Nicolas Joly – Clos de la Coulée de Serrant – 2016

Clos de la Coulée de Serrant is the name of a vineyard planted by the Cistercian monks around the year 1130 and since then continuously cultivated and since 1960 it has become a monopole of the Joly family. We are talking about a very small sub-area of just 7 hectares, located on steep hills rich in clay and limestone, the birthplace of Chenin Blanc. On these soils, biodynamics has been applied since the early eighties and thanks to the excellent results Nicolas Joly has become a real point of reference for all the people who have decided to follow this type of viticulture.
The vineyards are cultivated partly by hand and partly on horseback, during the harvest we pass several times to collect only the ripe grapes and possibly attacked by botrytis. The bottles produced are around 25,000, an incredible wine, fresh, persuasive at times nervous and savory but with a very long and convincing finish.

• Producer: Nicolas Joly
• Name: Clos de la Coulée de Serrant
• Grape Variety: 100% Chenin blanc
• Vintage: 2016
• Alcohol Content: 15%
• Bottle Size: 750ml

Productive Notes: Manual harvest and selection of grapes. Gentle pressing of whole bunches and racking for natural sedimentation. Slow fermentation at controlled temperature in large wooden barrels (30 hl). Partial malolactic fermentation (only for Pinot bianco and Chardonnay grapes), and aging for 12 months on fine lees in large wooden barrels. Blending three months before bottling.