Côtes du Roussillon is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for wines made in the Roussillon wine region of France. It is the least selective AOC in the Roussillon region. In 2002, 21,048,500 litres of Côtes du Roussillon were produced, 68% red, 28% rosé and 4% white. Grenache is the dominant variety in Red and Rosé. According to the AOC rules, however, red wines must be made with at least three varieties of grapes. The total of the two main variety grapes should not make more than 90% of the blend, and there must not be more than 60% of Carignan in it.
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Côtes du Roussillon is an appellation in Roussillon, France. We track 29 of its wines in stock at 17 shops, from 12 wine houses, from € 6.50; mostly red, white.
- Country
- France
- Region
- Roussillon
- In our wines
- Grenache, Syrah, Carignan, Mourvèdre, Garnacha Blanca
- Styles
- Red 21 · White 4 · Rosé 2
- Prices
- from € 6.50 · median € 19.69 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotwetso far +3.4 °C · 1,719 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 2025 | 2 | € 10.50 | € 10.65 | – | hot +1.4 °C · 1,466 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2024 | 1 | € 13.50 | € 13.50 | – | warmwet +0.9 °C · 1,356 GDD · 146 % rain |
| 2023 | 4 | € 9.00 | € 17.35 | – | hot +2.2 °C · 1,625 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2022 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +2.7 °C · 1,763 GDD · 70 % rain |
| 2021 | 3 | € 11.78 | € 22.60 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,226 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2020 | 6 | € 6.50 | € 9.23 | 92.0 (1 wine) | averagewet −0.2 °C · 1,131 GDD · 170 % rain |
| 2019 | 1 | € 28.49 | € 28.49 | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,313 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 2018 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.2 °C · 1,193 GDD · 194 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.9 °C · 1,363 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,241 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2015 | 1 | € 16.50 | € 16.50 | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,276 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2014 | 1 | € 51.00 | € 51.00 | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,243 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,105 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.7 °C · 1,370 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,319 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,072 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.7 °C · 1,381 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,125 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,122 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.9 °C · 1,357 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,261 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,108 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.1 °C · 1,431 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | coolwetdry harvest −0.8 °C · 1,023 GDD · 151 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.3 °C · 1,274 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,166 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,251 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,168 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,159 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.5 °C · 887 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,072 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,286 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coldwet harvest −1.1 °C · 1,014 GDD · 122 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.0 °C · 1,026 GDD · 163 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,136 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,262 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,229 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,145 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,159 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,263 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,177 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.8 °C · 867 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,172 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,040 GDD · 87 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Côtes du Roussillon'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.
Domaine Lafage 3 · La Cave de l´Abbé Rous 3 · Domaine d´Ansignan 1 · Domaine de l'Ausseil 1 · Domaine Fontanel 1 · Domaine Olivier Pithon 1 · Domaine Piquemal 1 · Laughton & Chapoutier 1 · Les Foulards Rouges 1 · M. Chapoutier 1 · Vignoble Reveille 1 · Domaine Boudau 1