Appellation

Sancerre

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About Sancerre

Sancerre is a French wine Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine produced in the area of Sancerre in the eastern part of the Loire valley, southeast of Orléans.

From the Wikipedia article Sancerre (wine), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sancerre is an appellation in Loire, France. Its rules allow Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc. We track 321 of its wines in stock at 88 shops, from 63 wine houses, from € 9.23; mostly white, red.

At a glance
Country
France
Region
Loire
Grapes allowed
Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc
In our wines
Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Grüner Veltliner, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay
Styles
White 220 · Red 58 · Rosé 27 · Sparkling 1
Prices
from € 9.23 · median € 34.45 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +4.7 °C · 1,964 GDD · 27 % rain
202550€ 9.23€ 29.8492.0 (1 wine)hotdry +1.7 °C · 1,491 GDD · 41 % rain
202460€ 15.50€ 34.00–warmwetwet harvest +0.5 °C · 1,255 GDD · 150 % rain
202359€ 11.90€ 36.12–hot +2.0 °C · 1,579 GDD · 102 % rain
202232€ 14.00€ 42.0892.0 (1 wine)hot +2.2 °C · 1,601 GDD · 90 % rain
202110€ 27.96€ 51.97–averagewet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,124 GDD · 110 % rain
202012€ 19.90€ 40.07–hot +1.2 °C · 1,390 GDD · 92 % rain
20199€ 36.90€ 81.62–hot +1.0 °C · 1,361 GDD · 86 % rain
20182€ 40.00€ 52.50–hotdry harvest +1.4 °C · 1,442 GDD · 77 % rain
20172€ 85.00€ 102.00–average +0.4 °C · 1,241 GDD · 96 % rain
20161€ 40.00€ 40.00–average −0.2 °C · 1,124 GDD · 117 % rain
20151€ 104.23€ 104.23–average +0.1 °C · 1,167 GDD · 98 % rain
2014––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,141 GDD · 126 % rain
2013––––average −0.4 °C · 1,077 GDD · 118 % rain
2012––––average −0.3 °C · 1,118 GDD · 126 % rain
20111€ 44.00€ 44.00–warm +0.6 °C · 1,265 GDD · 85 % rain
2010––––cool −0.6 °C · 998 GDD · 99 % rain
2009––––average +0.2 °C · 1,188 GDD · 92 % rain
2008––––cold −1.0 °C · 969 GDD · 107 % rain
2007––––average −0.4 °C · 1,057 GDD · 112 % rain
2006––––hot +1.1 °C · 1,377 GDD · 101 % rain
2005––––warm +0.8 °C · 1,317 GDD · 84 % rain
2004––––average −0.1 °C · 1,139 GDD · 96 % rain
2003––––warm +0.8 °C · 1,352 GDD · 73 % rain
2002––––cooldry harvest −0.8 °C · 976 GDD · 99 % rain
2001––––average −0.4 °C · 1,111 GDD · 117 % rain
2000––––average −0.4 °C · 1,071 GDD · 98 % rain
1999––––averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,190 GDD · 118 % rain
1998––––coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,071 GDD · 119 % rain
1997––––average −0.2 °C · 1,137 GDD · 98 % rain
1996––––colddry −1.0 °C · 940 GDD · 70 % rain
1995––––average −0.1 °C · 1,154 GDD · 85 % rain
1994––––averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,159 GDD · 115 % rain
1993––––coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,031 GDD · 125 % rain
1992––––average +0.1 °C · 1,230 GDD · 104 % rain
1991––––averagedry +0.3 °C · 1,235 GDD · 67 % rain
1990––––hotdry +1.1 °C · 1,411 GDD · 58 % rain
1989––––average +0.3 °C · 1,273 GDD · 75 % rain
1988––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,022 GDD · 90 % rain
1987––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,030 GDD · 122 % rain
1986––––cold −1.1 °C · 1,028 GDD · 108 % rain
1985––––colddry harvest −1.2 °C · 906 GDD · 81 % rain
1984––––cold −1.7 °C · 818 GDD · 103 % rain
1983––––coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,016 GDD · 136 % rain
1982––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,050 GDD · 114 % rain

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