Côtes du Rhône is a wine-growing Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) for the Rhône wine region of France, which may be used throughout the region, also in those areas which are covered by other AOCs. In a limited part of the region, the Côtes-du-Rhône Villages AOC may be used, in some cases together with the name of the commune.
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Côtes du Rhône is an appellation in Rhône, France. We track 653 of its wines in stock at 184 shops, from 168 wine houses, from € 5.99; mostly red, white.
| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +4.6 °C · 2,570 GDD · 27 % rain |
| 2025 | 78 | € 6.50 | € 13.98 | – | hotdrydry harvest +2.2 °C · 2,339 GDD · 33 % rain |
| 2024 | 121 | € 6.06 | € 15.50 | 91.0 (2 wines) | hot +1.1 °C · 2,107 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2023 | 111 | € 5.99 | € 17.80 | 91.0 (2 wines) | hot +2.2 °C · 2,339 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2022 | 75 | € 7.50 | € 19.20 | 92.0 (2 wines) |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Côtes du Rhône'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.
Le Clos du Caillou 33 · Domaine Gramenon 19 · Domaine de la Janasse 14 · Domaine Roche-Audran 12 · Famille Perrin 12 · Paul Jaboulet Aîné 11 · Guigal 10 · Domaine de la Solitude 8 · Mas de Libian 8 · Alain Jaume 8 · Domaine De La Vieille Julienne 7 · Château de Beaucastel 7 · Château Beauchêne 7 · Maison Tardieu-Laurent 6 · Château La Nerthe 5 · Clos Bellane 5
| 2021 | 36 | € 6.90 | € 21.00 | 92.0 (1 wine) | average ±0.0 °C · 1,868 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 2020 | 25 | € 9.90 | € 26.00 | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,951 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2019 | 15 | € 6.68 | € 18.73 | 95.0 (1 wine) | hot +1.0 °C · 2,076 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2018 | 2 | € 7.95 | € 14.75 | – | hotdry harvest +1.4 °C · 2,161 GDD · 128 % rain |
| 2017 | 5 | € 11.76 | € 21.99 | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,018 GDD · 45 % rain |
| 2016 | 4 | € 18.99 | € 27.92 | 97.0 (1 wine) | average +0.1 °C · 1,883 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2015 | 3 | € 18.25 | € 29.95 | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,926 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2014 | 1 | € 350.00 | € 350.00 | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,838 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2013 | 2 | € 372.00 | € 386.68 | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,742 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,886 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 2011 | 2 | € 30.00 | € 190.00 | 94.0 (1 wine) | warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,963 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 2010 | 1 | € 499.00 | € 499.00 | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,684 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2009 | 1 | € 37.20 | € 37.20 | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,998 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,694 GDD · 138 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,860 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.9 °C · 2,049 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,874 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,885 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +1.5 °C · 2,193 GDD · 70 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,776 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,844 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,805 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,895 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 1998 | 1 | € 15.00 | € 15.00 | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,724 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,838 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.6 °C · 1,517 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,737 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,857 GDD · 139 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,716 GDD · 149 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,720 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,804 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,935 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,885 GDD · 53 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,749 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | coolwetdry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,745 GDD · 131 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,815 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | cooldrydry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,756 GDD · 70 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −2.1 °C · 1,424 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.7 °C · 1,720 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,819 GDD · 105 % rain |