CLOS OF THE CAST OF SERRANT NICOLAS JOLY 2016 La Coulée de Serrant, the masterpiece of Nicolas Joly, a master of biodynamics!
"The Coulée de Serrant gives us immense emotion. Its purity and magsitral balance in this vintage places it at the top of the Loire. A wine of 3 star level"
"Huge aromatic reserve of this Chenin with a strong personality. It carries us away in a momentum of phenomenal energy, where earthy and luminous sap advances crescendo in the mouth to a fine tannic structure extremely invigorating. A character apart, naturally, will be divisive, but it won't leave anyone different. " 18/20 RVF Guide 2018
“The 2016 vintage took place in a somewhat tumultuous way from a climatic point of view, a very cold end of spring fortunately we were able to escape the frost but a particularly wet month of June where the massive rains severely deteriorated the flowering. a very hot summer, autumn was finally able to regulate climatic excesses and allow the grapes to reach good maturity.
Biodynamics allows us, among other things, to help the vine to balance the excesses that it suffers. A herbal tea of valerian when the risk of frost arises, a dynamization of quartz during an excess of water.
This agricultural practice, an extension of all the invisible actions of nature which from a bud gives a fruit, allows us to obtain grapes expressing perfectly and authentically the vintage and the soil.
The harvest began on October 7 and was fairly rapid, with the June coulure taking away 50% of the harvest.
Golden grapes, botrytis and a finely sculpted frame the 2016s are a beautiful expression of our chenins. Still a little closed due to their youth, we invite you either to let them rest a little in the cellar or to open them 24 hours before tasting with a decanter. "Nicolas Joly
