Nicolas Joly - Clos de la Coulée de Serrant iconic Loire wine made from biodynamically farmed Chenin Blanc grapes.
Nicolas Joly - Clos de la Coulée de Serrant iconic Loire wine made from biodynamically farmed Chenin Blanc grapes.
Nicolas Joly - Clos de la Coulée de Serrant iconic Loire wine made from biodynamically farmed Chenin Blanc grapes.
Nicolas Joly - Clos de la Coulée de Serrant iconic Loire wine made from biodynamically farmed Chenin Blanc grapes.

Nicolas Joly – Clos de la Coulée de Serrant – 2020

Coulée de Serrant is the most legendary bottle from the Joly house. With 60 year old plants in the rightmost part of the monopoly vineyard,the harvest was late with 10% of the bunches affected by botrytis noble rot. Even the yields were much lower than what is provided for by the disciplinary, that is about 20 quintals per hectare. The wine was vinified dry, spontaneous fermentation and aging for 8 months on its fine lees in tonneaux. A legend, a wine which will surprise you for its persistence and, above all, for its unprecedented aging capacity.

  • Producer: Famille Joly
  • Name: Clos de la Coulée de Serrant
  • Grape Variety: 100% Chenin
  • Vintage: 2020
  • Alcohol Content: 14,5%
  • Bottle Size: 750ml
  • Production:

Productive Notes: spontaneous fermentation, aging for 8 months on fine lees in tonneaux.

Wine naturally contains solphites

127,00€

1 in stock

Description

Coulée de Serrant is the name of a vineyard planted by Cistercian monks around the year 1130 and since then cultivated uninterruptedly, since 1960 it has become a monopole of Joly family. We are talking about a very small sub-zone of just 7 hectares (12.5 acres) in the west side of Loire, with steep hills rich in clay and limestone, here the main grape has always been Chenin Blanc. On these lands biodynamics has been applied since the beginning of the eighties and thanks to the excellent results Nicolas Joly has become a real point of reference for all the people who decided to follow this kind of viticulture.
Vineyards are cultivated in part by hand and in part by horse, during harvesting they pass by many times in order to pick only ripe bunches and possibly attacked by botrytis.
Among the best French wines, the family produces the following wines divided in three lines: Coulée de Serrant, Vieux Clos and Clos de la Bergerie. Wines with a golden color, mineral, creamy but with the typical Chenin’s aroma of honey and candied fruits. Anything you want to taste from this winery is a lifetime experience. Chapeau.

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