The 2012 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes reveals a youthful bouquet of rose petal, raspberry and ripe cherry, framed by nicely integrated new oak. On the palate, the wine is supple, medium-full and creamily textural, with impressive mid-palate depth and structural seriousness for this often rather facile climat. My only reservation is that this is certainly overtly ripe, and some liqueured notes emerge as it sits in the glass; if it's just in an awkward phase, my score will look conservative in a few years.