Palmela is a Portuguese wine region centered on the town of Palmela in the Setúbal Peninsula subregion. The wine region has the Denominação de Origem Controlada (DOC) status after having been elevated from its former Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada (IPR) status. At the same time, the former Arrábida IPR, centered on the Arrabida hills, was absorbed into Palmela DOC.
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Palmela is an appellation in Setúbal Peninsula, Portugal. We track 19 of its wines in stock at 6 shops, from 2 wine houses, from € 10.48; mostly red, white.
| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +1.2 °C · 2,154 GDD · 42 % rain |
| 2025 | – | – | – | – | hotdry harvest +1.2 °C · 2,438 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2024 | 1 | € 15.50 | € 15.50 | – | warmdry harvest +0.6 °C · 2,313 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 2023 | 1 | € 14.95 | € 14.95 | – | hotwet harvest +1.4 °C · 2,492 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2022 | 1 | € 16.85 | € 16.85 | – | warmwet harvest +0.8 °C · 2,366 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2021 | 4 | € 14.89 | € 16.73 | – | average −0.2 °C · 2,141 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2020 | 1 | € 13.90 | € 13.90 | – | averagewet +0.1 °C · 2,213 GDD · 185 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.1 °C · 2,160 GDD · 64 % rain |
| 2018 | 1 | € 31.15 | € 31.15 | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 2,161 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.9 °C · 2,380 GDD · 30 % rain |
| 2016 | 4 | € 10.48 | € 15.72 | – | averagedry harvest +0.4 °C · 2,275 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 2,294 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 2,231 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.1 °C · 2,163 GDD · 56 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 2,118 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 2,290 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 2,216 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.5 °C · 2,283 GDD · 58 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 2,084 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 2,082 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.1 °C · 2,426 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 2,355 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 2,202 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.2 °C · 2,140 GDD · 194 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 2,050 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 2,058 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 2,124 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 2,206 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 2,116 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.2 °C · 2,222 GDD · 155 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.9 °C · 1,998 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +1.0 °C · 2,399 GDD · 51 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 2,077 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −1.0 °C · 1,976 GDD · 175 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 2,133 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.2 °C · 2,235 GDD · 58 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 2,230 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | warmwet +0.6 °C · 2,322 GDD · 143 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | coolwetdry harvest −0.7 °C · 2,024 GDD · 140 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 2,294 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 2,059 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 2,130 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.7 °C · 2,041 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.4 °C · 2,090 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | cooldrywet harvest −0.6 °C · 2,047 GDD · 68 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Palmela'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.