Appellation

Lacrima di Morro d'Alba

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About Lacrima di Morro d'Alba

Lacrima di Morro d'Alba, also known as Lacrima di Morro, is an Italian denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) red wine produced in the province of Ancona, made from the rare autochthonous Lacrima grape variety. The DOC was created in 1985 and it is one of the most important productions of the Marche region.

From the Wikipedia article Lacrima di Morro d'Alba, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lacrima di Morro d'Alba is an appellation in Marche, Italy. We track 22 of its wines in stock at 10 shops, from 13 wine houses, from € 7.50; mostly red.

At a glance
Country
Italy
Region
Marche
In our wines
Lacrima, Verdicchio, Montepulciano, Sangiovese
Classifications
DOC 19
Styles
Red 21 · White 1
Prices
from € 7.50 · median € 13.00 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +3.3 °C · 2,424 GDD · 45 % rain
20253€ 9.50€ 11.50–hotdrydry harvest +1.0 °C · 2,215 GDD · 64 % rain
20245€ 9.50€ 10.00–hotwetwet harvest +1.9 °C · 2,397 GDD · 135 % rain
20235€ 10.30€ 13.00–hotdry harvest +1.1 °C · 2,230 GDD · 103 % rain
20223€ 9.50€ 9.90–hotwet harvest +1.5 °C · 2,318 GDD · 78 % rain
20211€ 15.07€ 15.07–average +0.2 °C · 2,035 GDD · 77 % rain
20201€ 39.90€ 19.95–average +0.2 °C · 2,030 GDD · 116 % rain
2019––––warm +0.6 °C · 2,129 GDD · 115 % rain
2018––––hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 2,264 GDD · 64 % rain
2017––––warmdry +0.9 °C · 2,193 GDD · 70 % rain
2016––––average −0.4 °C · 1,917 GDD · 120 % rain
2015––––averagewet +0.4 °C · 2,071 GDD · 132 % rain
2014––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,895 GDD · 109 % rain
2013––––average +0.2 °C · 2,031 GDD · 71 % rain
2012––––hot +1.2 °C · 2,249 GDD · 72 % rain
2011––––warmdrydry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,140 GDD · 57 % rain
2010––––cool −0.8 °C · 1,823 GDD · 103 % rain
2009––––average +0.4 °C · 2,072 GDD · 97 % rain
2008––––average +0.1 °C · 2,019 GDD · 90 % rain
2007––––average +0.4 °C · 2,073 GDD · 90 % rain
2006––––averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,953 GDD · 114 % rain
2005––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,875 GDD · 122 % rain
2004––––average −0.2 °C · 1,944 GDD · 96 % rain
2003––––hot +1.1 °C · 2,237 GDD · 80 % rain
2002––––averagewet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,911 GDD · 129 % rain
2001––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,997 GDD · 72 % rain
2000––––average +0.4 °C · 2,082 GDD · 91 % rain
1999––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,992 GDD · 104 % rain
1998––––average +0.2 °C · 2,043 GDD · 101 % rain
1997––––cooldry harvest −0.9 °C · 1,837 GDD · 86 % rain
1996––––coldwetwet harvest −1.6 °C · 1,662 GDD · 143 % rain
1995––––cold −1.5 °C · 1,681 GDD · 126 % rain
1994––––average +0.2 °C · 2,038 GDD · 92 % rain
1993––––average ±0.0 °C · 2,003 GDD · 94 % rain
1992––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,897 GDD · 114 % rain
1991––––cold −1.5 °C · 1,677 GDD · 129 % rain
1990––––average −0.4 °C · 1,899 GDD · 87 % rain
1989––––cold −1.5 °C · 1,668 GDD · 127 % rain
1988––––averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,957 GDD · 86 % rain
1987––––average −0.2 °C · 1,954 GDD · 77 % rain
1986––––cool −0.8 °C · 1,821 GDD · 99 % rain
1985––––averagedrydry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,972 GDD · 55 % rain
1984––––coldwet harvest −1.9 °C · 1,581 GDD · 122 % rain
1983––––cooldry −0.5 °C · 1,882 GDD · 68 % rain
1982––––average −0.1 °C · 1,979 GDD · 104 % rain

Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Lacrima di Morro d'Alba'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.