Valtellina, or the Valtelline, is a valley in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, bordering Switzerland. Today it is known for its ski centre, hot spring spas, bresaola, cheeses and wines. It was a key Alpine pass between northern Italy and Germany. The control of the Valtellina was much sought after, particularly during the Thirty Years' War as it was an important part of the Spanish Road.
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Valtellina is an appellation in Lombardy, Italy. Its rules allow Nebbiolo. We track 138 of its wines in stock at 22 shops, from 25 wine houses, from € 13.00; mostly red.
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Lombardy
- Grapes allowed
- Nebbiolo
- In our wines
- Nebbiolo
- Styles
- Red 137 · White 1
- Prices
- from € 13.00 · median € 35.00 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotso far +3.1 °C · 975 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2025 | 2 | € 13.00 | € 14.75 | – | hotwet harvest +1.2 °C · 714 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 2024 | 6 | € 17.50 | € 19.25 | – | hotwetwet harvest +1.2 °C · 703 GDD · 152 % rain |
| 2023 | 20 | € 15.90 | € 25.50 | – | hot +1.6 °C · 785 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 2022 | 31 | € 14.30 | € 36.00 | – | hot +2.0 °C · 873 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 2021 | 25 | € 24.30 | € 45.00 | – | average −0.1 °C · 628 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 2020 | 8 | € 13.00 | € 27.75 | – | warm +0.6 °C · 620 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 2019 | 12 | € 25.06 | € 40.00 | 94.0 (1 wine) | warm +0.8 °C · 737 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 2018 | 11 | € 22.80 | € 85.00 | 93.0 (1 wine) | hotdry harvest +1.6 °C · 743 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 2017 | 2 | € 24.00 | € 31.00 | – | warm +0.7 °C · 644 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2016 | 7 | € 16.50 | € 85.00 | – | average +0.2 °C · 592 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.7 °C · 679 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 433 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 2013 | 1 | € 48.00 | € 48.00 | – | average −0.1 °C · 547 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 635 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 627 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 492 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.7 °C · 665 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 496 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 2007 | 1 | € 440.00 | € 110.00 | – | average +0.3 °C · 472 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 564 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 535 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 515 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 828 GDD · 70 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 468 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 506 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 518 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 520 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 516 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.6 °C · 469 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.3 °C · 354 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 389 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 570 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 421 GDD · 134 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 478 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.9 °C · 573 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 472 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.9 °C · 390 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 449 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 502 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 460 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.4 °C · 508 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.9 °C · 319 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 547 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 540 GDD · 97 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Valtellina'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.
Sandro Fay 18 · Nino Negri 13 · Mamete Prevostini 10 · Ar.pe.pe 10 · Dirupi 8 · Cantina Caven 7 · Barbacan 6 · Plozza 6 · Aldo Rainoldi 6 · Rainoldi 4 · Boffalora 4 · Casa Vinicola Aldo Rainoldi 4 · Tenuta Scerscé 3 · Marco Ferrari 3 · Gianatti 3 · La Perla di Marco Triacca 2