Awatere Valley is an appellation in Marlborough, New Zealand. We track 5 of its wines in stock at 3 shops, from 2 wine houses, from € 12.50; mostly white, red.
| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.1 °C · 77 GDD · 148 % rain |
| 2025 | 1 | € 12.50 | € 12.50 | – | warmwet +0.7 °C · 227 GDD · 136 % rain |
| 2024 | 1 | € 22.07 | € 22.07 | – | average +0.4 °C · 237 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2023 | 3 | € 13.95 | € 18.00 | – | averagewet +0.1 °C · 162 GDD · 140 % rain |
| 2022 | – | – | – | – | warmwet +0.8 °C · 223 GDD · 140 % rain |
| 2021 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 170 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 2020 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 206 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.0 °C · 357 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2018 | – | – | – | – | hotwet +1.1 °C · 349 GDD · 141 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.5 °C · 67 GDD · 149 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 290 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 282 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 133 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.7 °C · 354 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 92 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 237 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 136 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 221 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 300 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 178 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 184 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 187 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 144 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 186 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 97 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.3 °C · 257 GDD · 52 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 156 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.1 °C · 378 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.7 °C · 304 GDD · 61 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.9 °C · 122 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 174 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.3 °C · 153 GDD · 146 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 125 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.6 °C · 14 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.5 °C · 67 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 87 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 259 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 221 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 124 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.5 °C · 98 GDD · 145 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.2 °C · 164 GDD · 141 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 165 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.7 °C · 55 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 65 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.4 °C · 252 GDD · 83 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Awatere 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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