The 2012 les Orveaux from Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret is very elegant this year and is going to be a lovely example of this consistently fine premier cru. The deep and quite red fruity nose wafts from the glass in a very pretty display of cherries, blood orange, woodsmoke, fresh herb tones, a fine base of soil, cedar and a lovely topnote of fresh nutmeg. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and nascently complex, with fine mid-palate depth, fine-grained tannins and a long, focused and tangy finish. Like the Vosne AC, this still needs time to fully absorb its new wood, but it will be excellent with some bottle age.