Cerasuolo di Vittoria is a dry red Italian wine from a region around the comune of Vittoria, Sicily. The only wine with DOCG status in Sicily, it is made from a blend of two Sicilian grape varieties, Nero d'Avola at between 50% and 70%, with Frappato as the remainder. The DOCG rules also include regulation of cropping rates and a minimum alcohol level of 13%. Cerasuolo means "cherry red" and refers to the colour of the resulting blend of these grapes.
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Cerasuolo di Vittoria is an appellation in Sicily, Italy. Its rules allow Nero d'Avola, Frappato. We track 32 of its wines in stock at 27 shops, from 12 wine houses, from € 12.00; mostly rosé.
| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotso far +2.1 °C · 2,707 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 2025 | 2 | € 17.00 | € 18.50 | – | hotdry harvest +1.2 °C · 2,894 GDD · 122 % rain |
| 2024 | 5 | € 12.50 | € 17.00 | – | hotdry +2.0 °C · 3,054 GDD · 50 % rain |
| 2023 | 9 | € 12.50 | € 18.00 | – | warmwetdry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,783 GDD · 264 % rain |
| 2022 | 5 | € 12.00 | € 16.90 | – |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Cerasuolo di Vittoria'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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| 2021 | 1 | € 43.00 | € 43.00 | – | warmwet +0.9 °C · 2,824 GDD · 141 % rain |
| 2020 | 1 | € 65.65 | € 65.65 | – | averagewet harvest +0.4 °C · 2,720 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 2,722 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 2018 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.2 °C · 2,688 GDD · 212 % rain |
| 2017 | 1 | € 29.90 | € 29.90 | – | average +0.3 °C · 2,703 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 2,692 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.3 °C · 2,703 GDD · 128 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 2,602 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 2,698 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 2,811 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.1 °C · 2,606 GDD · 161 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.5 °C · 2,524 GDD · 137 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.1 °C · 2,622 GDD · 163 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 2,689 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 2,701 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 2006 | 1 | € 13.50 | € 13.50 | – | average +0.1 °C · 2,664 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 2,539 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 2,550 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hotwetwet harvest +1.1 °C · 2,866 GDD · 179 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.3 °C · 2,577 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 2,692 GDD · 30 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 2,645 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.8 °C · 2,811 GDD · 32 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 2,631 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.5 °C · 2,526 GDD · 169 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.3 °C · 2,350 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 2,512 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 2,758 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.2 °C · 2,676 GDD · 56 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 2,478 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 2,493 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 2,692 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.4 °C · 2,542 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +1.0 °C · 2,845 GDD · 50 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 2,695 GDD · 23 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.2 °C · 2,673 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 2,618 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cooldry −0.9 °C · 2,454 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.1 °C · 2,623 GDD · 48 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.3 °C · 2,692 GDD · 136 % rain |