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St-Joseph 2021: report and top-scoring wines

Matt Walls guides us through the reds and whites of St-Joseph from this cool, damp vintage, picking out the best wines to try.

Clément Bärtschi, winemaker and cellarmaster at M Chapoutier, saw little frost in St-Joseph in 2021. Nevertheless, the cool, wet season resulted in oscillating quality.

Some wines are excellent, in a fresh, crisp and fragrant style; but the larger proportion lack fruit and joy, with dry, astringent tannins. ‘We’d have called it a lovely vintage – in the 1980s,’ said Jean Gonon of Domaine Gonon.


Scroll down to see tasting notes and scores for top-scoring St-Joseph 2021 wines


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Matt Walls’ top-scoring St-Joseph 2021 wines:

The wines below all scored 93 points or above, and are listed white then red in score order.


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