Qvevris
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 3 to 8 years of the vintage release to capture its vibrant energy and unique textural complexity.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, wild mushroom tart, seared pork chops
✨ Technical Specifications
Fr d ric Cossard's 'Qvevris' Red represents a captivating dialogue between Burgundian terroir and ancient Georgian winemaking heritage. Sourced from organically farmed Pinot Noir vines, this cuv e is fermented and aged in traditional clay qvevris—amphorae buried in the ground, a vessel design dating back over 8,000 years. Cossard, a legendary figure in the natural wine movement, utilizes these clay vessels to allow the Pinot Noir to undergo a slow, natural maceration and fermentation with indigenous yeasts, completely free of added sulfur. The porous nature of the clay provides gentle micro-oxygenation, resulting in a wine of remarkable purity, vibrant red fruit character, and a unique, earthy texture that bridges the gap between ancient history and modern natural winemaking philosophy.
🍾 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