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Nicolas Joly - Savennières Coulée de Serrant 2022

Loire

White

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3*Coup de Coeur

Hachette

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92/100 Coup de Cœur

RVF

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93/100

Robert Parker

atypical
biodynamics
rarity
mythical

"Only 3 vintages in the last 40 years have been vinified as sweet!

"The estate has crafted a delicate demi-sec (32 grams of residual sugar), revealing aromas of pear, spice, white flowers, exotic fruit and white pepper, followed by a medium-weighted, round and balanced palate, culminating in a long, penetrating finish." (Robert Parker 2024). A remarkably well-balanced cuvée, with intense complexity and depth, which deserves to be forgotten in the cellar for a few years!

Features

Estate

Coulée de Serrant - Nicolas Joly

Cuvée

Coulée de Serrant

Vintage

2022

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

Harvest

Manual, up to 5 tries

Winemaking

In 500-litre barrels, respecting natural fermentation processes (no chaptalization, no raising, no temperature control), exclusive use of indigenous yeasts from the vineyard, low sulphur 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

13.5%

Residual sugars

32 g/l

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Beautiful golden yellow colour

Nose

Complex, with aromas of pear, spices, white flowers, exotic fruit, toast and slightly oxidative notes of beeswax.

Mouth

Round and supple, with a character that asserts itself in an intense, ample finish, the presence of freshness and a gentle bitterness, very fine balance.

Serve

Decant at 14°C

Open

Deserves to be forgotten for a few years in the cellar or, for the more impatient, to be opened 24 to 48 hours before tasting with decanting.

Drink before

2040+

Production

Only 3 vintages in the last 40 years have been released as mellow wines.

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with foie gras, lobster in sauce, chicken à l'Angevine, fish ...

Coulée de Serrant - Nicolas Joly

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

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

Guide Hachette des vins

Wine rated (guide 2025) 3*Favorite (Exceptional wine)

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

About the wine:

This rare Coulée de Serrant, with its 32 g/l residual sugar content, is a mellow version born of semi-late harvesting, with some 10% noble rot. A Coulée out of the ordinary, then: only three vintages up to now had generated this type of "gentle" vinification; 2022, a year of great ripeness and concentration, lent itself perfectly to the exercise. And it suits it devilishly well! The color is finely golden, with a beautiful brilliance. On the nose, fresh, mineral notes of wet pebbles emerge first, followed by sweeter aromas of candied orange and pear, buttered brioche, honey and smoke. A complexity that is enhanced by quince, dried fruit and a hint of oxidation in a full, deep, caressing palate of rare delicacy. Certainly a Coulée on the sweet side, but more reminiscent of a "sec tendre" than a "moelleux" as it exudes freshness with its mineral tones and fine bitters stimulating the finish. Atypical and stunning.

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.

Gault & Millau Wine Guide

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

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Rated (guide 2024) 93/100 (Wonderful wine)

About the wine:

The estate has crafted delicate demi-sec wines (32 grams residual sugar), revealing aromas of pear, spice, white flowers, exotic fruit and white pepper, followed by a medium-weighted, round and balanced palate, culminating in a long, penetrating finish.

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

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

Rated (guide 2025) 92/100 Coup de Coeur

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 wine:

Only the Coulée de Serrant, a mellow wine that year, stood out. Behind its soft texture, a bitter force gives it its inimitable personality. This deep wine promises a future full of strength and wisdom, albeit with a lack of aromatic precision.

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.

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