The 2012 Chaboeufs from Philippe Gavignet is also outstanding, offering up a deep and classic nose of black cherries, dark berries, raw cocoa, gamebirds, woodsmoke, dark soil tones that are already hinting at the sous bois to come and a nice base of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bdoied, pure and complex, with a sappy core of fruit, excellent soil signature, suave tannins and excellent length and grip on the well-balanced and classy finish. This seems likely to drink a bit earlier than the Bousselots, but perhaps it was just bottled a tad later and is showing a bit less structure than it will ultimately display when it has fully recovered from the mise. This will be excellent.