2019 | Famille Joly | Clos de la Coulee de Serrant

On the palate, this is a rich and intense, full-bodied, tight and concentrated yet elegant and stimulating salty Chenin with firm tannins intertwined with a crystalline acidity that carries this highly complex icon wine to a long and compact yet elegant finish.

Producer Information

Famille Joly is a wine producer based in the Savennières appellation of the Loire Valley. It is known for its ageworthy wines made from Chenin Blanc, particularly those from the monopole Coulée de Serrant vineyard. For years (and even to this day) the estate was associated with its outspoken biodynamic proponent, Nicolas Joly. The domaine achieved its reputation under Joly. Originally working in finance in the United States and the United Kingdom, he returned to Savennières in 1977 to assume control of the vineyards of his parents. After a disastrous experience with weedkillers, he converted the vineyards to biodynamic status in the early 1980s and, by 1984, all the vineyards used strictly biodynamic practices. Joly has since become a key figure in advocating for biodynamic farming in winemaking. Coulée de Serrant is one of the most notable vineyards in Savennières, along with La Roche aux Moines. It was planted by Cistercian monks in the 12th Century and was acquired by the Joly family in 1961. Today, the vineyard provides grapes for the intensely minerally Clos de la Coulée de Serrant, Joly's flagship wine. Domaine Joly makes several other wines within the Savennières appellation, including Clos de la Bergerie from the La Roche aux Moines vineyard, and Les Vieux Clos. The wines highlight the region's characteristic minerality and ageability. In 2015, Domaine Joly was taken to court and ordered to pay outstanding membership fees to Interloire, the Loire's promotional body. Joly had refused to pay these fees, protesting that Interloire was using some of the money to advance large-scale wine producers, whose methods Joly accused of undermining the sanctity and practice of winemaking. Joly subsequently quit Interloire and has set up his own organization to promote the La Coulée de Serrant title.

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