Appellation

Vacqueyras

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About Vacqueyras

Vacqueyras is a French wine Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) in the southern Rhône wine region of France, along the banks of the River Ouvèze. At the foot of the vertical rock massif of the Dentelles de Montmirail, the vineyard extends across the villages of Vacqueyras and Sarrians in the Vaucluse department. One of the 17 crus of Côtes du Rhône wines, it is primarily a red wine region with some white and rosé wines being produced. The wine is similar to those of nearby Gigondas and Cairanne.

From the Wikipedia article Vacqueyras AOC, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Vacqueyras is an appellation in Rhône, France. We track 62 of its wines in stock at 43 shops, from 18 wine houses, from € 15.90; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
France
Region
Rhône
In our wines
Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Roussanne, Viognier
Styles
Red 41 · White 11 · Rosé 1
Prices
from € 15.90 · median € 26.00 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +4.6 °C · 2,570 GDD · 27 % rain
2025––––hotdrydry harvest +2.2 °C · 2,339 GDD · 33 % rain
20247€ 17.35€ 24.00–hot +1.1 °C · 2,107 GDD · 95 % rain
202313€ 16.00€ 25.50–hot +2.2 °C · 2,339 GDD · 73 % rain
20228€ 17.80€ 25.53–hotdry +2.9 °C · 2,490 GDD · 56 % rain
20215€ 17.80€ 19.50–average ±0.0 °C · 1,868 GDD · 104 % rain
20202€ 21.27€ 39.07–average +0.4 °C · 1,951 GDD · 84 % rain
20194€ 19.90€ 24.69–hot +1.0 °C · 2,076 GDD · 94 % rain
20183€ 27.96€ 32.50–hotdry harvest +1.4 °C · 2,161 GDD · 128 % rain
20171€ 22.75€ 22.75–warmdrydry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,018 GDD · 45 % rain
2016––––average +0.1 °C · 1,883 GDD · 80 % rain
2015––––average +0.3 °C · 1,926 GDD · 99 % rain
2014––––average −0.1 °C · 1,838 GDD · 98 % rain
2013––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,742 GDD · 100 % rain
2012––––average +0.1 °C · 1,886 GDD · 116 % rain
2011––––warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,963 GDD · 76 % rain
2010––––cool −0.8 °C · 1,684 GDD · 103 % rain
2009––––warm +0.6 °C · 1,998 GDD · 103 % rain
2008––––coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,694 GDD · 138 % rain
2007––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,860 GDD · 79 % rain
2006––––warmwet harvest +0.9 °C · 2,049 GDD · 85 % rain
2005––––averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,874 GDD · 111 % rain
2004––––averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,885 GDD · 74 % rain
2003––––hotdry +1.5 °C · 2,193 GDD · 70 % rain
2002––––average −0.4 °C · 1,776 GDD · 110 % rain
2001––––average −0.1 °C · 1,844 GDD · 79 % rain
2000––––average −0.3 °C · 1,805 GDD · 113 % rain
1999––––average +0.1 °C · 1,895 GDD · 120 % rain
1998––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,724 GDD · 116 % rain
1997––––averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,838 GDD · 78 % rain
1996––––cold −1.6 °C · 1,517 GDD · 107 % rain
1995––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,737 GDD · 107 % rain
1994––––averagewetwet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,857 GDD · 139 % rain
1993––––coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,716 GDD · 149 % rain
1992––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,720 GDD · 118 % rain
1991––––average −0.3 °C · 1,804 GDD · 75 % rain
1990––––averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,935 GDD · 78 % rain
1989––––averagedrydry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,885 GDD · 53 % rain
1988––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,749 GDD · 115 % rain
1987––––coolwetdry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,745 GDD · 131 % rain
1986––––average −0.4 °C · 1,815 GDD · 95 % rain
1985––––cooldrydry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,756 GDD · 70 % rain
1984––––cold −2.1 °C · 1,424 GDD · 106 % rain
1983––––cooldry harvest −0.7 °C · 1,720 GDD · 101 % rain
1982––––average −0.2 °C · 1,819 GDD · 105 % rain

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