Rasteau is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for wine in the southern Rhône wine region of France, covering both fortified and unfortified wines. The sweet fortified wines can be red, rosé or white, and have long been produced under the Rasteau AOC. In 2010 dry red wines (unfortified) were also added to the appellation, effective from the 2009 vintage. 97% of production is now the unfortified red wines.
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Rasteau is an appellation in Rhône, France. We track 49 of its wines in stock at 38 shops, from 17 wine houses, from € 12.40; mostly red, fortified.
| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +4.6 °C · 2,570 GDD · 27 % rain |
| 2025 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +2.2 °C · 2,339 GDD · 33 % rain |
| 2024 | 8 | € 14.58 | € 25.24 | – | hot +1.1 °C · 2,107 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2023 | 3 | € 17.95 | € 26.63 | – | hot +2.2 °C · 2,339 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2022 | 5 | € 12.40 | € 26.76 | – | hotdry +2.9 °C · 2,490 GDD · 56 % rain |
| 2021 | 5 | € 15.99 | € 20.07 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,868 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 2020 | 6 | € 12.90 | € 32.46 | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,951 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2019 | 2 | € 23.95 | € 31.48 | – | hot +1.0 °C · 2,076 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2018 | 2 | € 23.95 | € 36.93 | – | hotdry harvest +1.4 °C · 2,161 GDD · 128 % rain |
| 2017 | 1 | € 45.00 | € 45.00 | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,018 GDD · 45 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,883 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,926 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,838 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2013 | 1 | € 75.00 | € 75.00 | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,742 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,886 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,963 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,684 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,998 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,694 GDD · 138 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,860 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.9 °C · 2,049 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,874 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,885 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +1.5 °C · 2,193 GDD · 70 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,776 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,844 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,805 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,895 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,724 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,838 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.6 °C · 1,517 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,737 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,857 GDD · 139 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,716 GDD · 149 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,720 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,804 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,935 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,885 GDD · 53 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,749 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | coolwetdry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,745 GDD · 131 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,815 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | cooldrydry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,756 GDD · 70 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −2.1 °C · 1,424 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.7 °C · 1,720 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,819 GDD · 105 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Rasteau'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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