Marc Soyard is a tall, imposing figure making some of the most exciting wines in the Cotes de Nuits at the moment. Having worked in Vosne Romanée as Jean-Yves Bizot’s right hand man for seven years, Marc was selected by the municipality of Dijon to take over the Domaine de la Cras, a property situated in the hills outside of the city which primarily encompasses vineyards that were largely abandoned to viticulture in the aftermath of phylloxera.
Like the iconic Jean-Yves Bizot, Marc follows a very pure and precise winemaking style that is very much in a non-interventionist mould, with minimal sulphur use up until bottling. With several colleagues, Marc farms several plots from 90-year-old and 45-year-old vines, producing remarkable wines with incredible fruit purity, seductively perfumed aromatics and captivating, polished textural tannins.
The past three vintages have been phenomenally successful for Marc Soyard’s wines as international Burgundy collectors and connoisseurs alike have realised what exquisite wines are being produced. The stunning new 2022 releases bring together improved yields with incredible quality once again, all offered at affordably accessible pricing. Another true rising star of Burgundy to follow closely.
Domaine Marc Soyard Bourgogne Blanc 2022
A serious Bourgogne Blanc that shows a big, rich opulence, bold and expressive on the nose but with a classically taut palate, a restrained stony minerality and delicious layers of crunchy pear fruit, apple purée and sweet caramelised lemons. A whole lot of wine for a Bourgogne. Drink from 2024 to 2028.
(Wine Safari Score: 91+/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Marc Soyard Domaine de La Cras “Monopole” 2022
Straight out the blocks, this shows a rich plush nose with a steely brightness, hints of sour plum, tart lemony acids and a spellbinding minerality, finishing with a pithy, crystalline tangerine citrus purity. Very classy.
(Wine Safari Score: 93/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Domaine Marc Soyard Marsannay Blanc Tercet 2022
Another of Marc Soyard’s classic wines, this 2022 reveals honied, exotic, peachy aromatics before a broad, textured palate loaded with lemon pastille, honey on white toast, quince, and tart plum, finishing super bright, taut and linear with a complex stony undertone. A majestic offering.
(Wine Safari Score: 93+/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Domaine Marc Soyard Marsannay Rouge Tercet 2022
Always one of the most sought-after wines, the 2022 Marsannay Tercet is deliciously intense, packed with pithy red and black berry fruits, savoury blueberry and hints of black plum. Fabulously plush and fully rounded mid-palate, with soft supple finessed tannins and an impressively mineral, savoury concentration on the finish.
(Wine Safari Score: 93/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Domaine Marc Soyard Pommard 2022
This bold Pommard is packed full of dark earthy black fruits, plum and mulberry hints. Broad and intense, super vibrant with a notable freshness and zippy energy at its core. Wonderfully rounded and cool, layered with pithy black berry fruits and a stony limestone minerality. Really great focus and precision on display here!
(Wine Safari Score: 94/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Marc Soyard Domaine de La Cras Bourgogne Rouge 2022
The aromatics are rich and expressive with earthy, plummy, savoury black fruits. Cool, perfumed and focused, there’s a fine palate tension with a sweet blue / black fruit core, seamless textural harmony and an attractive vanilla pod kiss on the finish. Delicious.
(Wine Safari Score: 91+/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Marc Soyard Bourgogne ‘Hermaion’ Rouge 2022
Made from 70-year-old vines, the expressive nose on this special cuvee boasts exotic hints of cherry liquor and black plum with an impressively concentrated palate of black cherry, saline black currant and ripe mulberry. Massive depth, majestically sweet fruited, and a long, pitch perfect, harmonious fleshy length. Very impressive old vine intensity.
(Wine Safari Score: 93+/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
Marc Soyard Domaine de La Cras Haut Cotes de Nuits Rouge 2022
A very pretty wine with bright aromatics and hints of sour red cherry, black plum and earthy autumnal leafy hints. Medium bodied and rounded, packed full of saline cassis fruit, boiled purple rock candy, black cherry and a hint of back liquorice. Supple, dense and very generous!
(Wine Safari Score: 94/100 Greg Sherwood MW)
The Wines of Marc Soyard are imported into the UK by Burgundy specialist Musigny.Wine.
Contact: Andrew@musigny.wine