Yakima Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located on a east-west axis in the nearly 75-mile long (121 km) by 22-mile wide (35 km) Yakima Valley landform centered around the Yakima River in south central Washington. The wine appellation was established as the nation's 28th and the state's initial AVA on April 4, 1983 by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), Treasury after reviewing the petition submitted by the Yakima Valley Appellation Committee proposing a viticultural area named "Yakima Valley."
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Yakima Valley is an appellation in Washington State, United States. We track 1 of its wines in stock at 1 shop, from 0 wine houses, from € 40.01; mostly red.
| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | coolso far −0.5 °C · 1,494 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 2025 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,542 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2024 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,621 GDD · 58 % rain |
| 2023 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.2 °C · 1,852 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2022 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,830 GDD · 127 % rain |
| 2021 | – | – | – | – | hotdrywet harvest +1.7 °C · 1,920 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 2020 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.7 °C · 1,706 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,623 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2018 | 1 | € 40.01 | € 40.01 | – | warmdry harvest +0.7 °C · 1,728 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,701 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.7 °C · 1,714 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.8 °C · 1,962 GDD · 57 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.2 °C · 1,827 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.4 °C · 1,674 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,580 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | colddry harvest −1.2 °C · 1,394 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.0 °C · 1,372 GDD · 145 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,675 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | cooldry −0.6 °C · 1,503 GDD · 56 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.2 °C · 1,528 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,655 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.3 °C · 1,641 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.0 °C · 1,776 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.9 °C · 1,773 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,540 GDD · 56 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,536 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,419 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | colddry harvest −1.3 °C · 1,316 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,659 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.8 °C · 1,456 GDD · 142 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.3 °C · 1,312 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.1 °C · 1,377 GDD · 159 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.3 °C · 1,633 GDD · 144 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.9 °C · 1,388 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.4 °C · 1,661 GDD · 146 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | coolwetdry harvest −0.7 °C · 1,412 GDD · 135 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagewetdry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,615 GDD · 152 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,449 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,545 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.6 °C · 1,687 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,452 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | coldwet harvest −1.1 °C · 1,365 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −2.4 °C · 1,162 GDD · 143 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | coldwet harvest −1.6 °C · 1,231 GDD · 123 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.5 °C · 1,360 GDD · 172 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Yakima 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.