Nicolas Joly - Savennières Clos de la Bergerie 2020
Loire
White
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Drink or Keep
94/100
RVF
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92/100
Wine Spectator
This Savennières is a blend of three parcels from La Roche aux Moines. The wine reveals itself with strength, power and concentration, in a very elegant style on the nose. The palate is full-bodied, with an almost tannic feel, in a white wine of fine volume and freshness. A pleasing wine at the service of Chenin and terroir!
Features
Estate
Coulée de Serrant - Nicolas Joly
Cuvée
Clos de la Bergerie
Vintage
2020
Designation
Savennières Roche-aux-Moines
Region
Loire
Grape varieties
Chenin, âge moyen des vignes 30 ans
Terroirs
Shale and quartz soils
Viticulture
Certified organic and biodynamic
Harvest
100% hand-picked up to 5 successive selections between late September and early November
Winemaking
Respect for natural fermentation processes, exclusive use of yeasts indigenous to the vineyard. Low sulfur content.
Breeding
In non-new oak barrels
Alcohol content
14,5%
Organic
Yes
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Golden yellow colour
Nose
Very elegant, with scents of broom, fresh quince and dried apricot.
Mouth
Full-bodied and crisp, with a lovely freshness
Serve
Decant at 14°C
Open
Already quite open despite its youth, we nevertheless invite you either to let it rest a little in the cellar or to open it 24 hours before tasting by decanting.
Drink before
2026
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with lamb baron confit with ginger, fish sauerkraut, veal blanquette, scallops in sauce, Salers cheese...
Coulée de Serrant - Nicolas Joly
Savennières
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 winegrowing 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
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 biodynamic viticulture, presides over its destiny, accompanied today by his daughter Virginie. The wine derives its original, unique character from grapes harvested at over-ripeness - or even 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.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated (guide 2021) 94/100 (Vintage 2018)
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.
Wine Spectator
Rated (2020 guide) 92/100 (Vintage 2018) (Exceptional wine)
Customer reviews
Customer rating
5/5
on 2 reviews
Note and review by M. MICHEL B. Published on 26/12/2022
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Note and review by M. ALAIN J. Published on 17/04/2022
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