Appellation

Graves

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About Graves

Graves is an important subregion of the Bordeaux wine region. Graves is situated on the left bank of the Garonne River, in the upstream part of the region, southeast of the city Bordeaux and stretches over 50 kilometres (31 mi). Graves is the only Bordeaux subregion famed for all three of Bordeaux's three main wine types although red wines dominate the total production. Graves AOC is also the name of one Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) that covers most but not all of the Graves subregion.

From the Wikipedia article Graves (wine region), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Graves is an appellation in Bordeaux, France. We track 112 of its wines in stock at 40 shops, from 28 wine houses, from € 8.69; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
France
Region
Bordeaux
In our wines
Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Franc
Styles
Red 59 · White 30 · Orange 1 · Rosé 1
Prices
from € 8.69 · median € 24.00 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +4.4 °C · 2,291 GDD · 31 % rain
20251€ 22.67€ 22.67–hotdrydry harvest +1.8 °C · 1,999 GDD · 42 % rain
20246€ 8.69€ 15.13–averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,656 GDD · 125 % rain
20238€ 9.95€ 23.1396.0 (3 wines)hot +2.3 °C · 2,089 GDD · 105 % rain
202221€ 11.76€ 20.86–hotdry +2.6 °C · 2,160 GDD · 59 % rain
202110€ 11.50€ 18.3890.0 (1 wine)average −0.4 °C · 1,515 GDD · 94 % rain
202012€ 10.90€ 18.98–warmwet +0.5 °C · 1,715 GDD · 139 % rain
20191€ 24.00€ 24.00–warm +0.6 °C · 1,738 GDD · 106 % rain
20188€ 10.50€ 23.59–warmdry harvest +0.8 °C · 1,781 GDD · 98 % rain
20177€ 26.00€ 93.53–warm +0.7 °C · 1,759 GDD · 94 % rain
20165€ 61.41€ 193.87–average ±0.0 °C · 1,605 GDD · 72 % rain
20151€ 320.84€ 160.42–average +0.4 °C · 1,686 GDD · 76 % rain
20144€ 53.25€ 138.17–averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,679 GDD · 82 % rain
20132€ 53.25€ 106.17–cool −0.5 °C · 1,493 GDD · 113 % rain
20122€ 120.15€ 294.1596.0 (1 wine)average −0.1 °C · 1,586 GDD · 107 % rain
20112€ 775.75€ 789.13–warmdry +0.7 °C · 1,748 GDD · 62 % rain
20103€ 253.94€ 990.00–cool −0.6 °C · 1,487 GDD · 77 % rain
20091€ 92.19€ 92.19–average +0.1 °C · 1,621 GDD · 94 % rain
2008––––cold −1.0 °C · 1,393 GDD · 120 % rain
2007––––average −0.4 °C · 1,512 GDD · 102 % rain
2006––––hot +1.2 °C · 1,860 GDD · 86 % rain
2005––––warm +0.9 °C · 1,798 GDD · 71 % rain
2004––––warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,703 GDD · 82 % rain
2003––––hotdry +1.8 °C · 1,985 GDD · 70 % rain
2002––––averagedry −0.1 °C · 1,583 GDD · 65 % rain
2001––––averagedry −0.3 °C · 1,550 GDD · 66 % rain
2000––––average −0.3 °C · 1,548 GDD · 105 % rain
1999––––averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,612 GDD · 119 % rain
19981€ 1,204.02€ 1,204.02–coldwetwet harvest −1.0 °C · 1,390 GDD · 141 % rain
1997––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,607 GDD · 115 % rain
1996––––cold −1.3 °C · 1,334 GDD · 115 % rain
1995––––averagewet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,549 GDD · 85 % rain
1994––––averagewetwet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,519 GDD · 130 % rain
1993––––coldwetwet harvest −1.1 °C · 1,367 GDD · 151 % rain
1992––––coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,448 GDD · 169 % rain
1991––––averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,606 GDD · 90 % rain
1990––––hotdry +1.3 °C · 1,888 GDD · 65 % rain
1989––––warmdry harvest +0.7 °C · 1,753 GDD · 83 % rain
1988––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,498 GDD · 102 % rain
1987––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,616 GDD · 102 % rain
1986––––cold −1.2 °C · 1,426 GDD · 93 % rain
1985––––cooldry harvest −0.9 °C · 1,413 GDD · 78 % rain
1984––––cold −1.6 °C · 1,265 GDD · 113 % rain
1983––––cool −0.8 °C · 1,441 GDD · 109 % rain
1982––––cool −0.8 °C · 1,437 GDD · 117 % rain

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