2019 | Famille Joly | Clos de la Coulee de Serrant

White Wine: 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.

Order from the Largest & Most Trusted Premium Spirits Marketplace!

Featured in

• ROLLING STONE
• MEN’S JOURNAL
• US WEEKLY

NOTICE: Many other small liquor store sites may end up cancelling your order due to the high demand, unavailability or inaccurate inventory counts. We have partnerships consisting of a large network of licensed retailers from within the United States, Europe and across the world ensuring orders are fulfilled.

Producer: Famille Joly

Vintage: 2019

Size: 750ml

ABV: 15%

Varietal: Chenin Blanc

Country/Region: France, Loire Valley

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 Savennires appellation of the Loire Valley. It is known for its ageworthy wines made from Chenin Blanc, particularly those from the monopole Coule 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 Savennires 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. Coule de Serrant is one of the most notable vineyards in Savennires, 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 Coule de Serrant, Joly’s flagship wine. Domaine Joly makes several other wines within the Savennires 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 Coule de Serrant title.