Margaret River is the major geographical indication wine region in southwest Western Australia, with 5,840 hectares under vine and 215 wineries as at 2012. Margaret River wine region is made up predominantly of boutique size wine producers; although winery operations range from the smallest crushing 3.5 tonne per year to the largest around 2,500 tonne. The climate of Margaret River is more strongly maritime-influenced than any other major Australian region. It has the lowest mean annual temperature range, of only 7.6 °C, and as well as the most marked Mediterranean climate in terms of rainfall, with only 200 millimetres of the annual 1160 millimetres falling between October and April. The low diurnal and seasonal temperature range means an unusually even accumulation of warmth. Overall the climate is similar to that of Bordeaux in a dry vintage. Although the region produces just two percent of total Australian wine grape production, it produces over 20 percent of Australia's premium wine market. The principal grape varieties are split 40/60 between red and white; Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Sauvignon blanc, Sémillon, Shiraz, Merlot and Chenin Blanc.
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Margaret River is an appellation in Western Australia, Australia. We track 68 of its wines in stock at 19 shops, from 10 wine houses, from € 20.07; mostly red, white.
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Western Australia
- In our wines
- Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot, Malbec
- Styles
- Red 37 · White 31
- Prices
- from € 20.07 · median € 38.50 / 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 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,862 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2025 | 1 | € 27.00 | € 27.00 | – | warm +0.8 °C · 2,011 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2024 | 5 | € 21.47 | € 28.00 | 90.0 (1 wine) | hotdrydry harvest +1.2 °C · 2,088 GDD · 26 % rain |
| 2023 | 13 | € 22.67 | € 39.00 | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,824 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2022 | 10 | € 23.27 | € 41.24 | 93.0 (1 wine) | average +0.4 °C · 1,936 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2021 | 4 | € 27.00 | € 41.57 | 98.0 (1 wine) | averagewet +0.4 °C · 1,929 GDD · 132 % rain |
| 2020 | 6 | € 30.64 | € 53.00 | 98.0 (1 wine) | warmwet harvest +0.6 °C · 1,971 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2019 | 6 | € 35.46 | € 83.41 | 98.0 (2 wines) | cool −0.8 °C · 1,677 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2018 | 4 | € 21.27 | € 86.15 | 98.0 (1 wine) | average ±0.0 °C · 1,835 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2017 | 4 | € 20.07 | € 45.42 | – | coolwet harvest −0.9 °C · 1,659 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,915 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,843 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 2014 | 1 | € 114.00 | € 114.00 | – | averagedry +0.3 °C · 1,912 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 2,005 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | hotdry harvest +1.1 °C · 2,083 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | hotdry harvest +1.3 °C · 2,117 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,814 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,802 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,860 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.1 °C · 1,856 GDD · 161 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 1,591 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,783 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,783 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,861 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,727 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,814 GDD · 56 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,950 GDD · 128 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.5 °C · 1,938 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,807 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,858 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,851 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,900 GDD · 46 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.4 °C · 1,749 GDD · 60 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.9 °C · 1,649 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,807 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,756 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,869 GDD · 167 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,868 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,871 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,699 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,703 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,868 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,832 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.4 °C · 1,926 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,603 GDD · 105 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Margaret River'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.
Leeuwin Estate 27 · McHenry Hohnen Vintners 6 · Vasse Felix 5 · Sam Vinciullo 2 · Watson Family Vineyards 2 · Woodlands 1 · Leeuwin Esatate 1 · Moss Wood 1 · Pierro Vineyards 1 · Break Free 1