Appellation

Robertson

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About Robertson

Robertson is an appellation in Western Cape, South Africa. We track 27 of its wines in stock at 8 shops, from 3 wine houses, from € 5.50; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
South Africa
Region
Western Cape
In our wines
Syrah, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinotage, Sauvignon Blanc
Styles
Red 15 · White 12
Prices
from € 5.50 · median € 14.26 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
20261€ 5.50€ 5.50–warm +0.8 °C · 2,259 GDD · 84 % rain
20259€ 5.95€ 13.37–warm +0.5 °C · 2,211 GDD · 90 % rain
20247€ 6.25€ 14.08–average −0.1 °C · 2,067 GDD · 125 % rain
20231€ 7.50€ 7.50–averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 2,093 GDD · 117 % rain
20222€ 18.95€ 24.45–average −0.1 °C · 2,081 GDD · 94 % rain
2021––––average −0.3 °C · 2,034 GDD · 92 % rain
2020––––average +0.2 °C · 2,130 GDD · 72 % rain
2019––––warmwet harvest +0.6 °C · 2,217 GDD · 76 % rain
2018––––averagedry −0.1 °C · 2,078 GDD · 63 % rain
2017––––warmdrydry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,244 GDD · 39 % rain
2016––––warmdry +0.5 °C · 2,211 GDD · 67 % rain
2015––––averagedry +0.1 °C · 2,132 GDD · 59 % rain
2014––––averagewet −0.2 °C · 2,051 GDD · 162 % rain
2013––––average −0.4 °C · 2,019 GDD · 89 % rain
2012––––average −0.3 °C · 2,045 GDD · 73 % rain
2011––––averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 2,121 GDD · 83 % rain
2010––––average +0.2 °C · 2,134 GDD · 77 % rain
2009––––averagewetdry harvest −0.1 °C · 2,079 GDD · 133 % rain
2008––––coolwet −0.5 °C · 1,982 GDD · 165 % rain
2007––––average −0.2 °C · 2,045 GDD · 86 % rain
2006––––averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 2,040 GDD · 87 % rain
2005––––averagewet +0.2 °C · 2,150 GDD · 200 % rain
2004––––averagedry +0.2 °C · 2,136 GDD · 70 % rain
2003––––averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 2,136 GDD · 128 % rain
2002––––warmdry harvest +0.6 °C · 2,223 GDD · 81 % rain
2001––––averagedry +0.2 °C · 2,129 GDD · 69 % rain
2000––––averagewetwet harvest +0.4 °C · 2,187 GDD · 141 % rain
1999––––average +0.4 °C · 2,184 GDD · 110 % rain
1998––––average +0.3 °C · 2,162 GDD · 80 % rain
1997––––coldwet −1.8 °C · 1,718 GDD · 154 % rain
1996––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,988 GDD · 111 % rain
1995––––average +0.1 °C · 2,111 GDD · 108 % rain
1994––––warmwet harvest +0.7 °C · 2,236 GDD · 113 % rain
1993––––average −0.2 °C · 2,060 GDD · 123 % rain
1992––––average +0.1 °C · 2,119 GDD · 91 % rain
1991––––averagedry −0.1 °C · 2,083 GDD · 68 % rain
1990––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,959 GDD · 115 % rain
1989––––average +0.1 °C · 2,123 GDD · 94 % rain
1988––––averagedrywet harvest +0.1 °C · 2,108 GDD · 67 % rain
1987––––coolwet −0.7 °C · 1,948 GDD · 152 % rain
1986––––average +0.3 °C · 2,158 GDD · 101 % rain
1985––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,994 GDD · 101 % rain
1984––––warmwet harvest +0.5 °C · 2,197 GDD · 83 % rain
1983––––average −0.4 °C · 2,011 GDD · 74 % rain
1982––––coldwetwet harvest −1.4 °C · 1,800 GDD · 206 % rain

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

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