Wairau Valley is an appellation in Marlborough, New Zealand. We track 13 of its wines in stock at 7 shops, from 6 wine houses, from € 10.95; mostly white.
| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | averagewet ±0.0 °C · 717 GDD · 150 % rain |
| 2025 | 2 | € 10.95 | € 18.79 | – | averagewet +0.4 °C · 808 GDD · 134 % rain |
| 2024 | 3 | € 10.95 | € 17.11 | 92.0 (1 wine) | average +0.2 °C · 769 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 2023 | 1 | € 12.95 | € 12.95 | – | averagewet ±0.0 °C · 735 GDD · 142 % rain |
| 2022 | 2 | € 13.50 | € 18.23 | – | averagewet +0.4 °C · 806 GDD · 130 % rain |
| 2021 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 725 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 2020 | 1 | € 11.95 | € 11.95 | – | average +0.2 °C · 771 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 891 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2018 | – | – | – | – | warmwet +0.8 °C · 899 GDD · 155 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.3 °C · 646 GDD · 163 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 830 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 803 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 746 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 807 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 546 GDD · 128 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 784 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 761 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 749 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 846 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 699 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 810 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 674 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 675 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.1 °C · 735 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 774 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.6 °C · 836 GDD · 33 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 716 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.7 °C · 867 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +1.1 °C · 938 GDD · 49 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.8 °C · 556 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 668 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.2 °C · 711 GDD · 143 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 590 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −1.6 °C · 441 GDD · 137 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.3 °C · 484 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 668 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.0 °C · 924 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.7 °C · 877 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 664 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.3 °C · 652 GDD · 139 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.1 °C · 730 GDD · 148 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 827 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 620 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 695 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.4 °C · 794 GDD · 87 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Wairau Valley'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.
Grove Mill 5 · Saint Clair 3 · Wairau River 2 · Smith & Sheth 1 · Two Rivers 1 · Villa Maria 1