cold −1.0 °C · 1,742 GDD · 106 % rain
1995––––average −0.1 °C · 1,931 GDD · 79 % rain
1994––––averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,926 GDD · 129 % rain
1993––––coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,792 GDD · 144 % rain
1992––––coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,797 GDD · 170 % rain
1991––––average −0.3 °C · 1,895 GDD · 80 % rain
1990––––warm +0.5 °C · 2,064 GDD · 101 % rain
1989––––averagedry +0.3 °C · 2,009 GDD · 65 % rain
1988––––average −0.2 °C · 1,912 GDD · 98 % rain
1987––––averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,916 GDD · 110 % rain
1986––––average −0.3 °C · 1,897 GDD · 108 % rain
1985––––averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,929 GDD · 111 % rain
1984––––cold −1.5 °C · 1,623 GDD · 90 % rain
1983––––averagedrydry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,929 GDD · 68 % rain
1982––––average −0.4 °C · 1,860 GDD · 86 % rain

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