Les Genevrieres Qvevris
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
creamy mushroom risotto, roasted poultry, grilled lobster
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the legendary natural winemaking pioneer Frédéric Cossard, 'Les Genevrières' Qvevris represents a fascinating dialogue between Burgundian terroir and ancient Georgian winemaking traditions. The grapes are sourced from the esteemed 'Les Genevrières' climat—a site historically named for the wild juniper bushes that once dotted the landscape. In the cellar, Cossard eschews traditional oak barrels in favor of Georgian qvevris (clay amphorae). The wine undergoes fermentation and extended aging in these clay vessels, entirely without added sulfur or temperature control. This ancient method allows for a slow, natural micro-oxygenation that preserves the crystalline purity of the fruit while imparting a remarkable, texturally complex, and deeply mineral character that redefines classic Burgundy.
🍾 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
Chardonnay