Sancerre is a French wine Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine produced in the area of Sancerre in the eastern part of the Loire valley, southeast of Orléans.
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Sancerre is an appellation in Loire, France. Its rules allow Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc. We track 453 of its wines in stock at 123 shops, from 85 wine houses, from € 9.23; mostly white, red.
- Country
- France
- Region
- Loire
- Grapes allowed
- Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc
- In our wines
- Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Grüner Veltliner, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay
- Styles
- White 301 · Red 87 · Rosé 37 · Sparkling 1
- Prices
- from € 9.23 · median € 35.00 / 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 +4.7 °C · 1,964 GDD · 27 % rain |
| 2025 | 71 | € 9.23 | € 29.50 | 92.0 (1 wine) | hotdry +1.7 °C · 1,491 GDD · 41 % rain |
| 2024 | 81 | € 14.50 | € 34.00 | – | warmwetwet harvest +0.5 °C · 1,255 GDD · 150 % rain |
| 2023 | 86 | € 11.90 | € 37.73 | 93.0 (1 wine) | hot +2.0 °C · 1,579 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2022 | 48 | € 14.00 | € 38.89 | 92.0 (1 wine) | hot +2.2 °C · 1,601 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2021 | 18 | € 26.00 | € 49.53 | – | averagewet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,124 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2020 | 15 | € 19.90 | € 40.00 | – | hot +1.2 °C · 1,390 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2019 | 12 | € 36.90 | € 67.71 | – | hot +1.0 °C · 1,361 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 2018 | 6 | € 14.00 | € 52.50 | – | hotdry harvest +1.4 °C · 1,442 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 2017 | 5 | € 25.00 | € 37.00 | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,241 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2016 | 3 | € 40.00 | € 92.00 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,124 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 2015 | 1 | € 104.23 | € 104.23 | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,167 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2014 | 2 | € 30.86 | € 44.68 | 96.0 (1 wine) | average ±0.0 °C · 1,141 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,077 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,118 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 2011 | 1 | € 44.00 | € 44.00 | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,265 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 998 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,188 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.0 °C · 969 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,057 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.1 °C · 1,377 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,317 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,139 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,352 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.8 °C · 976 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,111 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,071 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,190 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,071 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,137 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | colddry −1.0 °C · 940 GDD · 70 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,154 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,159 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,031 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,230 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.3 °C · 1,235 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +1.1 °C · 1,411 GDD · 58 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,273 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,022 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,030 GDD · 122 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,028 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | colddry harvest −1.2 °C · 906 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.7 °C · 818 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,016 GDD · 136 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,050 GDD · 114 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Sancerre'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.
Henri Bourgeois 22 · Domaine Alphonse Mellot 21 · Baron de Ladoucette 12 · Domaine Vincent Pinard 12 · Domaine Vacheron 11 · Vincent Gaudry 10 · Lucien Crochet 10 · Domaine Jean Paul Balland 9 · Gitton Pere & Fils 9 · Domaine Delaporte 8 · Domaine Laporte 8 · Joseph Mellot 8 · Gérard Boulay 7 · Jean Paul Picard 7 · François Cotat 6 · Domaine Claude Riffault 6