Wine region

Basilicata

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About Basilicata

Basilicata is a wine region, Italy. We track 82 of its wines in stock at 26 shops, from 15 wine houses, from € 9.95; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
Italy
In our wines
Aglianico, Greco, Malvasia, Fiano, Merlot
Classifications
DOCG 4 · DOC 27 · IGT 13 · Riserva 2
Styles
Red 60 · White 12 · Rosé 6 · Orange 2 · Sparkling 2
Prices
from € 9.95 · median € 20.22 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +2.2 °C · 2,196 GDD · 43 % rain
20257€ 9.95€ 12.00–hotwetwet harvest +1.2 °C · 2,210 GDD · 550 % rain
20247€ 9.95€ 13.00–hotdry +2.5 °C · 2,489 GDD · 54 % rain
20236€ 11.50€ 16.50–hot +1.1 °C · 2,193 GDD · 109 % rain
20228€ 9.95€ 20.56–hot +1.5 °C · 2,273 GDD · 91 % rain
20219€ 9.95€ 17.00–warmdry +0.6 °C · 2,072 GDD · 59 % rain
20207€ 12.00€ 28.50–average +0.3 °C · 2,009 GDD · 127 % rain
20195€ 10.50€ 26.57–hot +1.0 °C · 2,156 GDD · 84 % rain
2018––––warmwet +0.9 °C · 2,149 GDD · 130 % rain
20173€ 36.00€ 38.00–hotdry +1.0 °C · 2,169 GDD · 40 % rain
20165€ 10.50€ 34.70–coolwetwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,844 GDD · 166 % rain
20151€ 53.86€ 53.86–average +0.4 °C · 2,033 GDD · 117 % rain
20142€ 26.00€ 38.44–coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,807 GDD · 132 % rain
20131€ 59.00€ 29.50–average +0.1 °C · 1,977 GDD · 102 % rain
2012––––hot +1.3 °C · 2,231 GDD · 76 % rain
2011––––average −0.1 °C · 1,937 GDD · 86 % rain
2010––––coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,792 GDD · 159 % rain
2009––––warm +0.5 °C · 2,054 GDD · 99 % rain
2008––––averagedry +0.4 °C · 2,032 GDD · 70 % rain
2007––––warm +0.5 °C · 2,053 GDD · 78 % rain
2006––––average −0.1 °C · 1,922 GDD · 92 % rain
2005––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,843 GDD · 85 % rain
2004––––average −0.3 °C · 1,880 GDD · 120 % rain
2003––––hot +1.0 °C · 2,161 GDD · 115 % rain
2002––––average −0.3 °C · 1,884 GDD · 127 % rain
2001––––averagedry +0.3 °C · 2,018 GDD · 60 % rain
2000––––warmdry harvest +0.8 °C · 2,119 GDD · 88 % rain
1999––––warmdry +0.7 °C · 2,100 GDD · 66 % rain
1998––––average +0.2 °C · 2,000 GDD · 106 % rain
1997––––cool −0.8 °C · 1,850 GDD · 86 % rain
1996––––coldwet harvest −1.5 °C · 1,621 GDD · 118 % rain
1995––––cold −1.3 °C · 1,673 GDD · 108 % rain
1994––––average +0.4 °C · 2,033 GDD · 93 % rain
1993––––warm +0.5 °C · 2,052 GDD · 73 % rain
1992––––average −0.3 °C · 1,889 GDD · 96 % rain
1991––––cold −1.5 °C · 1,675 GDD · 103 % rain
1990––––average −0.3 °C · 1,898 GDD · 96 % rain
1989––––cold −1.2 °C · 1,690 GDD · 108 % rain
1988––––warm +0.5 °C · 2,064 GDD · 80 % rain
1987––––averagedrydry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,977 GDD · 68 % rain
1986––––averagedry −0.2 °C · 1,918 GDD · 64 % rain
1985––––averagedrydry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,883 GDD · 68 % rain
1984––––cold −1.8 °C · 1,576 GDD · 114 % rain
1983––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,849 GDD · 88 % rain
1982––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,941 GDD · 106 % rain

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