Made from purchased grapes, the 2019 Pommard 1er Cru Grands Epenots (Maison Louis Jadot) wafts from the glass with aromas of sweet berries, warm spices, rich soil tones and toasty new oak. Medium to full-bodied, supple and fleshy, with a charming core of fruit, lively acids and refined tannins, this is very promising.

The 2018 Pommard 1er Cru Grands Epenots (Maison Louis Jadot) is showing very well this year, revealing a deep bouquet of sweet red berries, licorice, grilled meats, raw cocoa and loamy soil. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, fleshy and round, with a layered core that largely conceals its powdery structuring tannins.

The 2015 Pommard 1er Cru Grands Epenots offers appealing raspberry, cranberry and redcurrant scents on the nose, initially muted but quickly gaining vigor in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with supple red berry fruit, orange rind and a touch of brown spice, gently fanning out towards the finish but never fully letting go. It does feel a little "rigid" at the moment, but it should mellow with 4-5 years in bottle.

The 2014 Pommard 1er Cru les Grands Epenots has a rather extravagant bouquet, especially for a Pommard, with showy red cherries, raspberry coulis and orange sorbet scents that are nicely defined. This is quite Volnay in style. The palate is clean and fresh, gently gripping the mouth, quite tensile and linear but with appreciable depth on the raspberry, strawberry and sage finish. There is something very "correct" about this Grands Epenots. Very fine.

The 2010 Pommard Grands Epenots flows across the palate with layers of expressive red fruit. It shows lovely depth and volume in a fairly understated style for Pommard. High-toned floral notes add lift on the silky polished finish. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2022. I tasted an amazing range of 2010 reds at Jadot with long-term winemaker Jacques Lardiere and his successor Frederic Barnier. In order to make this large section of the report easier to read, I have broken up the wines into the Cote de Beaune and Cote de Nuits. Lardiere and Barnier told me they were quite worried about the prospects for the harvest upon their return from summer vacations in August, but the year was saved by a perfect September. Yields are down 25-50% because of the frost and cold weather earlier in the year, but overall quality is very high. Lardiere and Barnier also noted that early on it appeared that there would be a wide gap in quality between the Cote de Beaune and the Cote de Nuits, but over time that gap narrowed to some extent. Still, there is little question the vintage was more challenging in the Cote de Beaune because of a rainier summer and overall higher precipitation throughout the year.Importer: Kobrand Corp., Purchase, NY; tel. (914) 253-7756