Wine region

Pfalz

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About Pfalz

Pfalz is a wine region, Germany. We track 877 of its wines in stock at 102 shops, from 80 wine houses, from € 3.75; mostly white, red.

At a glance
Country
Germany
In our wines
Riesling, Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris
Classifications
Grosses Gewächs 136 · Grosse Lage 3 · Erste Lage 24 · Beerenauslese 6 · Auslese 12 · Spätlese 8 · Kabinett 7
Styles
White 599 · Red 172 · Sparkling 52 · Rosé 27 · Orange 12 · Dessert 9
Prices
from € 3.75 · median € 22.61 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +2.9 °C · 1,651 GDD · 55 % rain
202597€ 8.50€ 15.92–hotwet harvest +1.1 °C · 1,355 GDD · 116 % rain
2024159€ 7.95€ 20.9095.3 (4 wines)warmwet +0.9 °C · 1,326 GDD · 136 % rain
2023120€ 6.95€ 24.4296.0 (2 wines)hot +1.6 °C · 1,508 GDD · 103 % rain
2022100€ 8.50€ 27.9995.0 (5 wines)hotwet harvest +2.1 °C · 1,611 GDD · 89 % rain
202174€ 8.02€ 37.2594.8 (4 wines)cool −0.7 °C · 1,076 GDD · 109 % rain
202056€ 10.17€ 45.85–warm +0.9 °C · 1,309 GDD · 88 % rain
201928€ 13.37€ 36.1896.0 (1 wine)warm +0.9 °C · 1,328 GDD · 106 % rain
201815€ 17.90€ 46.90–hotdry +2.4 °C · 1,635 GDD · 59 % rain
20176€ 23.70€ 35.70–average +0.4 °C · 1,263 GDD · 113 % rain
20166€ 24.95€ 36.83–average +0.1 °C · 1,223 GDD · 113 % rain
20157€ 33.32€ 45.90–averagedry +0.3 °C · 1,260 GDD · 67 % rain
20144€ 29.49€ 74.90–warm +0.7 °C · 1,253 GDD · 118 % rain
20134€ 34.66€ 67.76–coolwet −0.6 °C · 1,059 GDD · 130 % rain
20124€ 68.90€ 106.40–average −0.2 °C · 1,150 GDD · 109 % rain
20113€ 29.90€ 68.90–average +0.3 °C · 1,197 GDD · 86 % rain
20102€ 68.90€ 95.40–cool −0.9 °C · 1,002 GDD · 115 % rain
2009––––average +0.3 °C · 1,244 GDD · 96 % rain
20081€ 103.90€ 103.90–average −0.4 °C · 1,112 GDD · 104 % rain
2007––––average −0.2 °C · 1,117 GDD · 107 % rain
2006––––warm +0.9 °C · 1,357 GDD · 115 % rain
2005––––average +0.4 °C · 1,217 GDD · 86 % rain
2004––––average −0.2 °C · 1,083 GDD · 103 % rain
2003––––warm +0.9 °C · 1,461 GDD · 80 % rain
2002––––average −0.4 °C · 1,093 GDD · 117 % rain
2001––––average −0.2 °C · 1,154 GDD · 89 % rain
2000––––average +0.1 °C · 1,130 GDD · 103 % rain
1999––––average −0.1 °C · 1,180 GDD · 96 % rain
1998––––coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,071 GDD · 125 % rain
1997––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,102 GDD · 89 % rain
1996––––colddry harvest −1.6 °C · 856 GDD · 94 % rain
1995––––averagewet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,085 GDD · 116 % rain
1994––––averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,196 GDD · 101 % rain
1993––––coolwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,052 GDD · 112 % rain
1992––––average −0.3 °C · 1,199 GDD · 103 % rain
1991––––cooldry −0.7 °C · 1,113 GDD · 64 % rain
1990––––average −0.3 °C · 1,132 GDD · 81 % rain
1989––––average −0.2 °C · 1,144 GDD · 100 % rain
1988––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,049 GDD · 100 % rain
1987––––coldwet −1.2 °C · 868 GDD · 131 % rain
1986––––coldwetwet harvest −1.2 °C · 993 GDD · 138 % rain
1985––––cold −1.1 °C · 973 GDD · 90 % rain
1984––––coldwetwet harvest −1.9 °C · 810 GDD · 138 % rain
1983––––averagewet −0.4 °C · 1,074 GDD · 136 % rain
1982––––average −0.2 °C · 1,174 GDD · 111 % rain

Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Pfalz'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 region. 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.