Wine region

Crete

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About Crete

Crete is a wine region, Greece. We track 25 of its wines in stock at 15 shops, from 7 wine houses, from € 13.95; mostly white, red.

At a glance
Country
Greece
In our wines
Assyrtiko, Syrah, Carignan, Grenache, Merlot
Styles
White 15 · Red 6 · Rosé 1 · Sparkling 1
Prices
from € 13.95 · median € 25.07 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––warmwetso far +0.6 °C · 2,379 GDD · 186 % rain
20257€ 13.95€ 29.95–warmdry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,760 GDD · 107 % rain
20246€ 22.00€ 26.60–hotdry +1.7 °C · 2,985 GDD · 46 % rain
20231€ 22.00€ 22.00–warmwetwet harvest +0.6 °C · 2,753 GDD · 138 % rain
20224€ 25.29€ 26.28–average +0.4 °C · 2,694 GDD · 98 % rain
20211€ 30.00€ 30.00–warm +0.6 °C · 2,739 GDD · 114 % rain
20202€ 27.95€ 156.56–warmwet +0.5 °C · 2,718 GDD · 132 % rain
2019––––average +0.2 °C · 2,667 GDD · 83 % rain
2018––––warmwet harvest +0.9 °C · 2,807 GDD · 119 % rain
2017––––averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 2,652 GDD · 90 % rain
2016––––warm +0.7 °C · 2,770 GDD · 85 % rain
2015––––averagewet harvest +0.3 °C · 2,669 GDD · 128 % rain
2014––––average +0.3 °C · 2,678 GDD · 99 % rain
2013––––averagedry +0.2 °C · 2,648 GDD · 48 % rain
2012––––warmdrydry harvest +0.9 °C · 2,797 GDD · 63 % rain
2011––––average −0.4 °C · 2,524 GDD · 129 % rain
2010––––warm +0.7 °C · 2,764 GDD · 74 % rain
2009––––averagewetwet harvest ±0.0 °C · 2,616 GDD · 147 % rain
2008––––averagedry +0.1 °C · 2,629 GDD · 70 % rain
2007––––averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 2,631 GDD · 97 % rain
2006––––averagewet −0.4 °C · 2,518 GDD · 224 % rain
2005––––cool −0.6 °C · 2,495 GDD · 84 % rain
2004––––averagedrydry harvest −0.4 °C · 2,532 GDD · 67 % rain
2003––––averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 2,638 GDD · 83 % rain
2002––––averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 2,636 GDD · 122 % rain
2001––––averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 2,650 GDD · 88 % rain
2000––––average −0.3 °C · 2,554 GDD · 77 % rain
1999––––warmdry +0.5 °C · 2,715 GDD · 63 % rain
1998––––average −0.2 °C · 2,568 GDD · 84 % rain
1997––––cold −1.1 °C · 2,378 GDD · 120 % rain
1996––––coolwetwet harvest −0.9 °C · 2,423 GDD · 144 % rain
1995––––cool −0.7 °C · 2,473 GDD · 84 % rain
1994––––averagewet +0.1 °C · 2,634 GDD · 203 % rain
1993––––cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 2,508 GDD · 72 % rain
1992––––cooldrydry harvest −0.9 °C · 2,427 GDD · 32 % rain
1991––––cooldry harvest −0.8 °C · 2,434 GDD · 83 % rain
1990––––averagedry −0.3 °C · 2,548 GDD · 49 % rain
1989––––cooldrydry harvest −0.7 °C · 2,470 GDD · 66 % rain
1988––––averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 2,607 GDD · 77 % rain
1987––––colddry harvest −1.0 °C · 2,397 GDD · 75 % rain
1986––––averagewet harvest −0.3 °C · 2,554 GDD · 86 % rain
1985––––averagedrydry harvest −0.4 °C · 2,519 GDD · 68 % rain
1984––––cooldrydry harvest −0.7 °C · 2,473 GDD · 54 % rain
1983––––cool −0.8 °C · 2,433 GDD · 95 % rain
1982––––cooldrydry harvest −0.6 °C · 2,480 GDD · 65 % rain

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

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