Domaine de la Cras

Dijon

Domaine de la Cras occupies genuinely uncharted territory in the Burgundy landscape: Marc Soyard's estate sits in the Coteaux de Dijon, a revival appellation on the outskirts of the city of Dijon itself, far north of the famed villages of the Côte d'Or. Working from ancient vineyard sites that predate modern appellations, Soyard has helped resurrect a style of urban Burgundy that nearly disappeared in the 20th century. His flagship parcel, Le Cras Monopole—a walled plot he farms exclusively—yields both a red and a white that speak with remarkable individuality to their particular corner of limestone and clay. Farming is organic and the winemaking minimal, allowing the freshness of this cooler, more northerly terroir to express itself without interference. The L'Équilibriste cuvées offer a slightly wider blend of the domaine's various plots, showcasing the breadth of what these Dijon-adjacent vineyards can produce. Soyard's project is one of Burgundy's most intellectually interesting, reclaiming a viticultural tradition that wine history had all but written off.