Nicolas Joly - Les Vieux Clos 2015
Domaine Nicolas Joly is located in the Savennières appellation, in the Loire Valley. Nicolas Joly began his career in Finance in the United States and the United Kingdom before returning in 1977 to his original village in Savennières to take care of his parents' vineyard and in 1980, he converted the vineyards to biodynamics and obtained certification in 1985 . Today, the vineyard is managed by Virginie , Nicolas's daughter, and produces grapes from the 7 hectares of Clos de la Coulée de Serrant monopoly , the Domaine's flagship wine. However, following setbacks with the Interloire organization (the Loire promotion organization), it is possible that the Coulée de Serrant will no longer appear on the official appellation maps of the Loire Valley.
Les Vieux Clos is made from Chenin Blanc whose vine is around twenty years old and comes from mass selections . The grapes come from semi-late harvests with around 10% noble rot, vinified dry. The wine is aged in non-new oak barrels , but the vinification is sometimes done in vats.
Grape variety: 100% Chenin Blanc