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It was difficult to find many Liracs to recommend this year; they seemed to be hit particularly hard by the challenges of 2021, producing wines with thin red fruit and coarse tannins.
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Matt Walls’ top-scoring Lirac and Tavel 2021 wines:
The wines below all scored 90 points or above, and are listed in order of appellation, white then red in score order.
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