Appellation

Rías Baixas

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About Rías Baixas

Rías Baixas is a Spanish Denominación de Origen (DO) for wines located in the province of Pontevedra and the south of the province of Corunna in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is renowned for its white wines made from the Albariño grape variety. Its Regulatory Council is headquartered at Pazo de Mugartegui in the city of Pontevedra.

From the Wikipedia article Rías Baixas DO, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rías Baixas is an appellation in Galicia, Spain. Its rules allow Albariño. We track 163 of its wines in stock at 48 shops, from 19 wine houses, from € 4.95; mostly white.

At a glance
Country
Spain
Region
Galicia
Grapes allowed
Albariño
In our wines
Albariño, Godello, Loureiro, Riesling, Espadeiro
Styles
White 155 · Red 6 · Orange 1 · Sparkling 1
Prices
from € 4.95 · median € 21.84 / 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 · 1,692 GDD · 69 % rain
202529€ 11.95€ 17.2593.0 (1 wine)hot +1.3 °C · 1,749 GDD · 90 % rain
202423€ 15.69€ 21.0095.0 (2 wines)averagewetwet harvest +0.4 °C · 1,573 GDD · 141 % rain
202316€ 15.95€ 27.6793.7 (3 wines)hotwetwet harvest +1.3 °C · 1,758 GDD · 138 % rain
202214€ 16.50€ 32.05–hot +1.3 °C · 1,752 GDD · 102 % rain
202110€ 11.00€ 20.63–average −0.2 °C · 1,442 GDD · 103 % rain
20204€ 34.61€ 39.5095.0 (3 wines)average +0.4 °C · 1,562 GDD · 112 % rain
2019––––average −0.3 °C · 1,409 GDD · 106 % rain
20182€ 28.00€ 40.26–averagedry harvest +0.4 °C · 1,573 GDD · 79 % rain
20171€ 18.95€ 18.95–warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 1,647 GDD · 48 % rain
2016––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,483 GDD · 91 % rain
20151€ 56.25€ 56.25–average +0.1 °C · 1,491 GDD · 89 % rain
2014––––average +0.1 °C · 1,510 GDD · 103 % rain
2013––––average −0.1 °C · 1,454 GDD · 86 % rain
2012––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,346 GDD · 99 % rain
2011––––warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 1,649 GDD · 64 % rain
2010––––averagedry harvest +0.4 °C · 1,562 GDD · 93 % rain
2009––––averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,451 GDD · 106 % rain
2008––––cool −0.8 °C · 1,310 GDD · 113 % rain
2007––––averagedrydry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,432 GDD · 68 % rain
2006––––hot +1.0 °C · 1,685 GDD · 116 % rain
2005––––warm +0.6 °C · 1,614 GDD · 99 % rain
2004––––average −0.1 °C · 1,460 GDD · 101 % rain
2003––––averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,526 GDD · 100 % rain
2002––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,351 GDD · 104 % rain
2001––––average −0.2 °C · 1,428 GDD · 100 % rain
2000––––coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,298 GDD · 135 % rain
1999––––averagewetwet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,432 GDD · 140 % rain
1998––––averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,452 GDD · 120 % rain
1997––––warmdry harvest +0.7 °C · 1,629 GDD · 110 % rain
1996––––average −0.2 °C · 1,440 GDD · 81 % rain
1995––––warmwet harvest +0.7 °C · 1,640 GDD · 84 % rain
1994––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,320 GDD · 109 % rain
1993––––coldwetwet harvest −1.0 °C · 1,257 GDD · 159 % rain
1992––––coolwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,341 GDD · 102 % rain
1991––––averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,466 GDD · 82 % rain
1990––––hot +1.1 °C · 1,707 GDD · 94 % rain
1989––––hotdrydry harvest +1.4 °C · 1,779 GDD · 66 % rain
1988––––cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,361 GDD · 105 % rain
1987––––averagewet +0.4 °C · 1,558 GDD · 148 % rain
1986––––coolwet harvest −0.9 °C · 1,323 GDD · 88 % rain
1985––––averagedrydry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,519 GDD · 68 % rain
1984––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,372 GDD · 109 % rain
1983––––coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,303 GDD · 135 % rain
1982––––coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,381 GDD · 91 % rain

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