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Nicolas Joly Les Vieux Clos 2010

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Nicolas Joly's Chateau de la Roche aux Moines 7 hectares of one of the most celebrated Savennieres producer which has an AOC on his own as a monopole Coulee-de-Serrant. The father of the biodynamic in France started back in the 1981, which today is still a leading spokes person for the "trendy" of Biodynamic around the world as a leader of the association Le Reinassance des Appelations in english called Return the terroir. Since 2006, Virginie his daughter takes a position as an oenologist in her fathers winery, she has contributed to the production of more recent vintage.  Savennieres  as i wrote previous on this blog is a great Appelation in the Loire valley in France just in the  Anjou section.  Savennieres is also called the kingdom of dry white wines; the AOC area is limited to the three communes to the south of Angers, on the right bank of the Loire, Savennieres, Bouchemaine and La Possonniere. There are two distinct denominations within the appellation La Ro