Chateau de Chamirey, Mercurey Premier Cru, Le Clos du Roy

Chateau de Chamirey · Burgundy › Mercurey › France

Red · Pinot Noir

Critics

91 /100

Reviews

professional

Vintages

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Community Reviews

Reviews

90.8

Avg Score

Highest

2 Hour decant. Still lively but intergating nicely.

2016 vintage

Full bodied, red fruit

2020 vintage

For the first few hours, this was showing little fruit and hints of funk. So it got set aside for the second night, at which point it was showing red and blue fruits, no funk. A light style but with time the fruits emerge and this is quite nice, though not complex and the finish is short. At the price, probably not a rebuy for me.

2016 vintage

Placed first in our blind tasting with some similar bottles from Oregon and California. Some funk at first with an hour decant but blew off by hour two. Strong red fruit. Should get better with time.

2016 vintage

Too fruit heavy on the palate and takes some time to come together but showing lots of potential. This will age well.

2020 vintage

Incredibly tasty. Candied Cherry or red currant, leather on the nose. Tart Cherry, leather, and spice palate. Love the complexity. Satisfying mouthfeel and aftertaste. This is very nice

2020 vintage

Big Burgundy Tasting (Prince Sydney, 40 Hansard Street) : Pretty red over blackberry fruit, sweet spice. Juicy, fleshy, again red over black fruits, a little tannic burr proves talc textured. Balanced, quite nice

2020 vintage

Dark berries and cherries, some licorice, a touch of sweetness and firm but good acidity. Really nice wine.

2020 vintage

3 hour decant (open 4 hours by end of dinner). Paired with Cedar plank salmon. Medium- body, subtle fruit (blue/red) but nicely balanced with tannins. Very nice now with all that air but will wait a few more years so the air is not required.

2016 vintage

Drank over a few days. Delicious wine that evolves nicely and clearly has a long life ahead of it. As the tannins mellowed this showed more darker fruit and shifted from acidity to more sun-kissed purple fruit. Would suggest waiting a bit or decanting to help the wine show.

2016 vintage

Day 1, much more fruit forward with acidity lifting the earthier notes. Day 2 the fruit receded a fair amount and some baking spices started coming out and mingling with underbrush. Little heavy for a summer wine (or at least drinking in the sun).

2016 vintage

Very red-fruited, with just a hint of brett. Light bodied and easy to drink on a warm day. But the finish was quite short and watery, so down-graded in my view just a bit.

2016 vintage

Ruby color. Floral nose. Medium body. Great balance of soft tannins and vibrant red and blue fruit. There are also some cedar and clove spice undertones. The wine has a mild acidity. Not a long term ager, but has a lovely pinot noir freshness. Drink now and for the next 5-7 years.

2016 vintage

Pop and pour. This is showing well young with brilliant red fruit, intense but not overbearing, wound around a thick core of bramble, saline earth, citrus pulp, allspice, and nutmeg. The balance on the palate is lovely but this will appeal to fruit lovers as well.

2016 vintage

Beautiful dark garnet-red colour with purple tints. The nose is intense and empyreumatic with mild spices notes as cinnamon and nutmeg. Grassy and red fruits notes. On the palate the wine is ample with red fruits notes. Cinnamon and nutmeg notes. Silky tanins. The Mercurey rouge Premier Cru « Clos du Roi » 2015 will marvelously pair with peppered rib roast, beef filet mignon, lamb shoulder or rack of pork and cheeses as Tomme des Bauges. It can be served …

2016 vintage

4 hour decant. Enjoyable but young. Needs a few more years for acidity/tannin's to drop out. Glad I bought a case. Highly recommended. Anticipate this 92+ in a few years. Good QPR.

2016 vintage

Nez de cerise kirchée et d'épices. Bouche en puissance, sur la cerise, tannins présents mais bien mûrs et fins, pas de verdeur, épices douces. Assez intense, gourmand, pas complexe pour le moment. Peut probablement vieillir mais se boit bien là. Nose of kirsch cherry and spices. Powerful palate, full of cherries and sweet spices, tannins are there but ripe and fine, no greenness. Quite intense, gourmand, not complex at the moment. Can probably grow old but drinking nicely right now.

2016 vintage