Damien Coquelet 2 Items

Damien Coquelet bottled his first vintage, 2007, at just 20 years of age, but his wines have already reached striking levels of maturity and complexity.

Damien is Georges Descombes' step-son, and has worked alongside his step-father since early childhood. Learning everything from Descombes-both in the vines and in their now shared cellar-has instilled the same values in Damien's work ethic: organic viticulture, hand harvesting, native yeasts, zero intervention in the cellar and little if any sulfuring at bottling.

Damien currently works nine hectares, 2.5 of which he owns. The Beaujolais-Villages, Morgon and Chiroubles are usually bottled the January following the vintage, while an old-vine Morgon and Chiroubles are barrel-aged and released 18 months after harvest.