Appellation

Côtes du Rhône

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About Côtes du Rhône

Côtes du Rhône is a wine-growing Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) for the Rhône wine region of France, which may be used throughout the region, also in those areas which are covered by other AOCs. In a limited part of the region, the Côtes-du-Rhône Villages AOC may be used, in some cases together with the name of the commune.

From the Wikipedia article Côtes du Rhône AOC, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Côtes du Rhône is an appellation in Rhône, France. We track 328 of its wines in stock at 89 shops, from 90 wine houses, from € 6.90; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
France
Region
Rhône
In our wines
Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault, Carignan
Styles
Red 238 · White 61 · Rosé 12 · Sparkling 1
Prices
from € 6.90 · median € 18.99 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +4.6 °C · 2,570 GDD · 27 % rain
202538€ 8.00€ 14.70–hotdrydry harvest +2.2 °C · 2,339 GDD · 33 % rain
202467€ 7.65€ 16.5091.0 (2 wines)hot +1.1 °C · 2,107 GDD · 95 % rain
202357€ 7.90€ 18.6092.0 (1 wine)hot +2.2 °C · 2,339 GDD · 73 % rain
202248€ 9.90€ 19.8592.0 (2 wines)hotdry +2.9 °C · 2,490 GDD · 56 % rain
202124€ 6.90€ 21.4592.0 (1 wine)average ±0.0 °C · 1,868 GDD · 104 % rain
202011€ 9.90€ 23.90–average +0.4 °C · 1,951 GDD · 84 % rain
20197€ 8.50€ 14.05–hot +1.0 °C · 2,076 GDD · 94 % rain
2018––––hotdry harvest +1.4 °C · 2,161 GDD · 128 % rain
20173€ 11.76€ 21.99–warmdrydry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,018 GDD · 45 % rain
20161€ 18.99€ 18.99–average +0.1 °C · 1,883 GDD · 80 % rain
20151€ 360.00€ 360.00–average +0.3 °C · 1,926 GDD · 99 % rain
2014––––average −0.1 °C · 1,838 GDD · 98 % rain
20132€ 372.00€ 386.66–cool −0.6 °C · 1,742 GDD · 100 % rain
2012––––average +0.1 °C · 1,886 GDD · 116 % rain
2011––––warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,963 GDD · 76 % rain
20101€ 499.00€ 499.00–cool −0.8 °C · 1,684 GDD · 103 % rain
2009––––warm +0.6 °C · 1,998 GDD · 103 % rain
2008––––coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,694 GDD · 138 % rain
2007––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,860 GDD · 79 % rain
2006––––warmwet harvest +0.9 °C · 2,049 GDD · 85 % rain
2005––––averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,874 GDD · 111 % rain
2004––––averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,885 GDD · 74 % rain
2003––––hotdry +1.5 °C · 2,193 GDD · 70 % rain
2002––––average −0.4 °C · 1,776 GDD · 110 % rain
2001––––average −0.1 °C · 1,844 GDD · 79 % rain
2000––––average −0.3 °C · 1,805 GDD · 113 % rain
1999––––average +0.1 °C · 1,895 GDD · 120 % rain
1998––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,724 GDD · 116 % rain
1997––––averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,838 GDD · 78 % rain
1996––––cold −1.6 °C · 1,517 GDD · 107 % rain
1995––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,737 GDD · 107 % rain
1994––––averagewetwet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,857 GDD · 139 % rain
1993––––coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,716 GDD · 149 % rain
1992––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,720 GDD · 118 % rain
1991––––average −0.3 °C · 1,804 GDD · 75 % rain
1990––––averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,935 GDD · 78 % rain
1989––––averagedrydry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,885 GDD · 53 % rain
1988––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,749 GDD · 115 % rain
1987––––coolwetdry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,745 GDD · 131 % rain
1986––––average −0.4 °C · 1,815 GDD · 95 % rain
1985––––cooldrydry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,756 GDD · 70 % rain
1984––––cold −2.1 °C · 1,424 GDD · 106 % rain
1983––––cooldry harvest −0.7 °C · 1,720 GDD · 101 % rain
1982––––average −0.2 °C · 1,819 GDD · 105 % rain

Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Côtes du Rhône'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.