Elgin is an appellation in Western Cape, South Africa. We track 21 of its wines in stock at 13 shops, from 5 wine houses, from € 15.95; mostly white, red.
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- Western Cape
- In our wines
- Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Chenin Blanc
- Styles
- White 14 · Red 7
- Prices
- from € 15.95 · median € 34.97 / 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 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 2,036 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 2025 | 3 | € 19.69 | € 23.15 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,936 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2024 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,896 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2023 | 1 | € 35.81 | € 35.81 | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,830 GDD · 151 % rain |
| 2022 | 3 | € 15.95 | € 19.95 | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,846 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 2021 | 4 | € 63.00 | € 69.98 | – | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,805 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 2020 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.4 °C · 1,847 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 2019 | 1 | € 65.00 | € 65.00 | – | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,893 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2018 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,852 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2017 | 2 | € 32.11 | € 42.93 | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,956 GDD · 49 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.3 °C · 2,003 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 1,939 GDD · 51 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,905 GDD · 153 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,883 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,871 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.4 °C · 2,012 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,919 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,923 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.1 °C · 1,906 GDD · 135 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,917 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,861 GDD · 57 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | warmwet +0.7 °C · 2,067 GDD · 169 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,922 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,967 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 2,033 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 1,934 GDD · 61 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.7 °C · 2,088 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 2,025 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,950 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −1.5 °C · 1,616 GDD · 131 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,843 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,958 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.5 °C · 2,037 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.2 °C · 1,888 GDD · 147 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,904 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.4 °C · 1,855 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagewetdry harvest −0.4 °C · 1,838 GDD · 136 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,930 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,838 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.7 °C · 1,782 GDD · 143 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.3 °C · 1,986 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,791 GDD · 144 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | averagedrywet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,904 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,760 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.2 °C · 1,680 GDD · 204 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Elgin'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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