Wine region

Corsica

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About Corsica

Corsica is a wine region, France. We track 88 of its wines in stock at 18 shops, from 11 wine houses, from € 6.00; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
France
In our wines
Vermentino, Sciaccarellu, Niellucciu, Syrah, Sangiovese
Styles
Red 46 · White 34 · Rosé 5 · Sparkling 1
Prices
from € 6.00 · median € 30.10 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
20262€ 70.00€ 73.50–hotso far +3.2 °C · 2,392 GDD · 96 % rain
202516€ 14.45€ 20.23–hot +1.7 °C · 2,342 GDD · 90 % rain
202410€ 6.99€ 29.44–hot +1.4 °C · 2,282 GDD · 108 % rain
202315€ 15.00€ 46.83–hot +1.6 °C · 2,318 GDD · 75 % rain
20229€ 9.90€ 58.87–hotdry +2.4 °C · 2,489 GDD · 67 % rain
202115€ 13.60€ 37.50–average +0.3 °C · 2,027 GDD · 121 % rain
20205€ 22.00€ 27.60–averagewet +0.4 °C · 2,057 GDD · 145 % rain
20192€ 50.17€ 67.53–warm +0.6 °C · 2,101 GDD · 104 % rain
20183€ 27.00€ 29.49–warmwet +0.7 °C · 2,128 GDD · 167 % rain
20173€ 11.99€ 22.00–hotdry +1.1 °C · 2,213 GDD · 36 % rain
20161€ 61.00€ 61.00–average +0.2 °C · 2,009 GDD · 84 % rain
20151€ 59.50€ 59.50–warm +0.7 °C · 2,121 GDD · 91 % rain
2014––––averagedrydry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,992 GDD · 53 % rain
2013––––average −0.1 °C · 1,953 GDD · 78 % rain
2012––––averagewetwet harvest +0.4 °C · 2,065 GDD · 163 % rain
2011––––averagedry +0.4 °C · 2,047 GDD · 65 % rain
2010––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,861 GDD · 119 % rain
2009––––warm +0.7 °C · 2,124 GDD · 91 % rain
2008––––averagewet −0.2 °C · 1,927 GDD · 140 % rain
2007––––average +0.1 °C · 1,991 GDD · 83 % rain
2006––––warmdrywet harvest +0.5 °C · 2,081 GDD · 69 % rain
2005––––average −0.1 °C · 1,960 GDD · 94 % rain
2004––––average −0.4 °C · 1,884 GDD · 122 % rain
2003––––hot +1.4 °C · 2,275 GDD · 71 % rain
2002––––coolwet −0.5 °C · 1,869 GDD · 139 % rain
2001––––averagedry ±0.0 °C · 1,981 GDD · 48 % rain
20001€ 56.00€ 56.00–average −0.1 °C · 1,955 GDD · 106 % rain
1999––––averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 2,027 GDD · 107 % rain
1998––––average −0.4 °C · 1,894 GDD · 84 % rain
1997––––cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,870 GDD · 107 % rain
1996––––coldwet harvest −1.4 °C · 1,681 GDD · 116 % rain
1995––––cool −0.9 °C · 1,790 GDD · 104 % rain
1994––––average +0.1 °C · 1,994 GDD · 94 % rain
1993––––average −0.4 °C · 1,888 GDD · 100 % rain
1992––––coolwet −0.5 °C · 1,857 GDD · 130 % rain
1991––––cool −0.8 °C · 1,809 GDD · 93 % rain
1990––––averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,954 GDD · 84 % rain
1989––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,818 GDD · 76 % rain
1988––––averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,937 GDD · 78 % rain
1987––––averagedrydry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,999 GDD · 52 % rain
1986––––average −0.4 °C · 1,899 GDD · 85 % rain
1985––––averagedrydry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,948 GDD · 49 % rain
1984––––cold −2.1 °C · 1,518 GDD · 121 % rain
1983––––average −0.4 °C · 1,890 GDD · 103 % rain
1982––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,962 GDD · 124 % rain

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