Monterey is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in eastern Monterey County, California. It was recognized on July 16, 1984, by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), Treasury after reviewing the petition submitted by the Monterey Winegrowers Council to establish the "Monterey" viticultural area. The designated area within the multi-county Central Coast AVA expands almost the entire length of the county from the Monterey Bay southern shoreline to the Salinas river valley framed by the Santa Lucia, Sierra de Salinas and Gabilan Ranges stretching north–south for about 100 miles (160 km) from Watsonville to its southern point, abutting the town of Paso Robles in San Luis Obispo County. Monterey AVA expands approximately 360,000 acres (560 sq mi) with about 40,000 acres (16,000 ha) of cultivated vineyards. The AVA includes parts of the Carmel and the Salinas valleys containing five smaller American viticultural areas: Arroyo Seco, Hames Valley, San Bernabe, San Lucas and Santa Lucia Highlands. The northern portion is a cool growing region with a very long growing season. Daytime temperatures rarely exceed 75 °F (24 °C) in most parts of the region, although the southern segments of the AVA can measure 100 °F (38 °C) at times. The soil is sandy loam and most regions require irrigation from the Salinas River.
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Monterey is an appellation in California, United States. We track 26 of its wines in stock at 24 shops, from 7 wine houses, from € 16.95; mostly red, white.
| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | warmso far +0.9 °C · 1,788 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 2025 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.5 °C · 1,936 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2024 | 2 | € 16.95 | € 18.08 | – | hotdry +1.6 °C · 2,168 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 2023 | 4 | € 16.95 | € 22.73 | – | averagedry −0.2 °C · 1,793 GDD · 35 % rain |
| 2022 | 3 | € 17.50 | € 17.50 | – |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Monterey'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.
Granite Coast Vineyards 6 · Hahn Family Wines 5 · Longford Estate 2 · Caymus Vineyards 1 · Chamisal Vineyards 1 · Belle Glos 1 · Talbott Vineyards 1
| 2021 | 3 | € 24.08 | € 46.70 | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,998 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2020 | 3 | € 24.08 | € 27.43 | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.8 °C · 2,206 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 2019 | 4 | € 16.95 | € 29.01 | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,931 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2018 | 1 | € 22.61 | € 22.61 | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 2,003 GDD · 39 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +1.3 °C · 2,096 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 2016 | 1 | € 27.43 | € 27.43 | – | warmdry harvest +0.6 °C · 1,946 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.9 °C · 2,022 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | hotwet harvest +1.4 °C · 2,131 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.3 °C · 1,879 GDD · 28 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,833 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | coldwetdry harvest −1.3 °C · 1,538 GDD · 146 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | coldwetdry harvest −1.5 °C · 1,517 GDD · 193 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,834 GDD · 164 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,939 GDD · 26 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,741 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | averagewetdry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,832 GDD · 178 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,710 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,785 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.2 °C · 1,886 GDD · 139 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.2 °C · 1,769 GDD · 39 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,898 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,720 GDD · 180 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,580 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −1.6 °C · 1,489 GDD · 202 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,879 GDD · 34 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | averagewetdry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,896 GDD · 164 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | coolwetdry harvest −0.8 °C · 1,649 GDD · 132 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,715 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,758 GDD · 62 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.0 °C · 2,031 GDD · 56 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cooldrydry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,721 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,875 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,707 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.7 °C · 1,975 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.8 °C · 1,990 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cooldrywet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,678 GDD · 60 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagedrywet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,841 GDD · 55 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,890 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.3 °C · 1,577 GDD · 218 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.4 °C · 1,514 GDD · 214 % rain |