Wine region

Western Australia

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About Western Australia

Western Australia is a wine region, Australia. We track 102 of its wines in stock at 25 shops, from 10 wine houses, from € 16.75; mostly white, red.

At a glance
Country
Australia
In our wines
Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Malbec, Merlot
Styles
White 52 · Red 50
Prices
from € 16.75 · median € 36.00 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdrydry harvest +1.9 °C · 4,322 GDD · 32 % rain
20251€ 27.00€ 27.00–hotdry harvest +2.0 °C · 4,340 GDD · 72 % rain
20249€ 21.47€ 28.0092.0 (2 wines)hotdry +2.0 °C · 4,337 GDD · 45 % rain
202319€ 22.61€ 42.9697.5 (2 wines)averagedry +0.1 °C · 3,951 GDD · 50 % rain
202212€ 23.27€ 36.5093.0 (1 wine)averagedry +0.4 °C · 4,016 GDD · 43 % rain
20216€ 26.63€ 32.9298.0 (1 wine)averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 3,933 GDD · 73 % rain
20207€ 22.61€ 36.0098.0 (1 wine)hotdry harvest +1.6 °C · 4,264 GDD · 85 % rain
20197€ 35.46€ 77.5998.0 (2 wines)hotdrydry harvest +1.8 °C · 4,315 GDD · 39 % rain
20184€ 21.27€ 86.1598.0 (1 wine)averagedry harvest +0.4 °C · 4,014 GDD · 89 % rain
20174€ 20.07€ 45.42–coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 3,799 GDD · 124 % rain
20161€ 42.91€ 42.91–hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 4,207 GDD · 55 % rain
20151€ 298.37€ 149.19–warmwet harvest +0.5 °C · 4,029 GDD · 121 % rain
20141€ 114.00€ 114.00–averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 3,898 GDD · 114 % rain
2013––––average +0.3 °C · 3,981 GDD · 101 % rain
2012––––coldwetwet harvest −1.4 °C · 3,622 GDD · 142 % rain
2011––––coldwet −1.6 °C · 3,579 GDD · 187 % rain
2010––––hotdry +1.3 °C · 4,207 GDD · 50 % rain
2009––––average −0.2 °C · 3,887 GDD · 87 % rain
2008––––warm +0.6 °C · 4,059 GDD · 73 % rain
2007––––warmwetwet harvest +0.8 °C · 4,078 GDD · 131 % rain
2006––––coldwetwet harvest −1.0 °C · 3,722 GDD · 143 % rain
2005––––hotdry +1.8 °C · 4,298 GDD · 34 % rain
2004––––averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 3,976 GDD · 83 % rain
2003––––averagewet −0.2 °C · 3,887 GDD · 142 % rain
2002––––coldwetdry harvest −1.4 °C · 3,635 GDD · 150 % rain
2001––––cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 3,813 GDD · 110 % rain
2000––––coldwetwet harvest −2.2 °C · 3,456 GDD · 178 % rain
1999––––coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 3,783 GDD · 171 % rain
1998––––warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 4,100 GDD · 26 % rain
1997––––coolwetdry harvest −0.7 °C · 3,783 GDD · 135 % rain
1996––––average −0.2 °C · 3,871 GDD · 87 % rain
1995––––coldwet −1.0 °C · 3,711 GDD · 146 % rain
1994––––averagedrydry harvest −0.1 °C · 3,899 GDD · 52 % rain
1993––––cooldrydry harvest −0.6 °C · 3,802 GDD · 35 % rain
1992––––warm +0.5 °C · 4,021 GDD · 76 % rain
1991––––hotdrydry harvest +2.0 °C · 4,350 GDD · 25 % rain
1990––––averagedry ±0.0 °C · 3,942 GDD · 53 % rain
1989––––averagedrydry harvest −0.2 °C · 3,882 GDD · 32 % rain
1988––––averagedry +0.4 °C · 4,023 GDD · 60 % rain
1987––––cooldry harvest −0.6 °C · 3,808 GDD · 97 % rain
1986––––hotdrydry harvest +1.0 °C · 4,126 GDD · 29 % rain
1985––––warmdrydry harvest +0.9 °C · 4,106 GDD · 61 % rain
1984––––averagedry +0.3 °C · 3,987 GDD · 55 % rain
1983––––averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 3,935 GDD · 78 % rain
1982––––averagedrydry harvest −0.4 °C · 3,844 GDD · 55 % rain

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