Famille Joly

The Joly family owns the Coulée de Serrant, a seven-hectare Loire vineyard whose monastic winegrowing history is traditionally dated to 1130. Nicolas Joly returned to take charge in 1976, then began exploring biodynamics in 1980 before converting the entire estate by 1984.

His books and advocacy helped bring biodynamic winegrowing to an international audience. The family’s Chenin Blanc wines are fermented with native yeasts and aged in used wood, with cellar intervention kept to a minimum.