Commandaria Greek: κουμανδαρία, κουμανταρία is an amber-coloured sweet dessert wine made in the Commandaria region of Cyprus on the foothills of the Troödos Mountains. Commandaria is made from sun-dried grapes of the varieties Xynisteri and Mavro. While often a fortified wine, through its production method it often reaches high alcohol levels, around 15%, already before fortification. It represents an ancient wine style documented in Cyprus back to 800 BC and has the distinction of being the world's oldest named wine still in production, with the name Commandaria dating back to the crusades in the 12th century. In December 2025, Commandaria was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, a recognition tied to the wine’s continuing production traditions in the 14 Commandaria villages.
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Commandaria is a wine region, Cyprus. We track 1 of its wines in stock at 1 shop, from 0 wine houses, from € 26.63; mostly dessert.
| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | averagewetso far ±0.0 °C · 2,800 GDD · 288 % rain |
| 2025 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.7 °C · 3,328 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2024 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.6 °C · 3,520 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2023 | – | – | – | – | warmwet +0.5 °C · 3,273 GDD · 131 % rain |
| 2022 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.4 °C · 3,255 GDD · 148 % rain |
| 2021 | – | – | – |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Commandaria'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.
| warmdry +0.6 °C · 3,301 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 2020 | – | – | – | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 3,333 GDD · 56 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 3,230 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2018 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.0 °C · 3,387 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | averagewetdry harvest +0.4 °C · 3,262 GDD · 131 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.9 °C · 3,352 GDD · 44 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.2 °C · 3,137 GDD · 137 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.2 °C · 3,132 GDD · 170 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 3,156 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 3,277 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.4 °C · 3,085 GDD · 141 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.6 °C · 3,290 GDD · 57 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.1 °C · 3,196 GDD · 130 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.5 °C · 3,281 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 3,238 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.2 °C · 3,204 GDD · 170 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 3,067 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.1 °C · 3,148 GDD · 31 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.1 °C · 3,204 GDD · 70 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 3,136 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 3,227 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.1 °C · 3,197 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.5 °C · 3,269 GDD · 50 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.4 °C · 3,253 GDD · 50 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.1 °C · 2,943 GDD · 170 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.5 °C · 3,064 GDD · 167 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 3,055 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.6 °C · 3,304 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.4 °C · 3,088 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 2,915 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.9 °C · 2,985 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.4 °C · 3,087 GDD · 35 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 3,152 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | averagewetdry harvest ±0.0 °C · 3,179 GDD · 178 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.8 °C · 2,996 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 3,114 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.4 °C · 3,079 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.7 °C · 3,020 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | colddry harvest −1.2 °C · 2,906 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | cooldrydry harvest −0.9 °C · 2,978 GDD · 70 % rain |