Nicolas Joly - Savennières Coulée-de-Serrant 2020

Name: Nicolas Joly - Savennières Coulée-de-Serrant 2020
Brand: Coulée de Serrant - Nicolas Joly
Rating: 4.6 (14 reviews)

Savennières Coulée de Serrant|White wine|Organic

Loire

White

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4.6/5 (14 customers)

98/100

Robert Parker

95/100

RVF

95/100

Vinous

1*Étoile

Hachette

(2019 Vintage ratings)

chenin

complex

atypical

mythical

"One of the greatest whites in the world

A veritable monument, Coulée de Serrant is an extraordinary wine and an appellation in its own right! This amateur's cuvée, from a single 7-hectare vineyard, boasts an elegant, complex bouquet with floral, fresh herb, infused and honeyed notes. The complex palate is full-bodied, revealing vegetal notes and unrivalled minerality, with a long finish of fine bitters. The wine will open up and evolve with hours of aeration... A connoisseur's wine for the most demanding connoisseurs.

Features

Estate

Coulée de Serrant - Nicolas Joly

Cuvée

Coulée de Serrant

Vintage

2020

Designation

Savennières Coulée de Serrant

Region

Loire

Grape varieties

Chenin en sélections massales (âge moyen des vignes : 35-40 ans, 80 ans pour les plus vieilles)

Terroirs

Shale and quartz soils

Viticulture

Certified organic and biodynamic, soil tilled partly with a horse

Harvest

Manual, up to 5 tries

Winemaking

Respect for natural fermentation processes (no chaptalization, no raisining, no temperature control), exclusive use of indigenous yeasts from the vineyard. Low sulfur content.

Breeding

6 to 8 months in oak barrels (no more than 5% new wood), 1 to 2 rackings, stirring, very light filtration (pre-filtration), light sulfiting before bottling.

Alcohol content

14,5%

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Beautiful golden yellow colour

Nose

Complex, notes of infusion and fresh herbs, floral scents.

Mouth

Very expressive, oxidative, with good substance, almost tannic texture, very long, graceful and elegant, gastronomic wine. N.B.: Little sulfur during vinification sometimes leads to premature evolution and oxidative notes.

Serve

Decant at 14°C

Open

Leave to rest for a while in the cellar or open 24 hours before tasting and decant.

Drink before

2031+

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with pike or zander in beurre blanc, chicken à l'angevine, lobster in sauce, foie gras with gingerbread, roast quail with apricots, very dry goat's cheese...

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Domain rated (2025 guide) 3*Stars (High-quality production, a benchmark in its sector)

About the domain :

La Coulée de Serrant is a wine-growing Eden, a place where life exults. Nicolas Joly, a pioneer of biodynamic viticulture, has made his wine a world-renowned brand. He can also count on the vision of his daughter Virginie to continue raising this estate to the top. Four hectares in Savennières and four hectares in Roche-Aux-Moines, a vineyard grazed by sheep, pecked by chickens, worked by hand, in symbiosis with nature. Observation, experimentation, model viticulture and a must-see estate.

Guide Hachette des vins

Rated wine (guide 2022) 1*Star (Vintage 2019) (Very successful wine)

Domain rated (guide 2025) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

This venerable 7-hectare vineyard, planted with old chenin vines clinging to schist slopes, was created by the Cistercians in 1130, and is one of the few monopoly appellations in France. Strengthened over the centuries by illustrious and crowned connoisseurs, its aura has taken on an international dimension since Nicolas Joly, the French "pope" of biodynamics, presides over its destiny, accompanied today by his daughter Virginie. The wine derives its original, unique character from grapes harvested at over-ripeness - or botrytized - in four or five passages. In the cellar, we don't use new wood to mask the terroir, but rather 500-l barrels. And as little intervention as possible.

Guide des Vins Gault & Millau

Domain rated Recommended (Recommended)

About the domain :

Nicolas Joly is now accompanied by his daughter Virginie. Without touching the father figure, we must admit that the wines have become more precise and delicate in recent years. La Coulée de Serrant is now at the height of the quality of its terroir. A schist terroir that gives the wine length, precision and subtle sparkle. The wines need time and, above all, aeration.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Rated wine (guide 2021) 98/100 (Vintage 2019) (Exceptional)

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Rated (guide 2022) 95/100 (Vintage 2019)

Domaine rated (2025 guide) 2*Stars (These great estates, often blessed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, because of their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).

About the domain :

The exceptional Coulée de Serrant vineyard stretches along the edge of a schistose cliff falling directly into the Loire, near Angers. The nature of the site and the quality of its exposure have enabled it to stand out from the crowd for centuries. Restored by Denise Joly in the 1960s, the estate was taken over by her son Nicolas. This brilliant agitator of ideas is a fundamentalist of biodynamic viticulture, which he has made his own at La Coulée de Serrant since 1981, when it was first certified. Nicolas Joly's daughter Virginie looks after the estate. While the latest vintages are endowed with a valiant intrinsic energy, aromatic deviations can spoil the purity that could be revealed by these mythical Loire terroirs.

Vinous A. Galloni

Rated 95/100 (Vintage 2019)

Customer reviews

Customer rating

4.6/5

on 14 reviews