The 2017 Pommard 1er Cru Clos de la Commaraine (Maison Louis Jadot) is the last rendition of this cuvée, and it has turned out very well, offering up aromas of sweet red berries, cherries, warm spices and orange rind. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, ample and satiny, with an open-knit but nicely delineated profile, concluding with a stony finish.

The 2016 Pommard 1er Cru Clos de la Commaraine has an attractive bouquet with scents of mulberry, blackcurrant, wild mint and a touch of orange zest. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, very focused and poised on the entry, quite linear and refusing to fan out on the finish. Yet I admire the tension here and the dash of black pepper on the finish that keeps the tongue a-tingling.

The 2015 Pommard 1er Cru Clos de la Commaraine has an outgoing and almost Volnay-like bouquet with copious red cherry and strawberry tart aromas neatly integrated with the oak. The palate is medium-bodied with sweet ripe red cherry and raspberry fruit, fine tannin and a pleasant spice-tinged finish that lingers in the mouth. This is simply a lovely Pommard to enjoy over the next decade.

The 2014 Pommard 1er Cru Clos de la Commaraine has a clean and pure blackcurrant and bilberry-scented bouquet, with scents of iris and violet coming through with aeration. The palate is chewy on the entry. This is nicely structured and grippy in the mouth, a little compact at the moment, but it should flesh out by the time of bottling. It perhaps is just missing some length, but the balance is here.

The 2013 Pommard 1er Cru Clos de la Commaraine has a tightly wound, slightly metallic bouquet at the moment, perhaps a bit of reduction that will eventually blow off. The palate is medium-bodied with chewy tannins, a burly Pommard that is quite assertive but I feel is lacking some grace and sophistication.