Appellation

Málaga

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About Málaga

Málaga wine is produced in the Spanish province of Málaga under two denominations of origin managed by a single Consejo Regulador: DO Málaga, which covers sweet and fortified wines made primarily from Pedro Ximénez and Moscatel grapes; and DO Sierras de Málaga, created in 2001, which covers dry still whites, rosés, and reds — particularly from the high-altitude Serranía de Ronda subzone. In recent decades, secondary wine-travel and specialist coverage has described Málaga as an evolving or relatively under recognised Spanish wine region rather than solely a historic producer of sweet fortified wines.

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

Málaga is an appellation in Andalusia, Spain. We track 34 of its wines in stock at 13 shops, from 5 wine houses, from € 6.30; mostly white, dessert, red.

At a glance
Country
Spain
Region
Andalusia
In our wines
Muscat, Pedro Ximénez, Zibibbo, Petit Verdot, Graciano
Styles
White 18 · Dessert 6 · Red 5
Prices
from € 6.30 · median € 22.20 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +2.0 °C · 2,428 GDD · 63 % rain
20251€ 9.50€ 9.50–hotdrydry harvest +1.9 °C · 2,676 GDD · 58 % rain
20242€ 10.41€ 13.31–hotdry harvest +1.5 °C · 2,586 GDD · 88 % rain
20232€ 20.10€ 32.55–hot +2.3 °C · 2,757 GDD · 93 % rain
20221€ 28.10€ 28.10–hotdry +2.0 °C · 2,701 GDD · 54 % rain
2021––––hotdry +1.0 °C · 2,490 GDD · 65 % rain
2020––––warmdry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,418 GDD · 92 % rain
20192€ 16.30€ 30.90–warmwet harvest +0.6 °C · 2,400 GDD · 77 % rain
20181€ 45.49€ 68.24–averagewet −0.2 °C · 2,229 GDD · 142 % rain
20171€ 28.00€ 28.00–hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 2,553 GDD · 70 % rain
2016––––warmdry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,430 GDD · 105 % rain
20151€ 29.50€ 29.50–hot +1.2 °C · 2,534 GDD · 86 % rain
2014––––warmwet harvest +0.8 °C · 2,445 GDD · 95 % rain
20131€ 37.46€ 56.19–cooldry −0.6 °C · 2,154 GDD · 64 % rain
2012––––warmwetwet harvest +0.8 °C · 2,441 GDD · 136 % rain
2011––––averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 2,343 GDD · 95 % rain
2010––––cool −0.7 °C · 2,124 GDD · 102 % rain
20091€ 80.28€ 160.56–warmdry +0.6 °C · 2,409 GDD · 56 % rain
20081€ 26.49€ 39.74–averagewetwet harvest −0.2 °C · 2,229 GDD · 155 % rain
2007––––average −0.3 °C · 2,207 GDD · 114 % rain
2006––––warm +0.9 °C · 2,455 GDD · 96 % rain
20051€ 107.04€ 214.08–warmdrydry harvest +0.6 °C · 2,398 GDD · 62 % rain
2004––––averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 2,221 GDD · 99 % rain
2003––––warmwet +0.5 °C · 2,388 GDD · 148 % rain
2002––––average −0.3 °C · 2,197 GDD · 91 % rain
2001––––averagewet harvest +0.3 °C · 2,332 GDD · 95 % rain
2000––––averagewetdry harvest −0.4 °C · 2,188 GDD · 134 % rain
1999––––warm +0.6 °C · 2,395 GDD · 115 % rain
1998––––cool −0.9 °C · 2,071 GDD · 75 % rain
1997––––coldwet harvest −1.0 °C · 2,048 GDD · 126 % rain
1996––––coldwetwet harvest −1.7 °C · 1,913 GDD · 137 % rain
1995––––averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 2,332 GDD · 22 % rain
1994––––averagedry +0.3 °C · 2,341 GDD · 58 % rain
1993––––colddry harvest −1.5 °C · 1,954 GDD · 103 % rain
1992––––coolwet −0.9 °C · 2,085 GDD · 146 % rain
1991––––average −0.2 °C · 2,223 GDD · 98 % rain
1990––––averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 2,223 GDD · 112 % rain
1989––––averagewet harvest +0.4 °C · 2,352 GDD · 95 % rain
1988––––averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 2,225 GDD · 101 % rain
1987––––averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 2,304 GDD · 84 % rain
1986––––averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 2,276 GDD · 82 % rain
1985––––averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 2,336 GDD · 45 % rain
1984––––colddry harvest −1.2 °C · 2,007 GDD · 72 % rain
1983––––averagedrydry harvest ±0.0 °C · 2,270 GDD · 34 % rain
1982––––cooldrydry harvest −0.5 °C · 2,159 GDD · 58 % rain

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