The Clare Valley wine region is one of Australia's oldest wine regions, best known for Riesling wines. It lies in the Mid North of South Australia, approximately 142 km north of Adelaide. The valley runs north-south, with Horrocks Highway as the main thoroughfare.
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Clare Valley is an appellation in South Australia, Australia. We track 34 of its wines in stock at 15 shops, from 3 wine houses, from € 17.35; mostly white, red.
| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.8 °C · 2,265 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2025 | 1 | € 20.34 | € 20.34 | – | hotdry +2.1 °C · 2,536 GDD · 57 % rain |
| 2024 | 3 | € 28.10 | € 41.77 | 94.0 (1 wine) | warm +0.7 °C · 2,252 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2023 | – | – | – | – | coolwetdry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,974 GDD · 134 % rain |
| 2022 | 3 | € 22.73 | € 24.20 | 95.0 (1 wine) | averagedrydry harvest ±0.0 °C · 2,106 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 2021 | 3 | € 23.63 | € 30.51 | – | averagedry −0.1 °C · 2,075 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 2020 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 2,135 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.5 °C · 2,422 GDD · 7 % rain |
| 2018 | 2 | € 100.35 | € 183.98 | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.6 °C · 2,439 GDD · 12 % rain |
| 2017 | 3 | € 38.00 | € 106.49 | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.2 °C · 2,141 GDD · 32 % rain |
| 2016 | 1 | € 234.00 | € 234.00 | – | hotdry +1.8 °C · 2,495 GDD · 55 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 2,124 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.2 °C · 2,150 GDD · 134 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 2,268 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 2,062 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.8 °C · 1,922 GDD · 204 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | hotwet harvest +1.1 °C · 2,319 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 2,112 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 2,191 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | warmwetwet harvest +0.7 °C · 2,247 GDD · 146 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.3 °C · 2,030 GDD · 158 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 2,014 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.1 °C · 2,057 GDD · 54 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 2,059 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.9 °C · 1,697 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.2 °C · 2,338 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.3 °C · 2,025 GDD · 155 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 2,110 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.6 °C · 1,975 GDD · 164 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.8 °C · 1,912 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.4 °C · 1,805 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,960 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | colddry harvest −1.2 °C · 1,841 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −1.5 °C · 1,772 GDD · 199 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,854 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 2,096 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,989 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 2,002 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.3 °C · 2,040 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.9 °C · 1,680 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | colddry harvest −1.2 °C · 1,836 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,974 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.9 °C · 1,906 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 2,063 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.3 °C · 2,042 GDD · 95 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Clare Valley'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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