Domaine de la Côte

Name

Domaine de la Côte

Legal name

Domaine de la Côte

Website

https://domainedelacote.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Premium Estate Wine

NAICS

Wineries (31213)

akta.pro primary industry

Wine & Sparkling Wine Wineries & Brands (CRADAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wineries & Vineyards (Tasting Rooms) (THAFALAE), Wine Tastings & Vineyard/Winery Tours (THAJAGAD)

Keywords

• Estate winery
• Pinot Noir production
• Chardonnay production
• Organic viticulture
• Wine allocation sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Thurins

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Direct-to-Consumer Wine Sales: Wines are sold exclusively through a mailing list allocation system. Customers join a wait list to receive email notifications when wines become available. Very small production quantities (ranging from 294 magnums to 11,448 bottles per wine) are allocated among mailing list members.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Domaine de la Côte is a boutique estate winery that produces small-lot Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines from organically farmed estate vineyards in the western Sta. Rita Hills of Lompoc, California. The portfolio includes single-parcel Pinot Noir wines (Bloom's Field, La Côte, Sous le Chêne, Memorious, Siren's Call), a flagship DDLC Estate blend, and the Juliet Chardonnay cuvée. All wines are crafted in very limited quantities (approximately 15,000-50,000 bottles annually) and sold exclusively through a mailing list allocation system, with estate visits available by appointment only.

Product overview

Domaine de la Côte is a boutique winery in the Sta. Rita Hills producing small-lot Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines from estate vineyards. The portfolio consists of single-parcel wines including Bloom's Field, La Côte, Sous le Chêne, and Memorious Pinot Noirs, plus Juliet Chardonnay—a distinctive Chardonnay from a steep hillside vineyard named after the founder's daughter. The estate also produces a flagship DDLC blend combining all single-parcel wines. All wines are crafted in very small quantities, allocated exclusively to mailing list members, and aged in French oak barrels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DDLC Estate Pinot Noir Flagship estate Pinot Noir crafted from a blend of all single-parcel wines, expressing Domaine de la Côte's western Sta. Rita Hills terroir with notes of red currant, cherry, strawberry, and earthy undertones.
• Bloom's Field Pinot Noir Single-parcel Pinot Noir from a southwest-facing hillside at the windward edge of the estate, with ripe black cherry, blackberry, purple plum, and earthy spice with thick, rich tannins from marine seabed soils.
• La Côte Pinot Noir Single-parcel Pinot Noir from a steep southeast-facing hillside on the leeward slope, featuring intense wild blueberries, red currants, black tea, and dried hibiscus with densely packed flavors and powerful structure.
• Sous le Chêne Pinot Noir Single-parcel Pinot Noir from a 1.5-acre protected parcel below the estate's live oak tree, offering red and black cherries, crushed blueberries, damp loam, black tea, and white pepper with wiry strength and quiet intensity.
• Memorious Pinot Noir Pinot Noir from a vineyard above the Santa Ynez River featuring roasted strawberry, black cherry, tobacco, and cedar with fine sweet tannins and a long, persistent finish.
• Juliet Chardonnay Chardonnay from a steep hillside vineyard planted to Clone 76 on 1103P rootstock, producing extremely low yields of concentrated fruit with notes of lime, lemon zest, white peach, hazelnut, and struck-match flintiness. Named after Sashi Moorman's daughter.
• Siren's Call Pinot Noir Single-parcel Pinot Noir from a 1.5-acre plot at the summit of the Domaine, planted in 2008 at the limit of grape ripening in the Sta. Rita Hills, featuring high-toned berry perfume, fragrant flowers, nuts, spice, and ginger. Requires hand destemming of every bunch for the gentlest possible handling.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100 Points from James Suckling for 2023 Juliet Chardonnay (second 100-point score for this cuvée)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ProvignageminorOthersSashi Moorman serves as CEO of wine consultancy Provignage. Press inquiries are directed to [email protected]. This appears to be a personal role rather than a formal partnership between Domaine de la Côte and Provignage.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Aubert Wines: Aubert produces highly allocated, single-vineyard Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Sonoma Coast with a similar cult pricing and critic-scored positioning. It is a comparable ultra-premium California Pinot Noir and Chardonnay producer.
• Kistler Vineyards: Kistler is a small Sonoma Coast winery producing highly allocated, single-vineyard Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with comparable Burgundian winemaking philosophy. It is a benchmark boutique producer of cool-climate California Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with strong critic recognition.
• Williams Selyem Winery: Williams Selyem is a Russian River Valley cult Pinot Noir producer known for single-vineyard wines and a strong mailing list allocation model. Its brand and DTC scarcity mechanics closely parallel Domaine de la Côte's approach to limited-production California Pinot.
• Littorai Wines: Littorai produces small-lot Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the western reaches of Sonoma Coast and adjacent Sta. Rita Hills-adjacent sites, with biodynamic farming and a Burgundian style. It is one of the closest geographic and stylistic peers to Domaine de la Côte in California cool-climate Pinot.
• Patz & Hall: Patz & Hall is a Sonoma-focused boutique producer of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with single-vineyard sourcing and a strong reputation among collectors and restaurants. It is a comparable smaller-scale California Pinot/Chardonnay specialist.
• Beaux Frères: Beaux Frères is an Oregon cult Pinot Noir producer with a strong mailing list and limited retail distribution, pursuing terroir-driven, Burgundian-style wines. It shares Domaine de la Côte's small-lot, allocation-only distribution model and premium positioning.
• Sandhi Wines: Sandhi is the other estate founded and led by Sashi Moorman (Domaine de la Côte's managing partner), producing boutique Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Santa Barbara County with a similar minimal-intervention philosophy and Burgundian stylistic bent, making it the most directly comparable producer.

Broad incumbents

• Penfolds: Penfolds is a globally distributed premium wine brand with a strong collector following and tiered allocation releases. While operating at vastly larger scale, it is a useful reference for the brand-equity and collector-economics dynamics that Domaine de la Côte pursues at the boutique end.
• Ridge Vineyards: Ridge is a heritage California winery producing single-vineyard Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with a Burgundian-leaning style and long aging track record. It is a useful broader-incumbent reference for terroir-driven, age-worthy California wines in Domaine de la Côte's orbit.
• Domaine de la Romanée-Conti: DRC is the Burgundy benchmark for terroir-driven Pinot Noir and Chardonnay that Domaine de la Côte explicitly emulates stylistically (Jancis Robinson called Bloom's Field 'Maybe the most Burgundian even if it's not from Burgundy'). It anchors the category reference for the wines Domaine de la Côte produces.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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