2025 and Domaine Marc Roy is a match made in heaven. Actually, 2025 is a tremendous year for Pinot Noir in Burgundy …
It’s perhaps too early to say, but my feeling is that the 2025s are one of the very best vintages I have tasted after global warming showed its hyper-generous style in my glass.
Better than 2019? Perhaps… I think one needs to go back to 2010 to find a better vintage of red Burgundies. I do find the coolness in 2025 very interesting and appealing.
It’s not perfect … as I notice some variation in the phenolic ripeness and some wines are a bit on the cooler and slightly underripe side (phenolic-wise) … but not by much … I will follow this as I taste my way through the 2025s …
But Alexndrine really nailed the vintage …. so let’s go to the notes.
Some history of the Marc Roy estate
Alexandrine is the fourth generation at the domaine, and she is running the estate with her father, Marc Roy, who is still very active in the vineyards.
They may only produce village wines, but nevertheless this is one of my favourite estates in Burgundy, and it proves that even serious collectors should be able to find great pleasure from a village-level wine.
Alexandrine made her debut as winemaker with the 2003 vintage, and has over the years refined her wines to be some of the most vibrant, delicate Gevrey village wines made today.
I was blown away the first time I tasted her wines, and my tasting each year subsequently confirms my passion for them.
Alexandrine makes four village reds from Gevrey and a Marsannay blanc. All are magnificent in their own way and style. They are all pure, airy and intense, but still quite light-footed and filigreed for these appellations.
Tasting the Marc Roy 2025s
Here are all the Marc Roy wines … including the otherwise unknown Bourgogne Rouges,
Domaine Marc Roy Marsannay Blanc 2025
The Marc Roy plot is in Marsannay’s Les Champs Perdrix, located at the southern end of Couchey at the top of the slope. The 2025 is generous and quite lively … acidity good, offering a lovely freshness. Phenolic ripeness is very fine … giving the wine a fine balance and energy. Not a wine for oysters naturel … but fish dishes … or poultry will be perfect. A beautiful wine for the culinary scene.
(Drink from 2027) – Very Good+ (90p) – Tasted 31/07/2026 – 
Domaine Marc Roy Bourgogne Rouges 2025
Never tasted the Bourgogne Rouge before … so a first time to taste this magnificent generic Burgundy. A lovely and expressive wine … very much Gevrey-Chambertin flavours in this lovely Bourgogne Rouge; wow, it’s good for this level.
(Drink from 2027) – Very Good (88p) – Tasted 31/07/2026 – 
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