Limoux wine is produced around Limoux in Languedoc in southwestern France. Limoux wine is produced under four Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) designations: Blanquette de Limoux, Blanquette méthode ancestrale, Crémant de Limoux and Limoux, the first three of which are sparkling wines and dominate the production around Limoux. The region's main grape is the Mauzac, locally known as Blanquette, followed by Chardonnay and Chenin blanc. In 2005, the Limoux AOC was created to include red wine production, mostly Merlot. Wine historians believe the world's first sparkling wine was produced in this region in 1531 by the monks at the abbey in Saint-Hilaire.
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Limoux is an appellation in Languedoc, France. We track 43 of its wines in stock at 17 shops, from 5 wine houses, from € 13.78; mostly white, red.
- Country
- France
- Region
- Languedoc
- In our wines
- Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Malbec, Chenin Blanc
- Styles
- White 22 · Red 12 · Rosé 4 · Sparkling 3
- Prices
- from € 13.78 · median € 19.95 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +4.2 °C · 2,211 GDD · 60 % rain |
| 2025 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +2.0 °C · 2,001 GDD · 56 % rain |
| 2024 | 5 | € 14.95 | € 19.94 | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,740 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 2023 | 1 | € 18.60 | € 18.60 | – | hot +2.0 °C · 1,992 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2022 | – | – | – | – | hot +2.7 °C · 2,141 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 2021 | 1 | € 21.84 | € 21.84 | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,583 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2020 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,591 GDD · 147 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,675 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 2018 | – | – | – | – | warmwet +0.6 °C · 1,695 GDD · 155 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,698 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,563 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2015 | 1 | € 35.99 | € 35.99 | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,611 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,628 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,434 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,647 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,680 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,445 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,668 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,475 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,501 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.8 °C · 1,745 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,617 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2004 | 1 | € 66.76 | € 66.76 | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,508 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.5 °C · 1,895 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,460 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.3 °C · 1,648 GDD · 55 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,507 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,617 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,489 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,539 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.4 °C · 1,272 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,492 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,615 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,416 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,411 GDD · 153 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.2 °C · 1,555 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,709 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.4 °C · 1,665 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,556 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,585 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,621 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,559 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.7 °C · 1,212 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,557 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,433 GDD · 89 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Limoux'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.
Anne de Joyeuse 23 · Château Rives-Blanques 2 · Domaine Baron Arques 1 · Domaine De Montrose 1 · Tacherons 1