One Hillside, One Appellation
An enclave within the Savennières plateau, on the right bank of the Loire, Coulée de Serrant occupies a single, superbly exposed hillside. It is one of the rare French appellations reduced to a single lieu-dit, devoted entirely to dry chenin.
Terroir and Style
The shallow soil combines sandy schist, volcanic rhyolite seams and wind-blown sands, under a semi-oceanic climate where the Loire tempers extremes. On this steep hillside, chenin gives a dense, supple, well-structured dry white of remarkable aromatic richness. It reaches maturity around five years and cellars for decades — one of the great chenin wines on the planet.
The grape varieties of Coulée de Serrant
Chenin →sole variety — density, minerality and longevity
Sources: Wikipédia — Coulée de Serrant