Château de Chamirey, Mercurey (Burgundy, France) 2016

 Mercurey, an often-overlooked village in the Côte Chalonnaise, is home to well-priced authentic Burgundy, both red and white.  In this era of stratospheric prices for Burgundies, consumers should search for wines from this village.  Château de Chamirey, one of the finest producers in the Côte Chalonnaise, made a superb array of Mercurey wines in 2016.  This one, a blend of roughly 10 vineyards they own, is remarkably suave for a village wine.  With bright raspberry-like fruit and mild tannins, it is ready to drink now, but should developed nicely over the next several years.