Les Chardonnereux
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck, earthy mushroom risotto, seared duck breast
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the high-altitude, wind-swept slopes of Saint-Romain in Burgundy, 'Les Chardonnereux' showcases Frédéric Cossard's masterful touch with natural winemaking. The name of the lieu-dit, 'Les Chardonnereux,' evokes the wild thistles and goldfinches that populate this rugged, limestone-rich terroir. In this cooler microclimate, Pinot Noir develops a remarkable tension, bright acidity, and a distinct mineral core. Cossard coaxes out the pure essence of this terroir through non-interventionist methods: whole-cluster fermentation using indigenous yeasts, long and gentle macerations without sulfur, and aging in neutral vessels. The resulting red wine is incredibly vibrant, energetic, and alive, offering a rustic yet highly elegant expression of Burgundy that eschews modern standardization in favor of raw, authentic character.
🍾 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
Pinot Noir