Wine region

Salta

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About Salta

Salta is a wine region, Argentina. We track 17 of its wines in stock at 11 shops, from 2 wine houses, from € 14.44; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
Argentina
In our wines
Malbec, Torrontés, Pecorino, Sauvignon Blanc, Tannat
Styles
Red 11 · White 6
Prices
from € 14.44 · median € 20.45 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hot +1.3 °C · 3,967 GDD · 72 % rain
20251€ 25.00€ 25.00–warm +0.8 °C · 3,868 GDD · 103 % rain
20244€ 16.14€ 22.5393.0 (1 wine)hot +2.8 °C · 4,284 GDD · 86 % rain
20232€ 16.99€ 21.92–warm +0.7 °C · 3,843 GDD · 77 % rain
20221€ 28.00€ 28.00–hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 3,966 GDD · 52 % rain
20211€ 28.95€ 28.95–warm +0.6 °C · 3,825 GDD · 76 % rain
20201€ 75.00€ 75.00–warmwetdry harvest +0.8 °C · 3,865 GDD · 153 % rain
2019––––average −0.4 °C · 3,606 GDD · 111 % rain
20181€ 35.00€ 35.00–average −0.1 °C · 3,679 GDD · 90 % rain
2017––––average +0.4 °C · 3,793 GDD · 76 % rain
20162€ 28.50€ 79.25–warmdry +0.9 °C · 3,899 GDD · 70 % rain
2015––––warm +0.9 °C · 3,897 GDD · 91 % rain
2014––––average +0.3 °C · 3,758 GDD · 75 % rain
2013––––hotdrydry harvest +1.4 °C · 3,992 GDD · 53 % rain
2012––––average +0.4 °C · 3,770 GDD · 83 % rain
2011––––averagedry −0.2 °C · 3,659 GDD · 67 % rain
2010––––hot +1.2 °C · 3,948 GDD · 79 % rain
2009––––warm +0.6 °C · 3,826 GDD · 87 % rain
2008––––cool −0.7 °C · 3,544 GDD · 118 % rain
2007––––averagewet −0.4 °C · 3,613 GDD · 134 % rain
2006––––average −0.3 °C · 3,626 GDD · 114 % rain
2005––––average −0.1 °C · 3,683 GDD · 92 % rain
2004––––averagewet −0.2 °C · 3,643 GDD · 130 % rain
2003––––average −0.1 °C · 3,676 GDD · 124 % rain
2002––––average +0.2 °C · 3,746 GDD · 96 % rain
2001––––cool −0.6 °C · 3,583 GDD · 113 % rain
2000––––averagewet harvest −0.4 °C · 3,609 GDD · 114 % rain
1999––––coolwet harvest −0.8 °C · 3,517 GDD · 117 % rain
1998––––warmdry +0.9 °C · 3,912 GDD · 70 % rain
1997––––average −0.4 °C · 3,616 GDD · 90 % rain
1996––––averagedry +0.4 °C · 3,773 GDD · 65 % rain
1995––––average +0.4 °C · 3,782 GDD · 98 % rain
1994––––cooldry harvest −0.6 °C · 3,565 GDD · 113 % rain
1993––––cool −0.8 °C · 3,533 GDD · 110 % rain
1992––––coldwet −1.6 °C · 3,379 GDD · 136 % rain
1991––––coolwetwet harvest −0.6 °C · 3,593 GDD · 145 % rain
1990––––average +0.4 °C · 3,770 GDD · 92 % rain
1989––––averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 3,727 GDD · 94 % rain
1988––––average −0.1 °C · 3,689 GDD · 99 % rain
1987––––cool −0.6 °C · 3,591 GDD · 125 % rain
1986––––hot +1.4 °C · 4,009 GDD · 76 % rain
1985––––average +0.2 °C · 3,738 GDD · 94 % rain
1984––––coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 3,579 GDD · 109 % rain
1983––––warm +0.8 °C · 3,861 GDD · 73 % rain
1982––––cool −0.7 °C · 3,557 GDD · 110 % rain

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

Wine houses

Ucopia Wines Ltd 2 · El Porvenir 1

Appellations

Cafayate 4