Appellation

Palmela

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About Palmela

Palmela is a Portuguese wine region centered on the town of Palmela in the Setúbal Peninsula subregion. The wine region has the Denominação de Origem Controlada (DOC) status after having been elevated from its former Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada (IPR) status. At the same time, the former Arrábida IPR, centered on the Arrabida hills, was absorbed into Palmela DOC.

From the Wikipedia article Palmela DOC, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Palmela is an appellation in Setúbal Peninsula, Portugal. We track 19 of its wines in stock at 6 shops, from 2 wine houses, from € 10.48; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
Portugal
Region
Setúbal Peninsula
In our wines
Castelão, Muscat, Petit Verdot, Syrah, Touriga Nacional
Styles
Red 12 · White 6
Prices
from € 10.48 · median € 17.91 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +1.2 °C · 2,154 GDD · 42 % rain
2025––––hotdry harvest +1.2 °C · 2,438 GDD · 73 % rain
20241€ 15.50€ 15.50–warmdry harvest +0.6 °C · 2,313 GDD · 72 % rain
20231€ 14.95€ 14.95–hotwet harvest +1.4 °C · 2,492 GDD · 95 % rain
20221€ 16.85€ 16.85–warmwet harvest +0.8 °C · 2,366 GDD · 85 % rain
20214€ 14.89€ 16.73–average −0.2 °C · 2,141 GDD · 81 % rain
20201€ 13.90€ 13.90–averagewet +0.1 °C · 2,213 GDD · 185 % rain
2019––––averagedry −0.1 °C · 2,160 GDD · 64 % rain
20181€ 31.15€ 31.15–averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 2,161 GDD · 101 % rain
2017––––warmdrydry harvest +0.9 °C · 2,380 GDD · 30 % rain
20164€ 10.48€ 15.72–averagedry harvest +0.4 °C · 2,275 GDD · 106 % rain
2015––––warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 2,294 GDD · 80 % rain
2014––––averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 2,231 GDD · 110 % rain
2013––––averagedry −0.1 °C · 2,163 GDD · 56 % rain
2012––––average −0.3 °C · 2,118 GDD · 90 % rain
2011––––warm +0.5 °C · 2,290 GDD · 121 % rain
2010––––averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 2,216 GDD · 105 % rain
2009––––warmdrydry harvest +0.5 °C · 2,283 GDD · 58 % rain
2008––––cool −0.5 °C · 2,084 GDD · 102 % rain
2007––––coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 2,082 GDD · 88 % rain
2006––––hot +1.1 °C · 2,426 GDD · 126 % rain
2005––––warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 2,355 GDD · 65 % rain
2004––––average +0.1 °C · 2,202 GDD · 84 % rain
2003––––averagewetwet harvest −0.2 °C · 2,140 GDD · 194 % rain
2002––––coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 2,050 GDD · 104 % rain
2001––––cool −0.6 °C · 2,058 GDD · 102 % rain
2000––––averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 2,124 GDD · 120 % rain
1999––––averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 2,206 GDD · 117 % rain
1998––––average −0.3 °C · 2,116 GDD · 80 % rain
1997––––averagewet +0.2 °C · 2,222 GDD · 155 % rain
1996––––cool −0.9 °C · 1,998 GDD · 100 % rain
1995––––hotdry +1.0 °C · 2,399 GDD · 51 % rain
1994––––cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 2,077 GDD · 80 % rain
1993––––coldwet −1.0 °C · 1,976 GDD · 175 % rain
1992––––average −0.3 °C · 2,133 GDD · 100 % rain
1991––––averagedry +0.2 °C · 2,235 GDD · 58 % rain
1990––––averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 2,230 GDD · 121 % rain
1989––––warmwet +0.6 °C · 2,322 GDD · 143 % rain
1988––––coolwetdry harvest −0.7 °C · 2,024 GDD · 140 % rain
1987––––warm +0.5 °C · 2,294 GDD · 112 % rain
1986––––coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 2,059 GDD · 88 % rain
1985––––averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 2,130 GDD · 74 % rain
1984––––cooldry harvest −0.7 °C · 2,041 GDD · 105 % rain
1983––––averagedry harvest −0.4 °C · 2,090 GDD · 80 % rain
1982––––cooldrywet harvest −0.6 °C · 2,047 GDD · 68 % rain

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