Domaine du Coulet

Matthieu Barret has worked as a winegrower in Cornas since 1998, leading Domaine du Coulet on the steep right bank of the northern Rhône. The family domaine has roughly twenty hectares of hillside vines on weathered granite, with Syrah grown for Cornas and Côtes du Rhône reds. Organic and biodynamic methods guide the vineyard work, with much of the soil cultivation done by horse or mule.

Most red grapes are destemmed, and small concrete or stainless-steel vats are filled by gravity. Since the 2017 vintage, concrete and terracotta have replaced oak for ageing.