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B358 CHANTEREVES NUITS SAINT GEORGES LES TUYAUX 2022 750ml
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A809 FREDERIC COSSARD VdF RAFLING 2020 750ml
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B031 FREDERIC COSSARD VdF RAFLING 2021 750ml
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Pinot Noir from “Les Tuyax.” Old vines (50 to 60 years). Our parcel is located adjacent to “Aux Herbues,” which is at the frontier of NSG and Vosne Romanée. The nose is complex, fresh and slightly smoky with whole cluster influences. The palate is dense, the tannins are present but well integrated, with notes of black fruit and spices. (by Chanterêves)
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A cuvée made from Riesling supplied by a friend in Alsace. Although the details are undisclosed, the grapes come from a Grand Cru vineyard in northern Alsace. Ripe, rich fruit character with a well-balanced interplay of acidity and minerality. Unlike the typical Riesling wines made by producers in Alsace, this one carries Frédéric Cossard’s signature style—fresh and vibrant.
Under INAO regulations, wines made in Burgundy from Riesling cannot display the grape variety on the label. As a workaround, Frédéric Cossard came up with the name “Rafling.” The word “Rafling” means “raffle” or “lottery” in Danish—a witty wordplay combining it with “Riesling.”
(The back label says the origin of the grapes is Jura, but that was a misprint.)
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A cuvée made from Riesling supplied by a friend in Alsace. Although the details are undisclosed, the grapes come from a Grand Cru vineyard in northern Alsace. It shows crisp citrus-driven acidity, clean fruit, and a delicate undercurrent of minerality. The taste is stylish and distinct from the typical Riesling wines made by producers in Alsace.
Under INAO regulations, wines made in Burgundy from Riesling cannot display the grape variety on the label. As a workaround, Frédéric Cossard came up with the name “Rafling.” The word “Rafling” means “raffle” or “lottery” in Danish—a witty wordplay combining it with “Riesling.”
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B238 FREDERIC COSSARD VdF BAIN DE BULLES GUY WURTZ 2022 750ml
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A801 FREDERIC COSSARD VdF FEEL GOOD SAVAGNIN 2020 750ml
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B231 FREDERIC COSSARD VdF FEEL GOOD SAVAGNIN 2022 750ml
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Made from Gewurztraminer supplied by a friend in Alsace. While details are not disclosed, the grapes come from a Grand Cru vineyard in northern Alsace. The fruit shows full ripeness and concentration, yet the clean acidity gives the wine a sense of freshness. Slightly cloudy, it also has a nectar-like density.
Under INAO regulations, wines made in Burgundy from Gewurztraminer cannot display the grape variety on the label. As a playful workaround, the sound combines “Guy Wurtz” with “Gewurz,” evoking an Alsatian character.
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Jean-François Ganevat, a friend of Frédéric's from Jura, helped him find a source of high-quality grapes. Frédéric Cossard treated those healthy grapes using his manner and produced vivid wines. "Feel Good" is made from Savagnin. The label cannot include "Savagnin" if the wine was vinified outside of Jura, even if it is classified as Vin de France. Therefore, Frédéric named the wine "Feel Good", using the initials F for Fred and G for Ganevat. The wine is made from grapes from vines over 50 years old, fermented with wild yeasts, and aged in used barrels or qvevris for nearly a year. This version is aged in barrels.
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Jean-François Ganevat, a friend of Frédéric's from Jura, helped him find a source of high-quality grapes. Frédéric Cossard treated those healthy grapes using his manner and produced vivid wines. "Feel Good" is made from Savagnin. The label cannot include "Savagnin" if the wine was vinified outside of Jura, even if it is classified as Vin de France. Therefore, Frédéric named the wine "Feel Good", using the initials F for Fred and G for Ganevat. The wine is made from grapes from vines over 50 years old, fermented with wild yeasts, and aged in used barrels or qvevris for nearly a year. This version is aged in barrels.
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A798 FREDERIC COSSARD VdF FEEL GOOD SAVAGNIN SKIN CONTACT 2020 750ml
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B230 FREDERIC COSSARD VdF CHARDONNAY 2022 750ml
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B233 FREDERIC COSSARD VdF CUVEE M MOURVEDRE 2022 750ml
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Jean-François Ganevat, a friend of Frédéric's from Jura, helped him find a source of high-quality grapes. Frédéric Cossard treated those healthy grapes using his manner and produced vivid wines. "Feel Good" is made from Savagnin. The label cannot include "Savagnin" if the wine was vinified outside of Jura, even if it is classified as Vin de France. Therefore, Frédéric named the wine "Feel Good", using the initials F for Fred and G for Ganevat. The wine is made from grapes from vines over 50 years old. It undergoes carbonic maceration using special tank equipment for nine months.
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Jean-François Ganevat, a friend of Frédéric's from Jura, helped him find a source of high-quality grapes. Frédéric Cossard treated those healthy grapes using his manner and produced vivid wines.
