Château de Chamirey Mercurey Rouge 2023

What is Fine Pinot Select? Fine Pinot Select is our curated direct-allocation channel — we draw these wines on order from our partner cellars to bring you bottles beyond our in-house range, delivered direct from source. Please allow approximately 7 days for dispatch.

Introduction

Château de Chamirey is Mercurey's leading estate, owned and farmed by the Devillard family (also of Domaine des Perdrix in Nuits-Saint-Georges). The village Mercurey Rouge is drawn from ten small plots across the appellation, elevated by 6% of Premier Cru fruit blended in — a quietly upgraded village wine that drinks above its tier while keeping the Devillard family's signature transparency and freshness.

Viticulture & Winemaking

• Source: 10 small plots across Mercurey, blended with 6% Premier Cru fruit
• Soil: Clay-dominant clay-limestone, with various exposures
• Harvest: Hand-picked, hand-sorted
• Fermentation: Partial destemming, 4–6 day cold pre-ferment, 15-day total maceration worked by pigeage and pumping-over, indigenous yeasts
• Aging: 65% in traditional 228L Burgundian barrels for 7 months (~10% new oak), then 2 months in stainless steel before bottling

Tasting Note

Limpid and shiny dark red in the glass. The nose opens on black fruits before turning to fresh small berries — redcurrant, cherry — with subtle earthy notes lending complexity. The palate is rather ample, with integrated tannins giving harmonious density. Great freshness throughout, finishing on a saline lift.

Small-Batch Detail

• Appellation: Mercurey (village + 6% 1er Cru)
• Variety: Pinot Noir
• Vintage: 2023
• Oak: 65% in 228L barrels, 7 months, ~10% new
• Format: 750mL
• Closure: Cork

Fine Pinot Note

An approachable, savoury Mercurey for everyday Burgundy drinking. Serve at 15–16°C with duck terrine, sautéed mushrooms, veal blanquette, or a board of aged cheeses. Drinks beautifully now and will hold up to 8 years in cellar.

Burgundy, France

Burgundy is the spiritual home of Pinot Noir, where the variety has been cultivated for over a millennium. Centred on the Côte d'Or — the narrow east-facing escarpment running from Dijon south to Maranges — viticulture is divided into the Côte de Nuits (sources of the most structured, age-worthy reds such as Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne-Romanée and Nuits-Saint-Georges) and the Côte de Beaune (home to Pommard, Volnay, Chassagne-Montrachet and Beaune). Further south the Côte Chalonnaise — home to Mercurey — offers Pinot Noir of comparable craft at a fraction of Côte d'Or pricing. Soil composition shifts metre by metre — limestone, marl and clay — creating the famous mosaic of climats that define each appellation. Burgundian Pinot Noir remains the worldwide reference for the variety: perfumed, savoury, structured and capable of decades of evolution.

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