Montepulciano d'Abruzzo is an Italian red wine made from the Montepulciano wine grape in the Abruzzo region of east-central Italy. It should not be confused with Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, a Tuscan wine made from Sangiovese and other grapes.
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Montepulciano d'Abruzzo is an appellation in Abruzzo, Italy. Its rules allow Montepulciano. We track 326 of its wines in stock at 129 shops, from 76 wine houses, from € 5.95; mostly red.
| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +2.5 °C · 2,518 GDD · 61 % rain |
| 2025 | 11 | € 5.95 | € 13.00 | – | hot +1.2 °C · 2,570 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 2024 | 37 | € 5.99 | € 11.95 | 88.0 (1 wine) | hotwet harvest +2.0 °C · 2,734 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2023 | 31 | € 9.95 | € 13.50 | 91.5 (2 wines) | hot +1.3 °C · 2,595 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 2022 | 42 | € 7.89 | € 18.37 | – | hotdry +1.4 °C · 2,616 GDD · 63 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Montepulciano d'Abruzzo'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.
Tenuta Ulisse 20 · Emidio Pepe 13 · Zaccagnini 11 · Masciarelli 11 · Azienda Collefrisio 10 · Torre dei Beati 9 · Cirelli 7 · Valle Reale 7 · Valentini 6 · Cantina Frentana 6 · Fosso Corno 6 · Cantina Marramiero 6 · Illuminati 6 · Velenosi 5 · Bòve 5 · Cataldi Madonna 5
| 2021 | 35 | € 7.95 | € 21.90 | – | warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 2,413 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2020 | 26 | € 6.80 | € 20.13 | – | average +0.4 °C · 2,396 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2019 | 17 | € 7.50 | € 24.25 | – | warm +0.7 °C · 2,472 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 2018 | 11 | € 14.30 | € 22.00 | – | hot +1.2 °C · 2,569 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 2017 | 8 | € 8.95 | € 21.45 | – | warmdry +0.7 °C · 2,464 GDD · 50 % rain |
| 2016 | 3 | € 28.95 | € 31.98 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 2,310 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 2015 | 4 | € 16.00 | € 184.95 | – | warm +0.6 °C · 2,451 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 2,241 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2013 | 1 | € 395.00 | € 395.00 | – | averagedry +0.3 °C · 2,379 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 2012 | 1 | € 395.00 | € 395.00 | – | warmwet harvest +0.9 °C · 2,511 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2011 | 1 | € 42.95 | € 42.95 | – | warm +0.5 °C · 2,410 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 2,227 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2009 | 1 | € 60.00 | € 60.00 | – | averagewet +0.3 °C · 2,386 GDD · 155 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 2,351 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2007 | 1 | € 261.04 | € 261.04 | – | average +0.3 °C · 2,369 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 2,294 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 2,175 GDD · 152 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 2,248 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 2003 | 1 | € 212.09 | € 212.09 | – | warm +0.8 °C · 2,480 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2002 | 1 | € 250.16 | € 250.16 | – | averagewet harvest −0.3 °C · 2,251 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.2 °C · 2,278 GDD · 61 % rain |
| 2000 | 1 | € 400.41 | € 400.41 | – | average +0.1 °C · 2,346 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 2,266 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 1998 | 1 | € 200.00 | € 200.00 | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 2,311 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 2,145 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | coldwet harvest −1.4 °C · 2,022 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 2,085 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 2,357 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.1 °C · 2,302 GDD · 53 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 2,229 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.5 °C · 1,998 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | cooldrydry harvest −0.6 °C · 2,189 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.3 °C · 2,034 GDD · 136 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 2,312 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.3 °C · 2,242 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 2,204 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | cooldrydry harvest −0.5 °C · 2,217 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.5 °C · 2,003 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 1983 | 1 | € 440.00 | € 440.00 | – | cool −0.5 °C · 2,218 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.2 °C · 2,280 GDD · 70 % rain |