Appellation

Hermitage

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About Hermitage

Hermitage is a French wine Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) in the northern Rhône wine region of France south of Lyon. It produces mostly red wine from the Syrah grape; however, small quantities of white wine are also produced from Roussane and Marsanne grapes. The hill is seen by some as the spiritual home of the Syrah grape variety.

From the Wikipedia article Hermitage AOC, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hermitage is an appellation in Rhône, France. Its rules allow Syrah. We track 71 of its wines in stock at 36 shops, from 15 wine houses, from € 20.04; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
France
Region
Rhône
Grapes allowed
Syrah
In our wines
Syrah, Marsanne, Roussanne, Grenache, Bourboulenc
Styles
Red 55 · White 16
Prices
from € 20.04 · median € 102.23 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +4.3 °C · 2,118 GDD · 39 % rain
20251€ 26.76€ 26.76–hotdry +1.7 °C · 1,744 GDD · 62 % rain
2024––––warm +0.8 °C · 1,552 GDD · 120 % rain
20236€ 20.04€ 65.00–hot +2.3 °C · 1,872 GDD · 88 % rain
20223€ 26.76€ 85.93–hotdry +2.8 °C · 1,985 GDD · 68 % rain
20218€ 59.00€ 88.1892.0 (1 wine)average −0.3 °C · 1,333 GDD · 117 % rain
20205€ 79.91€ 202.90–warm +0.8 °C · 1,551 GDD · 90 % rain
201910€ 58.74€ 87.2595.0 (2 wines)warm +0.9 °C · 1,578 GDD · 98 % rain
20187€ 95.00€ 208.87–hotdry harvest +1.7 °C · 1,739 GDD · 82 % rain
20177€ 48.50€ 88.30–warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 1,554 GDD · 65 % rain
20164€ 66.76€ 99.5095.5 (2 wines)averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,357 GDD · 103 % rain
20154€ 120.00€ 244.47–average +0.3 °C · 1,442 GDD · 100 % rain
2014––––average −0.2 °C · 1,338 GDD · 100 % rain
20131€ 230.12€ 230.12–cool −0.8 °C · 1,214 GDD · 112 % rain
2012––––average +0.1 °C · 1,406 GDD · 119 % rain
2011––––warm +0.6 °C · 1,491 GDD · 82 % rain
2010––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,215 GDD · 101 % rain
2009––––warm +0.7 °C · 1,526 GDD · 73 % rain
20082€ 129.00€ 184.50–coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,226 GDD · 142 % rain
2007––––average −0.2 °C · 1,325 GDD · 90 % rain
2006––––warm +0.9 °C · 1,565 GDD · 96 % rain
20051€ 199.00€ 199.00–average +0.1 °C · 1,412 GDD · 101 % rain
2004––––averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,444 GDD · 90 % rain
2003––––hotdry +1.8 °C · 1,769 GDD · 67 % rain
2002––––average −0.3 °C · 1,301 GDD · 101 % rain
2001––––average −0.3 °C · 1,369 GDD · 93 % rain
20002€ 79.61€ 84.56–average −0.1 °C · 1,362 GDD · 112 % rain
1999––––average +0.3 °C · 1,449 GDD · 116 % rain
1998––––averagewet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,301 GDD · 116 % rain
1997––––averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,392 GDD · 74 % rain
1996––––cold −1.7 °C · 1,016 GDD · 93 % rain
1995––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,246 GDD · 102 % rain
1994––––averagewet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,384 GDD · 128 % rain
1993––––coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,217 GDD · 157 % rain
1992––––coolwet −0.6 °C · 1,288 GDD · 130 % rain
1991––––averagedry +0.2 °C · 1,456 GDD · 69 % rain
1990––––warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 1,592 GDD · 62 % rain
1989––––averagedrydry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,459 GDD · 56 % rain
1988––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,254 GDD · 128 % rain
1987––––averagewet −0.3 °C · 1,304 GDD · 134 % rain
1986––––average −0.3 °C · 1,385 GDD · 104 % rain
1985––––cooldry harvest −0.8 °C · 1,224 GDD · 86 % rain
1984––––cold −1.9 °C · 1,010 GDD · 104 % rain
1983––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,285 GDD · 117 % rain
1982––––average −0.4 °C · 1,339 GDD · 121 % rain

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