Bourgogne Rouge L’Equilibriste

Domaine de la Cras

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Bourgogne

Variety

Pinot Noir

The cuvée l'Equilibriste was initially created for a local circus festival around Dijon, thus the high wine "razor's edge" balancing act on the label. The red comes from the same Pinot Noir vines in Bessy that are used for the Coteaux de Dijon, but are vinified sans soufre and with a lighter touch to be ready for a spring bottling and immediate enjoyment.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

En Bessy

Soil type

Clay-limestone

Vine agePlanted 1983-2001

Vineyard size4.5 ha

ExpositionEast-west

Vinification

100% whole cluster in semi-carbonic without SO2

Elevage10-12 months in used oak barrels

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringUnfined and Unfiltered

Additional info

UPC Code Bottle741718812720

More about
the producer

Domaine de la Cras

Founded in 2014

8 hectares

In 2013, the city of Dijon purchased a 160-hectare agricultural property called Domaine de la Cras, located just outside the city limits. The former owner had already built a winery and planted 8 hectares of vineyards (5 ha red and 3 ha blanc) on land classified under the Bourgogne AOC, with a possibility to plant an additional 13 hectares. An open call for proposals was held to decide who would take over the winemaking, with the primary criteria being that the vineyards had to be farmed organically, the winner had to be a young winemaker with no existing family vineyards, and he/she must be interested in opening the domaine to the public for educational visits.

After Marc Soyard was chosen, he was given free rein to live on-site at the domaine, tend to the vineyards, and...