Darling is an appellation in Western Cape, South Africa. We track 4 of its wines in stock at 3 shops, from 2 wine houses, from € 17.65; mostly white, red.
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- Western Cape
- In our wines
- Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc
- Styles
- White 3 · Red 1
- Prices
- from € 17.65 · median € 19.19 / 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 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.2 °C · 1,781 GDD · 141 % rain |
| 2025 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,741 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2024 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,739 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2023 | 1 | € 19.38 | € 19.38 | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,671 GDD · 186 % rain |
| 2022 | 1 | € 18.99 | € 18.99 | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,669 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 2021 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.9 °C · 1,638 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2020 | – | – | – | – | coolwetdry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,694 GDD · 146 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,705 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2018 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,665 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | cooldry −0.5 °C · 1,718 GDD · 43 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,859 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.3 °C · 1,753 GDD · 50 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,789 GDD · 165 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,771 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,779 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,860 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,829 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,832 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,869 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,873 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,774 GDD · 62 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | warmwet +0.8 °C · 1,991 GDD · 159 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,862 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.4 °C · 1,912 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,936 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,857 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.6 °C · 1,942 GDD · 57 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.4 °C · 1,913 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,878 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,655 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,767 GDD · 127 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,926 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,839 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.2 °C · 1,870 GDD · 147 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,876 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.2 °C · 1,787 GDD · 62 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagewetdry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,749 GDD · 144 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,828 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,751 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,803 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,851 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,750 GDD · 160 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cooldrywet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,702 GDD · 56 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,643 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,671 GDD · 175 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Darling'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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