Appellation

Cortona

23 winesOn the map

About Cortona

Cortona is an appellation in Tuscany, Italy. We track 23 of its wines in stock at 15 shops, from 9 wine houses, from € 12.80; mostly red.

At a glance
Country
Italy
Region
Tuscany
In our wines
Syrah, Merlot, Pecorino
Classifications
DOC 15
Styles
Red 23
Prices
from € 12.80 · median € 28.70 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +3.7 °C · 2,283 GDD · 41 % rain
2025––––hotdry +1.6 °C · 2,058 GDD · 67 % rain
20242€ 12.80€ 13.40–hot +2.1 °C · 2,172 GDD · 88 % rain
20234€ 14.00€ 24.20–hotdry harvest +1.6 °C · 2,064 GDD · 75 % rain
20223€ 25.50€ 28.70–hotdry +2.2 °C · 2,194 GDD · 60 % rain
20212€ 29.43€ 36.79–averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,819 GDD · 52 % rain
20202€ 13.45€ 16.73–average +0.3 °C · 1,782 GDD · 98 % rain
20192€ 19.00€ 22.75–warm +0.8 °C · 1,881 GDD · 108 % rain
20182€ 16.50€ 18.22–hotdry harvest +1.0 °C · 1,924 GDD · 80 % rain
2017––––hotdrywet harvest +1.0 °C · 1,923 GDD · 65 % rain
2016––––average −0.2 °C · 1,666 GDD · 120 % rain
2015––––warm +0.5 °C · 1,822 GDD · 104 % rain
2014––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,596 GDD · 106 % rain
2013––––average −0.1 °C · 1,693 GDD · 94 % rain
2012––––warm +0.8 °C · 1,895 GDD · 111 % rain
2011––––averagedry +0.4 °C · 1,805 GDD · 65 % rain
2010––––cold −1.1 °C · 1,485 GDD · 128 % rain
20091€ 46.70€ 46.70–average +0.4 °C · 1,807 GDD · 89 % rain
2008––––average +0.1 °C · 1,731 GDD · 90 % rain
2007––––average +0.3 °C · 1,789 GDD · 74 % rain
2006––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,722 GDD · 83 % rain
2005––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,628 GDD · 114 % rain
2004––––average −0.3 °C · 1,645 GDD · 107 % rain
2003––––hot +1.2 °C · 1,988 GDD · 88 % rain
2002––––averagewet −0.4 °C · 1,624 GDD · 132 % rain
2001––––average −0.1 °C · 1,713 GDD · 75 % rain
2000––––average +0.4 °C · 1,809 GDD · 97 % rain
1999––––average +0.3 °C · 1,774 GDD · 93 % rain
1998––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,718 GDD · 109 % rain
1997––––cooldry harvest −0.7 °C · 1,641 GDD · 74 % rain
1996––––coldwet harvest −1.5 °C · 1,385 GDD · 129 % rain
1995––––cold −1.2 °C · 1,467 GDD · 89 % rain
1994––––average +0.1 °C · 1,764 GDD · 98 % rain
1993––––averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,698 GDD · 118 % rain
1992––––averagewet −0.4 °C · 1,627 GDD · 140 % rain
1991––––cold −1.3 °C · 1,489 GDD · 121 % rain
1990––––averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,689 GDD · 96 % rain
1989––––cold −1.3 °C · 1,439 GDD · 120 % rain
1988––––averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,665 GDD · 92 % rain
1987––––average −0.1 °C · 1,699 GDD · 92 % rain
1986––––cool −0.8 °C · 1,550 GDD · 102 % rain
1985––––averagedrydry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,713 GDD · 57 % rain
1984––––coldwetwet harvest −2.3 °C · 1,274 GDD · 136 % rain
1983––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,565 GDD · 82 % rain
1982––––average −0.3 °C · 1,678 GDD · 120 % rain

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