Appellation

Heathcote

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About Heathcote

The Heathcote Wine Region of Victoria, Australia, is nestled between the Goulburn Valley and Bendigo regions. The region is famous for its Shiraz production.

From the Wikipedia article Heathcote wine region, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Heathcote is an appellation in Victoria (Australia), Australia. We track 4 of its wines in stock at 4 shops, from 0 wine houses, from € 22.68; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
Australia
Region
Victoria (Australia)
In our wines
Syrah, Marsanne
Styles
Red 3 · White 1
Prices
from € 22.68 · median € 44.95 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––warmwet harvest +0.6 °C · 1,793 GDD · 94 % rain
2025––––hot +2.0 °C · 2,106 GDD · 80 % rain
20241€ 22.68€ 22.68–averagewetdry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,735 GDD · 146 % rain
2023––––coolwet −0.9 °C · 1,477 GDD · 174 % rain
2022––––averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,726 GDD · 115 % rain
2021––––average −0.4 °C · 1,587 GDD · 108 % rain
2020––––averagewetwet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,640 GDD · 150 % rain
2019––––hotdrydry harvest +1.7 °C · 2,037 GDD · 67 % rain
2018––––hot +1.5 °C · 1,999 GDD · 90 % rain
2017––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,681 GDD · 98 % rain
2016––––hot +1.9 °C · 2,077 GDD · 78 % rain
2015––––averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,731 GDD · 74 % rain
2014––––average +0.1 °C · 1,694 GDD · 91 % rain
2013––––warmdry +0.7 °C · 1,823 GDD · 58 % rain
2012––––averagewetwet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,627 GDD · 140 % rain
2011––––coldwet −1.5 °C · 1,356 GDD · 230 % rain
2010––––warmwet harvest +0.8 °C · 1,841 GDD · 124 % rain
2009––––average +0.2 °C · 1,712 GDD · 78 % rain
2008––––warm +0.5 °C · 1,793 GDD · 84 % rain
2007––––hotdry +1.0 °C · 1,884 GDD · 60 % rain
2006––––average +0.2 °C · 1,727 GDD · 100 % rain
2005––––cooldry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,547 GDD · 116 % rain
2004––––averagedry harvest −0.4 °C · 1,590 GDD · 73 % rain
2003––––warmdrydry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,771 GDD · 69 % rain
2002––––cold −1.0 °C · 1,467 GDD · 82 % rain
2001––––average +0.3 °C · 1,741 GDD · 125 % rain
2000––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,676 GDD · 104 % rain
1999––––average −0.1 °C · 1,656 GDD · 100 % rain
1998––––averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,711 GDD · 77 % rain
1997––––cooldrydry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,549 GDD · 57 % rain
1996––––cold −2.0 °C · 1,241 GDD · 120 % rain
1995––––average −0.3 °C · 1,605 GDD · 85 % rain
1994––––coldwet −1.9 °C · 1,268 GDD · 133 % rain
1993––––coldwet −1.5 °C · 1,356 GDD · 173 % rain
1992––––colddry −1.2 °C · 1,424 GDD · 70 % rain
1991––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,680 GDD · 71 % rain
1990––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,576 GDD · 104 % rain
1989––––averagewetwet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,602 GDD · 142 % rain
1988––––average +0.1 °C · 1,689 GDD · 92 % rain
1987––––cold −1.9 °C · 1,266 GDD · 107 % rain
1986––––cooldry harvest −0.9 °C · 1,476 GDD · 116 % rain
1985––––averagedry −0.1 °C · 1,659 GDD · 61 % rain
1984––––coldwet harvest −1.5 °C · 1,356 GDD · 122 % rain
1983––––warmdrywet harvest +0.6 °C · 1,792 GDD · 66 % rain
1982––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,663 GDD · 77 % rain

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