La Chassornade
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, vegetable tempura, goat cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
La Chassornade is Frédéric Cossard's vibrant and whimsical foray into the world of sparkling wine, crafted as a Pétillant Naturel (pét-nat) using the ancestral method. Sourced from organically farmed Aligoté vines in Burgundy, this cuvée bypasses the traditional Champagne method in favor of a single, continuous fermentation that finishes in the bottle, trapping the natural carbon dioxide. True to Cossard's non-interventionist philosophy, the wine is fermented with indigenous yeasts, undergoes no filtration, and is bottled entirely without added sulfur. The result is a delightfully cloudy, energetic sparkling white that captures the raw, joyful essence of the grape, offering a lively, textured palate marked by bright orchard fruits, citrus zest, and a distinct mineral backbone.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1996 by former dairy technician and wine broker Frédéric Cossard, Domaine de Chassorney emerged from the high-altitude, limestone-rich enclave of Saint-Romain in the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune. Expanding from his core estate vineyards into an adventurous micro-négoce under the Frédéric Cossard label, he works across Burgundy, the Jura, Beaujolais, and beyond. Cossard champions a holistic, self-devised 'homeopathic' viticultural method grounded in biodynamic preparations and rigorous soil health. In the cellar, his philosophy is strictly non-interventionist and uncompromisingly clean, relying on negative-ion oxygen sterilization instead of sulfur dioxide. White grapes undergo extended pressing and long spontaneous fermentations without temperature control, while red and macerated cuvées see gentle whole-cluster infusions in open wooden vats, concrete eggs, or qvevri. Known for benchmark skin-contact expressions like 'Feel Good' and 'Rafling' alongside pure expressions of Saint-Romain and Savagnin, Cossard's wines are renowned for their electrifying vitality, textural purity, and luminous clarity.
🍇 Grapes
Aligoté
🍷 ABV
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