Marc Soyard

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

It’s been a little while since I’ve added to my ‘Age of Bourgogne Aligote’ series, but after tasting another incredible wine from Burgundy wunderkind, Marc Soyard, the excitement of drinking top Aligote was well and truly reignited again. But who is this incredible new talent that is taking Burgundy drinkers by storm? To find out, you have to step off Burgundy’s well-trodden paths and head up a less promising gravel track north-west of Dijon to where you’ll find the home of Marc Soyard – possibly one of the region’s newest and most sought-after winemaking talents. Away from Burgundy’s golden slopes there are places never visited by tourists, where one can also discover winemaking geniuses like Marc.

If you head the wrong way out of Dijon (north-west instead of south) and turn up a dusty track at just the right place, you might just find yourself at Domaine de la Cras – the winemaking home of Marc Soyard. Even though his front door also has a small plaque announcing the name of his winery, you won’t be sure that you’ve come to the right place until this big, friendly, gregarious winemaker opens the front door and welcomes you into one of the newest sources of great Burgundy wine.

Marc spent seven vintages working with the famous Jean-Yves Bizot, and you can see that the pupil too has become a master of his trade. While his most noted wine is his Pinot Noir from Pommard, his intelligent handling of Aligote show just how fresh, delicious and energetic this cultivar can really be. This is a superb wine made with emotion, feeling and precision. These are definitely wines worth seeking out.

Marc Soyard Tercet Bourgogne Aligoté 2023, 11% Abv.

A dulled bronze yellow in the glass, this opulent 2023 expression from Marc Soyard captures the true essence of premium Aligoté beautifully. The aromatics are packed full of lemon and lime zest, honeysuckle, white flowers, lemon oil, Pink Lady dessert apples, and warm buttered white toast drizzled with melted honey. Medium to full-bodied in the mouth, the wine displays a generous tart apple and pear fruit concentration and a fleshy ripeness, all wonderfully underpinned by deliciously mouthwatering tangy lemony acids. The genius and talent of Marc Soyard to elevate a relatively modest grape like Aligoté to such heights of fruit texture, concentration and harmony speak of his brilliance as a winemaker. Drink now and over the next 3 to 6+ years.

(Wine Safari Score: 92-93/100 Greg Sherwood MW)

The Domaine Marc Soyard wines are available exclusively to UK trade and private clients from http://www.Musigny.wine