Nicolas Joly - Savennières Coulée de Serrant 2024
2*Coup de Coeur
Hachette
93/100
Wine Spectator
91/100
RVF
“A wine that evokes emotion, terroir, and timelessness!”
A Chenin that everyone should taste at least once in their lifetime. La Coulée de Serrant is not just a great wine: it is an appellation in its own right, a living legend of the Loire. A true marvel for all discerning food lovers!
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Eye
Beautiful golden yellow color
Nose
Complex aromas of pear, spices, white flowers, exotic fruits, toasted notes, and slightly oxidative with hints of beeswax.
Mouth
Round and supple, with a character that asserts itself in an intense and full-bodied finish, freshness and a gentle bitterness, very well balanced.
Serve
Served in a carafe at 14°
Open
Worth forgetting for a few years in the cellar or, for the more impatient, opening 24 hours before tasting or double decanting 2 hours before.
Drink before
2041+
Food and wine pairings
Enjoy it with foie gras, lobster in sauce, chicken à l'Angevine, veal blanquette, pikeperch in beurre blanc, scallops, Cantal, Salers, or very dry goat cheese...
Bettane & Desseauve
3-star rating (High-quality production, serving as a benchmark in its sector)
About the estate:
Eden viticole la Coulée de Serrant is a place where life exults. Nicolas Joly, a pioneer of biodynamics, has made his wine a brand recognized around the world. He can also count on the vision of his daughter Virginie to continue to raise this estate among the best. Four hectares in Savennières and four hectares in Roche-Aux-Moines, a vineyard grazed by sheep, pecked at by chickens, worked by hand, in harmony with nature. Observation, experimentation, model viticulture and an unmissable estate.
Guide Hachette des vins
Wine rated (guide 2026) 2* Favorite (Millésime 2023) (Remarkable wine)
Rated estate (2025 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines are regularly recognized by the guide)
About the estate:
This venerable 7-hectare vineyard planted with old Chenin vines clinging to schist slopes, created by Cistercian monks in 1130, is one of the few appellations in French viticulture to be under monopoly. Reinforced over the centuries by illustrious and crowned connoisseurs, its aura has taken on an international dimension since Nicolas Joly, the French "pope" of biodynamics, took charge of its destiny, accompanied today by his daughter Virginie. The wine derives its original and unique character from grapes harvested when overripe—even botrytized—in four or five passes. In the cellar, there is no new wood, which would mask the terroir, but 500-liter barrels. And as little intervention as possible.
Guide des Vins Gault & Millau
Domain rated Recommended (Recommended)
About the estate:
Nicolas Joly is now assisted by his daughter Virginie. Without detracting from her father's reputation, it must be said that the wines have become more precise and delicate in recent years. La Coulée de Serrant is now at the pinnacle of quality for its terroir. A schist terroir that gives the wine length, precision, and subtle brilliance. The wines need time and, above all, aeration.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rating (2026 guide) 91/100 (2023 vintage)
Rated estate (2026 guide) 2 stars (These very large estates, often blessed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, deserve a place in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).
About the estate:
The exceptional Coulée de Serrant vineyard stretches along the edge of a schist cliff that drops directly into the Loire River, near Angers. The nature of the site and the quality of its exposure have allowed it to stand out for centuries. Restored by Denise Joly in the 1960s, the estate was taken over by her son Nicolas. This brilliant innovator is a fundamentalist of biodynamic cultivation, which he has practiced at Coulée de Serrant since 1981. A portion of botrytized grapes (more or less pronounced depending on the vintage) gives these exceptional whites a baroque complexity of aromas and a unique fullness. Nicolas Joly's daughter, Virginie, is now in charge of the estate. Some wines, such as the 2016 or 2019, can be flamboyant, sculpted by an impressive concentration of dry extract. Others, such as the 2020, lack precision, which leaves us perplexed. These wines require lengthy aeration and a serving temperature of around 12 degrees, so not too cool. They are even served at room temperature during tastings at the estate!
Wine Spectator
Rated wine (2026 guide) 93/100 (2023 vintage) (Exceptional wine)
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