Appellation

Great Southern

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About Great Southern

The Great Southern wine region is in Western Australia's Great Southern region. It comprises an area 200 kilometres (120 mi) from east to west and over 100 kilometres (62 mi) from north to south, and is Australia's largest wine region.

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

Great Southern is an appellation in Western Australia, Australia. We track 16 of its wines in stock at 5 shops, from 0 wine houses, from € 16.75; mostly white, red.

At a glance
Country
Australia
Region
Western Australia
In our wines
Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Syrah, Malbec, Merlot
Styles
White 9 · Red 7
Prices
from € 16.75 · median € 28.64 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdrydry harvest +1.9 °C · 4,322 GDD · 32 % rain
2025––––hotdry harvest +2.0 °C · 4,340 GDD · 72 % rain
20241€ 28.64€ 28.64–hotdry +2.0 °C · 4,337 GDD · 45 % rain
2023––––averagedry +0.1 °C · 3,951 GDD · 50 % rain
20222€ 28.64€ 29.24–averagedry +0.4 °C · 4,016 GDD · 43 % rain
20212€ 26.63€ 28.23–averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 3,933 GDD · 73 % rain
20201€ 22.61€ 22.61–hotdry harvest +1.6 °C · 4,264 GDD · 85 % rain
20191€ 77.57€ 77.57–hotdrydry harvest +1.8 °C · 4,315 GDD · 39 % rain
2018––––averagedry harvest +0.4 °C · 4,014 GDD · 89 % rain
2017––––coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 3,799 GDD · 124 % rain
2016––––hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 4,207 GDD · 55 % rain
2015––––warmwet harvest +0.5 °C · 4,029 GDD · 121 % rain
2014––––averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 3,898 GDD · 114 % rain
2013––––average +0.3 °C · 3,981 GDD · 101 % rain
2012––––coldwetwet harvest −1.4 °C · 3,622 GDD · 142 % rain
2011––––coldwet −1.6 °C · 3,579 GDD · 187 % rain
2010––––hotdry +1.3 °C · 4,207 GDD · 50 % rain
2009––––average −0.2 °C · 3,887 GDD · 87 % rain
2008––––warm +0.6 °C · 4,059 GDD · 73 % rain
2007––––warmwetwet harvest +0.8 °C · 4,078 GDD · 131 % rain
2006––––coldwetwet harvest −1.0 °C · 3,722 GDD · 143 % rain
2005––––hotdry +1.8 °C · 4,298 GDD · 34 % rain
2004––––averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 3,976 GDD · 83 % rain
2003––––averagewet −0.2 °C · 3,887 GDD · 142 % rain
2002––––coldwetdry harvest −1.4 °C · 3,635 GDD · 150 % rain
2001––––cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 3,813 GDD · 110 % rain
2000––––coldwetwet harvest −2.2 °C · 3,456 GDD · 178 % rain
1999––––coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 3,783 GDD · 171 % rain
1998––––warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 4,100 GDD · 26 % rain
1997––––coolwetdry harvest −0.7 °C · 3,783 GDD · 135 % rain
1996––––average −0.2 °C · 3,871 GDD · 87 % rain
1995––––coldwet −1.0 °C · 3,711 GDD · 146 % rain
1994––––averagedrydry harvest −0.1 °C · 3,899 GDD · 52 % rain
1993––––cooldrydry harvest −0.6 °C · 3,802 GDD · 35 % rain
1992––––warm +0.5 °C · 4,021 GDD · 76 % rain
1991––––hotdrydry harvest +2.0 °C · 4,350 GDD · 25 % rain
1990––––averagedry ±0.0 °C · 3,942 GDD · 53 % rain
1989––––averagedrydry harvest −0.2 °C · 3,882 GDD · 32 % rain
1988––––averagedry +0.4 °C · 4,023 GDD · 60 % rain
1987––––cooldry harvest −0.6 °C · 3,808 GDD · 97 % rain
1986––––hotdrydry harvest +1.0 °C · 4,126 GDD · 29 % rain
1985––––warmdrydry harvest +0.9 °C · 4,106 GDD · 61 % rain
1984––––averagedry +0.3 °C · 3,987 GDD · 55 % rain
1983––––averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 3,935 GDD · 78 % rain
1982––––averagedrydry harvest −0.4 °C · 3,844 GDD · 55 % rain

Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Great Southern'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 (its region's point). 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.