Nicolas Joly - Savennières Coulée-de-Serrant 2018 (Magnum)
96/100
Robert Parker
2*Coup de Coeur
Hachette
95/100
RVF
94/100
Bettane & Desseauve
17/20
Jancis Robinson
“Legendary vintage”
"With a beautiful golden yellow hue, this 2018 Coulée offers a nose of great delicacy, opening with floral, mineral (warm flint), and citrus notes. As it breathes, aromas of fresh grass, menthol, puffed rice, quince, and pear emerge. A fresh yet silky attack leads to a palate of great suppleness—caressing and creamy, with a subtle minerality providing structure; here we find that note of bitter orange so often present in this wine, which lingers into a long finish. The 888th vintage for Serrant’s Coulée and a sense of eternity.” (Le Guide Hachette)
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Eye
Beautiful golden yellow color
Nose
Elegant, with a complex bouquet of floral scents and aromas of white and yellow fruits, citrus, and honeyed notes
Mouth
Very expressive, oxidized, with a beautiful body, very long, graceful, and full of elegance; a wine for fine dining
Serve
Decant at 14°C
Open
Although already quite open despite its youth, we nevertheless recommend either leaving it to rest in the cellar for a while or opening it 24 hours before tasting and decanting it.
Drink before
2035
Food and wine pairings
Enjoy it with pike or zander in a white butter sauce, chicken à l'angevine, lobster in sauce, foie gras with gingerbread, roasted quail with apricots, or a very dry goat cheese...
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated 94/100
3-star rating (High-quality production, serving as a benchmark in its sector)
About wine:
Full of vitality, with a maturity reminiscent of the 2018 vintage, this free-spirited wine allows the terroir to shine through. The finish is remarkably dynamic, with exceptional length.
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 noted (guide 2021) 2* Favorite (Remarkable wine)
Rated estate (2025 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines are regularly recognized by the guide)
About wine:
With a beautiful golden yellow hue, this 2018 Coulée offers a nose of great delicacy, opening with floral, mineral (warm flint), and citrus notes. As it breathes, aromas of fresh grass, menthol, puffed rice, quince, and pear emerge. A fresh yet silky attack leads to a palate of great suppleness—caressing and creamy—supported by a subtle minerality; here we find that note of bitter orange so often present in this wine, lingering into a long finish. The 888th vintage for Serrant’s Coulée and a sense of eternity.
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.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Wine rated (2021 guide) 96/100 (Extraordinary wine)
About wine:
Harvested in five passes with higher-than-average yields (24 hectoliters per hectare) and approximately 8% botrytis, the 2018 Clos de la Coulée de Serrant, with its intense yellow color, opens with a bright, refined and subtly scented with flint, featuring aromas of ripe, aromatic fruit, fresh and elegant notes of herbs and schist, and remarkable freshness—not only for the 2018 vintage, which was at times scorching hot, but also for this epic wine in general. Generous and broad on the palate, elegant and flawless, with lush yet concentrated fruit and a velvety texture thanks to fine but firm tannins, this is an excellent and persistent Coulée de Serrant that is already approachable and finishes with a long, salty, and striking finish featuring stimulating bitterness and fresh phenols. The 2018 is incredibly refined and subtly salty.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated (2021 guide) 95/100
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 wine:
This extraordinary 2018 vintage needs a few years of cellaring before it truly reveals itself. Its intensity creates a sensation of a hot torrent on the palate, followed by a gentle river, unfolding with a bewildering array of flavors—some bold, yet all possessing an extraordinary character. A white wine built for aging, best aerated for a long time and served in a decanter.
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!
Jancis Robinson
Wine rated 17/20
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