Walker Bay is an appellation in Western Cape, South Africa. We track 54 of its wines in stock at 12 shops, from 7 wine houses, from € 15.95; mostly red, white.
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- Western Cape
- In our wines
- Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinotage, Sauvignon Blanc, Albariño
- Styles
- Red 28 · White 26
- Prices
- from € 15.95 · median € 47.08 / 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 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,980 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 2025 | 5 | € 15.95 | € 54.90 | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,908 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2024 | 16 | € 17.39 | € 36.04 | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,795 GDD · 164 % rain |
| 2023 | 11 | € 26.95 | € 38.80 | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,822 GDD · 144 % rain |
| 2022 | 9 | € 31.95 | € 42.00 | 92.0 (1 wine) | cool −0.5 °C · 1,783 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 2021 | 6 | € 22.50 | € 44.39 | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,814 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2020 | 2 | € 57.40 | € 111.20 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,846 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2019 | 2 | € 60.07 | € 62.04 | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,908 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2018 | 1 | € 60.07 | € 60.07 | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,815 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,923 GDD · 46 % rain |
| 2016 | 1 | € 73.45 | € 73.45 | 95.0 (1 wine) | average +0.3 °C · 1,957 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 1,899 GDD · 57 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.2 °C · 1,926 GDD · 130 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,855 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,871 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,898 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2010 | 1 | € 401.25 | € 401.25 | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,875 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,889 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.1 °C · 1,856 GDD · 147 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,886 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.4 °C · 1,806 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | warmwet +0.6 °C · 2,008 GDD · 178 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,878 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,924 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.4 °C · 1,973 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.2 °C · 1,841 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.4 °C · 1,971 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,925 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,890 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −1.3 °C · 1,619 GDD · 157 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,758 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,868 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,921 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.1 °C · 1,869 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,921 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cooldry −0.5 °C · 1,789 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,768 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,832 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.4 °C · 1,793 GDD · 60 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.5 °C · 1,788 GDD · 141 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,903 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,779 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | averagedrywet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,837 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,756 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.0 °C · 1,678 GDD · 185 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Walker Bay'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.
Hamilton Russell Vineyards 12 · Newton Johnson 12 · Bouchard Finlayson 8 · Ataraxia 5 · Terra Loci 4 · Southern Right 3 · Ashbourne 1