Appellation

Gimblett Gravels

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About Gimblett Gravels

Gimblett Gravels is an appellation in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. We track 4 of its wines in stock at 4 shops, from 2 wine houses, from € 19.08; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
New Zealand
Region
Hawke's Bay
In our wines
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Malbec, Merlot
Styles
Red 2 · White 2
Prices
from € 19.08 · median € 36.95 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––warmwet +0.8 °C · 1,544 GDD · 152 % rain
20251€ 19.08€ 19.08–warm +0.5 °C · 1,479 GDD · 97 % rain
2024––––average +0.4 °C · 1,456 GDD · 105 % rain
2023––––averagewet +0.1 °C · 1,392 GDD · 223 % rain
2022––––warmwetwet harvest +0.8 °C · 1,541 GDD · 192 % rain
20211€ 25.49€ 25.49–average +0.4 °C · 1,463 GDD · 94 % rain
2020––––warm +0.7 °C · 1,511 GDD · 75 % rain
20191€ 36.95€ 36.95–warm +0.6 °C · 1,514 GDD · 110 % rain
2018––––warmwet harvest +0.8 °C · 1,551 GDD · 107 % rain
2017––––averagewetwet harvest +0.4 °C · 1,466 GDD · 138 % rain
2016––––warm +0.5 °C · 1,482 GDD · 75 % rain
2015––––average −0.1 °C · 1,357 GDD · 83 % rain
2014––––average +0.4 °C · 1,470 GDD · 89 % rain
2013––––averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,436 GDD · 55 % rain
2012––––coolwet harvest −0.8 °C · 1,210 GDD · 129 % rain
2011––––averagewetwet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,376 GDD · 159 % rain
2010––––averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,307 GDD · 111 % rain
2009––––averagedry +0.3 °C · 1,434 GDD · 64 % rain
2008––––average +0.1 °C · 1,405 GDD · 89 % rain
2007––––average −0.3 °C · 1,312 GDD · 77 % rain
2006––––averagewet +0.3 °C · 1,443 GDD · 135 % rain
2005––––averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,342 GDD · 118 % rain
2004––––average −0.3 °C · 1,308 GDD · 115 % rain
2003––––average −0.4 °C · 1,299 GDD · 74 % rain
2002––––averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,442 GDD · 99 % rain
2001––––average +0.1 °C · 1,388 GDD · 73 % rain
2000––––average +0.2 °C · 1,418 GDD · 86 % rain
1999––––warm +0.8 °C · 1,545 GDD · 96 % rain
1998––––hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 1,656 GDD · 49 % rain
1997––––coolwet harvest −0.9 °C · 1,174 GDD · 119 % rain
1996––––averagewet −0.2 °C · 1,343 GDD · 134 % rain
1995––––average +0.1 °C · 1,407 GDD · 100 % rain
1994––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,256 GDD · 72 % rain
1993––––coldwet −1.7 °C · 1,023 GDD · 159 % rain
1992––––colddry −1.0 °C · 1,158 GDD · 65 % rain
1991––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,371 GDD · 127 % rain
1990––––warmwet harvest +0.7 °C · 1,527 GDD · 109 % rain
1989––––average +0.4 °C · 1,456 GDD · 76 % rain
1988––––averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,366 GDD · 116 % rain
1987––––averagewetwet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,301 GDD · 147 % rain
1986––––average +0.2 °C · 1,419 GDD · 84 % rain
1985––––warmwet harvest +0.6 °C · 1,513 GDD · 92 % rain
1984––––average −0.3 °C · 1,316 GDD · 91 % rain
1983––––averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,346 GDD · 78 % rain
1982––––averagedrydry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,417 GDD · 67 % rain

Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Gimblett Gravels'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.

Wine houses

Esk Valley 1 · Pask Winery 1

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