Domaine de la Cras Pinot Noir & Gamay VdF 2023 20L

Domaine de la Cras

Wine: Pinot Noir & Gamay VdF

Region: Burgundy

Grape: Pinot Noir, Gamay

Colour: Red

Alcohol: 12.5%

Size: 20L

Producer

In 2013 the city of Dijon purchased a 160 hectare property on the edge of the city, complete with a winery and 8 hectares of planted land (5 red, 3 white). They then ran a competition, the prize: to run the estate and have free reign on the wine made there. The only requirement was that the winemaker must be young with no existing family vineyards and pay an annual rent to the city of Dijon of 2,000 bottles. Marc Soyard, originally from Jura, had previously worked at Domaine Bizot in Vosne-Roman?e as the vineyard manager, working closely with Jean-Yves Bizot in the winery. Marc has a very hands off approach to winemaking, farming organically with biodynamic practices. Although the Domaine is Bourgogne AOC, Marc also has the exclusive right to label under ?Coteaux de Dijon?.  

Farming and Winemaking

In 2018 Marc started a new project, sourcing Organic fruit from a vineyard in Beaune. This is the first vintage of Marc's new exploratory project, as he learns more about using his wine making style on different parcels of fruit. The grapes were pressed in Beaune, and then the juice is moved to Dijon where Marc treats it like fruit from his own vineyards.

This is a blend of 80% Pinot Noir, 20% Gamay.  The Pinot Noir is from Marc's Beaune vineyard and the Gamay from Morey-St-Denis.  Vinification is done with natural yeasts, with ?levage in tank. There is no filtration and no SO2 has been added.