Jura Chardonnay from 50-year-old vines with extremely low yields. It is fermented by wild yeasts, aged in used barrels for one year, and then in stainless tanks for several months. The wine features very rich fruit flavors with mineral notes.
While Chardonnay is famous in Burgundy, and Savagnin is renowned in Jura, Chardonnay actually occupies half of Jura's vineyard area, making it the most important grape variety there. It is characterized by a flavor profile distinct from that of Burgundy.
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In the 2022 vintage, Super Pink and Version Sud appear in unexpected styles, but Cuvée M seems to have finished in a style closer to the previous image. The taste is perfectly expressed by this label. Like Carignan, the Mourvèdre grape variety is generally blended with other grape varieties to create balance, but Frédéric Cossard seems to be looking at something different. He used 100% of this unique grape variety to bring out the beauty of Mourvèdre that no one had noticed before.
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B234 FREDERIC COSSARD VdF SUPER PINK 100% CINSAULT ROSE (2022) 750ml
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B235 FREDERIC COSSARD VdF CUVEE C CARIGNAN 2022 750ml
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B236 FREDERIC COSSARD VdF UGM QVEVRIS 2022 750ml
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This is also different from the Super Pink of previous years. This must be the character of the 2022 vintage! The color is pale, but it's so dense that you can feel the viscosity. It has a pleasant bitterness like pink grapefruit, and also a flavor like peach. The sweetness of ripe fruit, which becomes especially noticeable in the latter half, blends together into a feeling of bliss, like a tropical cocktail. In the South of France, the Cinsault grape variety is often used for rosé wine, but this is the first time we've had a Cinsault like this.
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Frédéric Cossard has a new wine called Cuvée C, made from 100% Carignan. Southern French wines are often made by blending grapes with distinct personalities, such as Carignan, Mourvèdre, Grenache, and Syrah. However, leave it to Frédéric Cossard, originally from Burgundy, to create an incredibly delicious wine with 100% Carignan! It's juicy, smooth, and you can even sense a delicate touch. It's such a vibrant wine. In 2022, which saw record-breaking drought and heat waves, the grapes suffered from extreme water shortage until just before the harvest. However, rain fell right before the harvest, revitalizing the grapes and leading to a very successful harvest.
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Also new in 2022 is UGM Qvevris, a blend of Ugni Blanc, Grenache Blanc, and Muscat. The blend of these grape varieties is familiar in the Rhône, but Frédéric Cossard's unique sense of style shines through here as well. It has a significant volume, but the beautiful acidity gives the wine a three-dimensional quality and lifts it. A vibrant wine full of colorful fruit. The label expresses the image of a gentleman from the north, wearing a scarf, experiencing the southern sunshine.
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B224 FREDERIC COSSARD FLEURIE 2022 750ml
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B038 LES EN HAUTS (COQUELET ET COSSARD) VdF ZAPOI 2021 750ml
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A820 FREDERIC COSSARD VdF PET NAT LA CHASSORNADE (2020) 750ml
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Frédéric Cossard has a deep love for Beaujolais Gamay. In 2021, he collaborated with Damien Coquelet on a project called “Les en Hauts,” producing several cuvées in Beaujolais. In 2022, however, he released a Fleurie under SARL Frédéric Cossard.
For the élevage, he used egg-shaped cement tanks to draw out pure fruit expression. The 80-year-old Gamay vines yield small quantities of dense, concentrated juice. Thanks to whole-cluster fermentation, the wine shows a pleasant astringency and mature yet rustic tannins, resulting in a style that goes beyond being simply easy-drinking—offering instead a refined, grown-up character.
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Zapoi is made of 100% Gamay from the vineyards around Villié-Morgon. Well ripe yet fresh, fine astringency gives lively expression to the wine. Smily Gamay wine. instantly delicious now.
Les en hauts is a collaboration between Frédéric Cossard and Damien Coquelet. Damian Coquelet biodynamically cultivates 9ha of Morgon, Chiroubels, Beaujolais-Villages and Beaujolais, and works in the cellar in completely non-interventional manner. Whole-bunch fermentation by natural yeast, no temperature control, no SO2 added during vinification, zero or minimal SO2 at the bottling. The wine of Les en hauts is made in Morgon by the egg tank, and bottled and cellared in Cossard's place for the moment.
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[Lot 2020]
Like other wines, it is produced every year, and the taste varies each time; however, there is no vintage labeling, and the same design label is used each year, making it hard to distinguish between them. There seems to be an issue with inventory data management or possibly a mistake in the warehouse, as two lots from the 2020 and 2021 vintages exist. This wine was not particularly intended for aging, so the practice was to sell out one lot before moving on to the next. However, tasting both wines side by side was quite interesting. The Aligoté from Puligny-Montrachet shows a stark difference between the 2020 and 2021 vintages. Indeed, this is a reasonable observation given the vintage differences between 2020 and 2021 in Burgundy.
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