The vineyard that overlooks the Loire river, facing South/South-East, is partly cultivated by hand and thanks to horses. Work methods are the same for the three cuvees - La Coulee de Serrant, Les Vieux Clos, and le Clos de la Bergerie - and successive harvests are done (4 to 5 times on a 3 to 5-week period) therefore ensuring to pick the grapes at their best (when they're of golden colour). Nicolas Joly once said: “When harvest is done too soon, you get that fresh taste with fruit notes that are easy to get but, for me, this is not what a Protected Designation of Origin cuvee should be like. When harvest is done when the grapes are really ripe, that's when you get to the full complexity of a Protected Designation of Origin". This way of thinking can be felt in the very special style of the Coulee de Serrant wines. Indeed, these wines are full of unique candied citrus, flower and mineral flavours. Some of us could say these wines are for professionals or wine-lovers only, but nobody can remain unmoved by these wines’ flavours. Taste them, do not hesitate to decant them, and keep your bottles open for a few days, you will see that they remain incredibly constant in taste, without oxidation.Prefer the old bottles to the great vintages, they will allow you to make up your own mind. Does the Coulee de Serrant cuvee deserve to be listed in the world top 5 white wines (along with Yquem, Montrachet, Chateau Grillet and Chateau Chalon), as Curnonsky said in the 1930s? Yes, definitely!
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