The Elqui Valley is a wine region situated alongside the Elqui River in northern Chile. The region lies 400 km (250 mi) north of Santiago, at the southern end of the Atacama Desert in the Coquimbo region. It is known for cultivating table grapes, various fruits, and Chile’s popular pisco brandy, the country's favored liquor. It is considered the most commercially successful wine-producing region in northern Chile.
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Elqui Valley is an appellation in Coquimbo, Chile. We track 2 of its wines in stock at 2 shops, from 1 wine house, from € 26.20; mostly red.
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- Coquimbo
- In our wines
- Carmenère, Malbec
- Styles
- Red 2
- Prices
- from € 26.20 · median € 33.10 / 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 | – | – | – | – | warmwetdry harvest +0.6 °C · 1,318 GDD · 187 % rain |
| 2025 | – | – | – | – | hotwet harvest +1.3 °C · 1,468 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 2024 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +1.6 °C · 1,518 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 2023 | – | – | – | – | warmwetwet harvest +0.8 °C · 1,363 GDD · 173 % rain |
| 2022 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,170 GDD · 253 % rain |
| 2021 | – | – | – | – | warmwetwet harvest +0.6 °C · 1,292 GDD · 200 % rain |
| 2020 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +1.3 °C · 1,461 GDD · 33 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,306 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2018 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,238 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,198 GDD · 33 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | averagewetdry harvest −0.4 °C · 1,107 GDD · 160 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.8 °C · 1,333 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,129 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2013 | 1 | € 40.00 | € 40.00 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,137 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | averagewet ±0.0 °C · 1,193 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.0 °C · 972 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.4 °C · 1,278 GDD · 33 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,236 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.6 °C · 1,071 GDD · 140 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,203 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,236 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.1 °C · 1,156 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.4 °C · 1,284 GDD · 53 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,228 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,147 GDD · 53 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 1,181 GDD · 60 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.9 °C · 999 GDD · 200 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,125 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,061 GDD · 127 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,197 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cooldry −0.7 °C · 1,048 GDD · 40 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,174 GDD · 20 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.1 °C · 1,167 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,166 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.0 °C · 967 GDD · 287 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,206 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.2 °C · 1,126 GDD · 140 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,171 GDD · 147 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.3 °C · 1,245 GDD · 147 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.4 °C · 1,273 GDD · 147 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,196 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.2 °C · 1,116 GDD · 60 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.3 °C · 1,224 GDD · 233 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.6 °C · 1,310 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.5 °C · 1,079 GDD · 133 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Elqui Valley'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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