Fronsac is a wine growing region named after the commune of Fronsac on the right bank of the Gironde estuary in Bordeaux. It includes the following communes: La Rivière, St.-Germain-la-Rivière, St.-Aignan, Saillans, St.Michel-de-Fronsac, Galgon, and Fronsac. Canon Fronsac AOC is a sub-appellation contained entirely within Fronsac AOC in the southern area nearest the river Dordogne.
From the Wikipedia article Fronsac AOC, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fronsac is an appellation in Bordeaux, France. We track 50 of its wines in stock at 26 shops, from 11 wine houses, from € 10.04; mostly red.
- Country
- France
- Region
- Bordeaux
- In our wines
- Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Bordeauxblend, Cabernet
- Styles
- Red 49 · Rosé 1
- Prices
- from € 10.04 · median € 22.84 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +5.2 °C · 2,409 GDD · 29 % rain |
| 2025 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +2.5 °C · 2,131 GDD · 34 % rain |
| 2024 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,595 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 2023 | 2 | € 12.99 | € 18.89 | – | hot +2.4 °C · 2,090 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2022 | 7 | € 19.80 | € 23.42 | – | hotdry +3.1 °C · 2,248 GDD · 60 % rain |
| 2021 | 5 | € 18.98 | € 23.95 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,533 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 2020 | 9 | € 17.50 | € 24.68 | 93.0 (1 wine) | warm +0.8 °C · 1,731 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 2019 | 5 | € 16.98 | € 19.94 | 93.0 (1 wine) | warm +0.9 °C · 1,771 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 2018 | 6 | € 10.04 | € 17.87 | 93.0 (1 wine) | hotdry harvest +1.1 °C · 1,823 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2017 | 3 | € 18.95 | € 22.84 | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,727 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2016 | 2 | € 22.84 | € 27.59 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,581 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2015 | 1 | € 39.97 | € 39.97 | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,675 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2014 | 1 | € 41.88 | € 41.88 | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,635 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,444 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,574 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2011 | 1 | € 34.00 | € 34.00 | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 1,766 GDD · 58 % rain |
| 2010 | 1 | € 27.25 | € 27.25 | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,462 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,641 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 1,338 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,465 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2006 | 1 | € 27.50 | € 27.50 | – | warmwet harvest +0.9 °C · 1,778 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.9 °C · 1,778 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,570 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.5 °C · 1,910 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,494 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,434 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,490 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,578 GDD · 123 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coldwet harvest −1.1 °C · 1,366 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,582 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.4 °C · 1,297 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,572 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,487 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.1 °C · 1,343 GDD · 149 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.9 °C · 1,386 GDD · 150 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,583 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +1.5 °C · 1,913 GDD · 60 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.8 °C · 1,777 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,446 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,594 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.9 °C · 1,469 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.7 °C · 1,435 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.6 °C · 1,242 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.9 °C · 1,402 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,414 GDD · 110 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Fronsac'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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