Burgundy
Bourgogne "Cras" Rouge - 2023 - Marc Soyard
Domaine de la Cras
Complex, structured nose with notes of morello cherry and forest floor... A dense, fruity palate with hints of salted butter caramel, well-balanced, and slightly tangy on bright red berries. Beautiful length on the finish. This is an ambitious bottle—highly sought after, and for good reason.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Designation
- Bourgogne AOP
- Degree of alcohol
- 13 %
- To drink from
- 2026 to 2034
- rock’n’roll
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100% biodynamic Pinot Noir cuvée, from a single 5-ha parcel of massal selection vines, planted in 1983 in the Coteaux de Dijon area, on clay-limestone and pebbly soils. Once a flourishing wine region, today it’s as if the Gobi desert surrounded the estate. The upside is… Marc has zero pesticide spraying neighbours! Vinification: semi-carbonic maceration of whole bunches, 20 months of maturation in barrels, with 10 to 15% new oak. Bottled without fining or filtration, just a micro-dose of sulphur.

Marc Soyard
Marc Soyard, a vigneron who trained for six years with Jean-Yves Bizot, decided in 2012 to set off on his own adventure. He acquired some vines in Villers-la-Faye in the Hautes-Côtes-de-Nuits – 15 ares, which is to say, next to nothing! But he’d have to make do, given the prices that have unfortunately resulted from property speculation in Burgundy! Then, in 2013, the Dijon regional authority...
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