Appellation

Terrasses du Larzac

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About Terrasses du Larzac

Terrasses du Larzac is an Appellation d’origine contrôlée (AOC) within the Côteaux du Languedoc in Southern France created in 2005 for red wines made from Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre grapes, with the acceptable additions of Cinsaut and Carignan, and grown in some of the highest vineyards of the Côteaux du Languedoc on the slopes of the Cevennes.

From the Wikipedia article Terrasses du Larzac, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Terrasses du Larzac is an appellation in Languedoc, France. We track 31 of its wines in stock at 17 shops, from 10 wine houses, from € 10.50; mostly red.

At a glance
Country
France
Region
Languedoc
In our wines
Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Cinsault, Carignan
Styles
Red 23 · Orange 1
Prices
from € 10.50 · median € 23.56 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +4.8 °C · 1,951 GDD · 22 % rain
2025––––hotdrydry harvest +2.5 °C · 1,626 GDD · 31 % rain
20242€ 20.00€ 21.25–warm +0.8 °C · 1,299 GDD · 100 % rain
20234€ 10.90€ 17.03–hot +2.3 °C · 1,591 GDD · 71 % rain
20225€ 10.50€ 24.00–hotdry +3.1 °C · 1,789 GDD · 60 % rain
20211€ 10.50€ 10.50–average +0.1 °C · 1,183 GDD · 72 % rain
20205€ 13.90€ 21.69–average +0.4 °C · 1,191 GDD · 109 % rain
20191€ 24.80€ 24.80–warm +0.9 °C · 1,342 GDD · 108 % rain
20181€ 28.50€ 28.50–hotdry harvest +1.2 °C · 1,348 GDD · 123 % rain
2017––––warmdrydry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,232 GDD · 65 % rain
20161€ 25.00€ 25.00–average −0.2 °C · 1,095 GDD · 119 % rain
20151€ 49.00€ 49.00–average +0.4 °C · 1,194 GDD · 87 % rain
2014––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,083 GDD · 116 % rain
2013––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,039 GDD · 100 % rain
20121€ 35.50€ 35.50–average +0.1 °C · 1,196 GDD · 109 % rain
20111€ 44.00€ 44.00–warmdry harvest +0.6 °C · 1,230 GDD · 71 % rain
2010––––cool −0.6 °C · 993 GDD · 93 % rain
2009––––warm +0.7 °C · 1,269 GDD · 98 % rain
2008––––cool −0.9 °C · 971 GDD · 126 % rain
2007––––average −0.3 °C · 1,033 GDD · 90 % rain
2006––––warmwet harvest +0.9 °C · 1,308 GDD · 88 % rain
2005––––warm +0.5 °C · 1,245 GDD · 105 % rain
2004––––average −0.1 °C · 1,157 GDD · 89 % rain
2003––––hotdry +1.8 °C · 1,521 GDD · 66 % rain
2002––––average −0.1 °C · 1,100 GDD · 87 % rain
2001––––average −0.1 °C · 1,182 GDD · 82 % rain
2000––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,049 GDD · 105 % rain
1999––––average +0.1 °C · 1,165 GDD · 129 % rain
1998––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,055 GDD · 99 % rain
1997––––averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,172 GDD · 86 % rain
1996––––cold −1.4 °C · 860 GDD · 109 % rain
1995––––average −0.2 °C · 1,100 GDD · 86 % rain
1994––––averagewetwet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,191 GDD · 134 % rain
1993––––coolwetwet harvest −0.8 °C · 1,001 GDD · 135 % rain
1992––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,042 GDD · 126 % rain
1991––––averagedry +0.1 °C · 1,223 GDD · 62 % rain
1990––––warmdry harvest +0.7 °C · 1,326 GDD · 72 % rain
1989––––averagedry +0.3 °C · 1,252 GDD · 65 % rain
1988––––average −0.2 °C · 1,090 GDD · 97 % rain
1987––––averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,114 GDD · 109 % rain
1986––––average −0.1 °C · 1,210 GDD · 90 % rain
1985––––averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,109 GDD · 76 % rain
1984––––cold −1.7 °C · 829 GDD · 93 % rain
1983––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,061 GDD · 101 % rain
1982––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,060 GDD · 118 % rain

Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Terrasses du Larzac'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.

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