Saint-Péray 2019: Report and top scoring wines

Only a couple of Saint-Péray wines were worthy of recommendation from the 2019 vintage with Matt Walls finding too many lacking acidity and freshness.

Matt Walls December 3, 2020

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I struggled to find many wines that I felt compelled to recommend from this year’s crop of Saint-Pérays, usually an appellation I enjoy.

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