The 2019 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes (Maison Louis Jadot) looks promising, bursting with aromas of blackberries, cassis, sweet soil tones and spices. Medium to full-bodied, supple and enveloping with powdery tannins and a lively core of fruit, it concludes with a long, flavorful finish. It's as good a Charmes as I can remember tasting from Jadot.

The 2018 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes (Maison Louis Jadot) bursts with aromas of spices plums, orange rind, woodsmoke and sweet soil tones. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, with a more muscular, chewier and overtly structural profile than the preceding Beaux Monts.

Aromas of orange rind, spicy wild berries and licorice introduce the 2017 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes (Maison Louis Jadot), a medium-bodied, ample wine with a fleshy, moderately concentrated core of fruit and chewy tannins that assert themselves on the finish.

The 2016 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes felt a little closed compared to the Beaux Monts, at least at this stage. The palate is medium-bodied with chewy tannin, good acidity, quite spicy in the mouth although I still find more complexity and purity within the Beaux Monts. This is more saturnine so give it five years in bottle to open up.

They 2015 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes has an intriguing bouquet, perhaps the most complex and saturnine of the premier crus from this appellation, ferrous-tinged red berry fruit, black pepper and hints of brown spice emerging with time. The palate is very well balanced with a fine line of acidity, wonderful structure and poise, with superb tension and energy towards the satin-textured finish. This comes highly recommended - a top-notch premier cru with sophistication.