08/20/2026
It’s always a great day to have the wines of Marc Soyard, the winemaker behind one of Burgundy’s most unusual and exciting estates, back in the shop. As the story goes, the land was bought by the city of Dijon in 2013, who held an open call for a young vigneron with no family winemaking history who would farm organically. Dijon chose Soyard, a Jura native who had spent six years at Domaine Bizot. His “rent” is 2,000 bottles a year to the city (not a bad deal!); in return, he farms the estate’s eight hectares biodynamically, ferments with native yeasts, and keeps intervention in the cellar to a minimum.
Today, Domaine de la Cras is the only estate allowed to use the Coteaux de Dijon designation, reviving a terroir once prized by Burgundian nobility through the 19th century and nearly forgotten since. With each vintage the domaine continues to breathe new energy into Dijon and we are so pleased to have a selection of the 2023 and 2024 vintages in stock now!