The 2020 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains (Maison Louis Jadot) has turned out especially well this year. Revealing notes of cherries, cassis, rich spices and smoke, it's medium to full-bodied, rich and concentrated, with lively acids, powdery tannins and a long, penetrating finish. This is one of the best Maison wines in the range this year.

Rich and muscular, the 2019 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains (Maison Louis Jadot) exhibits aromas of cassis, sweet berry fruit, loamy soil, dark chocolate and spices. Medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with powdery tannins and a generous core of fruit. It's more elegant than its 2018 counterpart was at the same stage, though it remains a powerful wine.

The 2018 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains (Maison Louis Jadot) offers up notes of plums, cherries, raw cocoa and spices. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, with a rich chassis of powdery structuring tannins and succulent acids, it's a powerful, muscular wine that will merit a bit of patience.

The 2017 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains (Maison Louis Jadot) is also a success, unfurling in the glass with aromas of dark berries, grilled game, rich soil tones and smoky new oak. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with good depth and concentration, juicy acids and fine but firm structuring tannins that are classic Vaucrains.

The 2016 Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains felt a little raw on the nose, rather stemmy compared to the Boudots. The palate is medium-bodied with chewy tannin, grippy in the mouth but it feels rather bony and needs more flesh toward the finish.