Appellation

Rioja Alavesa

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About Rioja Alavesa

Rioja Alavesa is an appellation in Rioja, Spain. We track 63 of its wines in stock at 15 shops, from 14 wine houses, from € 4.95; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
Spain
Region
Rioja
In our wines
Tempranillo, Macabeo, Graciano, Grenache, Malvasia
Styles
Red 53 · White 10
Prices
from € 4.95 · median € 30.51 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +3.7 °C · 1,854 GDD · 66 % rain
20254€ 4.95€ 7.25–hotdry +2.3 °C · 1,750 GDD · 63 % rain
20244€ 11.95€ 98.7597.7 (3 wines)hotwet harvest +1.0 °C · 1,483 GDD · 105 % rain
202316€ 17.36€ 59.8896.2 (9 wines)hot +2.5 °C · 1,796 GDD · 74 % rain
20228€ 19.35€ 32.3594.6 (5 wines)hotdry +2.2 °C · 1,757 GDD · 60 % rain
202118€ 6.95€ 21.5094.7 (11 wines)average −0.2 °C · 1,251 GDD · 89 % rain
20204€ 19.95€ 55.2894.5 (2 wines)averagewet +0.2 °C · 1,316 GDD · 138 % rain
20192€ 14.96€ 20.80–warm +0.6 °C · 1,398 GDD · 105 % rain
20181€ 29.95€ 29.9595.0 (1 wine)average +0.2 °C · 1,306 GDD · 118 % rain
2017––––hot +1.3 °C · 1,539 GDD · 77 % rain
20162€ 27.50€ 29.9493.0 (2 wines)averagedry +0.1 °C · 1,332 GDD · 65 % rain
20151€ 62.00€ 31.0094.0 (1 wine)averagedry +0.4 °C · 1,360 GDD · 70 % rain
2014––––average +0.4 °C · 1,345 GDD · 84 % rain
2013––––cold −1.2 °C · 1,047 GDD · 101 % rain
2012––––average +0.3 °C · 1,399 GDD · 114 % rain
20111€ 190.96€ 190.96–warm +0.7 °C · 1,419 GDD · 72 % rain
2010––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,131 GDD · 83 % rain
2009––––average +0.3 °C · 1,363 GDD · 80 % rain
2008––––coolwet −0.9 °C · 1,068 GDD · 147 % rain
2007––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,112 GDD · 106 % rain
2006––––hotwet harvest +1.3 °C · 1,545 GDD · 99 % rain
2005––––warm +0.9 °C · 1,448 GDD · 80 % rain
2004––––average −0.1 °C · 1,289 GDD · 93 % rain
2003––––hotwet harvest +1.1 °C · 1,508 GDD · 101 % rain
2002––––average −0.4 °C · 1,169 GDD · 114 % rain
2001––––average −0.2 °C · 1,262 GDD · 72 % rain
2000––––average +0.1 °C · 1,312 GDD · 108 % rain
1999––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,284 GDD · 108 % rain
1998––––cool −0.8 °C · 1,153 GDD · 112 % rain
1997––––averagewet ±0.0 °C · 1,272 GDD · 146 % rain
1996––––cool −0.8 °C · 1,103 GDD · 85 % rain
1995––––averagedry ±0.0 °C · 1,284 GDD · 51 % rain
1994––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,316 GDD · 104 % rain
1993––––cold −1.2 °C · 1,049 GDD · 122 % rain
1992––––coolwet −0.6 °C · 1,164 GDD · 140 % rain
1991––––coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,241 GDD · 101 % rain
1990––––hot +1.0 °C · 1,529 GDD · 97 % rain
1989––––average +0.4 °C · 1,425 GDD · 79 % rain
1988––––cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,158 GDD · 125 % rain
1987––––average +0.3 °C · 1,333 GDD · 95 % rain
1986––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,285 GDD · 84 % rain
1985––––averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,243 GDD · 82 % rain
1984––––cold −1.4 °C · 991 GDD · 100 % rain
1983––––average −0.4 °C · 1,211 GDD · 112 % rain
1982––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,170 GDD · 89 % rain

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