Nicolas Joly - Savennières Les Vieux Clos 2022
Loire
White
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90/100 Coup de Cœur
RVF
"A Grand Blanc de Loire of undeniable charm, to be forgotten for a few years in the cellar. Dazzling!"
This beautiful cuvée comes from a 5.5-hectare plot on steep slopes, and benefits from the same attentive care as the Coulée-de-Serrant. The nose reveals lovely aromas of ripe yellow fruit and dried fruit, and the palate is intense and powerful, with great complexity and a remarkable finish...
Features
Estate
Coulée de Serrant - Nicolas Joly
Cuvée
Les Vieux Clos
Vintage
2022
Designation
Savennières
Region
Loire
Grape varieties
100% Chenin, âge moyen des vignes : 18-20 ans
Terroirs
Shale, quartz and sand soils
Viticulture
Certified organic and biodynamic
Harvest
Manual, up to 5 tries
Winemaking
Respect for natural fermentation processes, exclusive use of yeasts indigenous to the vineyard, low sulphur content
Breeding
In non-new oak barrels
Alcohol content
14%
Organic
Yes
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Intense yellow colour with green highlights
Nose
Powerful aromas of ripe fruit and dried fruit
Mouth
Intense and powerful, beautiful complexity and remarkable finish, oxidative touch that disappears with aeration.
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 from
2026
Drink before
2031
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with blanquette de veau, pike or pike-perch in beurre blanc, poultry with morel mushrooms, chicken à l'angevine, lobster in sauce, roast quail with apricots, very dry goat's cheese...
Coulée de Serrant - Nicolas Joly
Savennières
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Domaine rated (guide 2025) 3*Stars (High-quality production that can serve as 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
Domaine noté (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
Area 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 wine (guide 2024) 90/100 Favorite (Vintage 2021)
Domaine rated (guide 2025) 2*Stars (These great estates, often endowed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to 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.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
5/5
out of 1 review
Note and review by M. MARC D. Published on 26/08/2024
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