Rioja Alta is an appellation in Rioja, Spain. We track 85 of its wines in stock at 24 shops, from 14 wine houses, from € 5.95; mostly red, white.
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Rioja
- In our wines
- Tempranillo, Grenache, Graciano, Carignan, Macabeo
- Classifications
- Gran Reserva 13 · Reserva 23 · Crianza 10
- Styles
- Red 71 · White 12
- Prices
- from € 5.95 · median € 47.00 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +3.7 °C · 1,682 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 2025 | 1 | € 14.31 | € 14.31 | – | hot +2.0 °C · 1,495 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2024 | 2 | € 7.50 | € 29.23 | – | warmwetwet harvest +0.7 °C · 1,228 GDD · 137 % rain |
| 2023 | 5 | € 5.95 | € 13.25 | 95.0 (1 wine) | hotwet harvest +2.3 °C · 1,565 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2022 | 3 | € 17.99 | € 9.41 | – | hotdry +2.1 °C · 1,584 GDD · 57 % rain |
| 2021 | 13 | € 9.95 | € 18.95 | 94.2 (6 wines) | averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,092 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2020 | 4 | € 7.95 | € 19.10 | 94.0 (1 wine) | averagewet +0.3 °C · 1,135 GDD · 139 % rain |
| 2019 | 14 | € 14.50 | € 29.23 | 94.6 (5 wines) | warm +0.5 °C · 1,216 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2018 | 7 | € 15.95 | € 25.00 | 93.8 (5 wines) | average +0.3 °C · 1,127 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 2017 | 3 | € 10.95 | € 29.50 | 94.0 (1 wine) | hot +1.4 °C · 1,369 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2016 | 8 | € 29.95 | € 35.71 | 95.3 (6 wines) | averagedry +0.3 °C · 1,209 GDD · 58 % rain |
| 2015 | 6 | € 16.25 | € 73.48 | 95.8 (4 wines) | warm +0.5 °C · 1,182 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 2014 | 1 | € 120.00 | € 120.00 | 96.0 (1 wine) | warm +0.5 °C · 1,188 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 932 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2012 | 2 | € 47.49 | € 163.74 | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,247 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2011 | 1 | € 81.95 | € 81.95 | 95.0 (1 wine) | warm +0.8 °C · 1,234 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2010 | 6 | € 22.95 | € 92.49 | 96.0 (4 wines) | cool −0.6 °C · 948 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2009 | 2 | € 38.95 | € 49.72 | 96.0 (1 wine) | average +0.3 °C · 1,209 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.9 °C · 903 GDD · 150 % rain |
| 2007 | 1 | € 75.00 | € 75.00 | – | cool −0.7 °C · 922 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2006 | 1 | € 50.00 | € 50.00 | 92.0 (1 wine) | hot +1.4 °C · 1,385 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2005 | 2 | € 15.15 | € 24.70 | – | warm +0.7 °C · 1,242 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2004 | 2 | € 200.00 | € 210.00 | 98.0 (1 wine) | average −0.2 °C · 1,112 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.0 °C · 1,317 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,007 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,074 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,126 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,099 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.8 °C · 999 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.1 °C · 1,102 GDD · 140 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 943 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 1,115 GDD · 60 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,132 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −1.4 °C · 876 GDD · 132 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.6 °C · 1,023 GDD · 145 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,097 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.9 °C · 1,350 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,273 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,004 GDD · 127 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,174 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,107 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,092 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.5 °C · 824 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,018 GDD · 122 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,014 GDD · 98 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Rioja Alta'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.
Lopez de Heredia 9 · Marqués de Murrieta 8 · Bodega Viña Ijalba 7 · Marques de Vargas 5 · Muga 2 · Jose Gil 2 · Gomez Cruzado 2 · Torre de Oña 1 · Bodegas Muga S.A. 1 · Bodegas Verum 1 · Finca Athus 1 · Gran Cerdo 1 · Lopez Heredia Vina Condonia 1 · Bodegas Bilbaínas 1