The 2020 Corton Grèves Grand Cru (Domaine Louis Jadot) wafts from the glass with scents of smoky plums, petals, dark chocolate and loamy soil. Medium to full-bodied, deep and muscular, it's rich and concentrated, with lively acids and powdery tannins.

Mingling aromas of sweet berry fruit and plums with hints of raw cocoa, warm spices and orange rind, the 2019 Corton Grèves Grand Cru (Domaine Louis Jadot) is medium to full-bodied, rich and chalky, with fine concentration and a youthfully tightly wound profile. This is promising, but it will require a bit of patience.

Revisited from bottle, the 2018 Corton Grèves Grand Cru (Domaine Louis Jadot) unwinds in the glass with youthfully reserved aromas of plums and black cherries complemented by subtle hints of spice and forest floor. Full-bodied, rich and muscular, the abundant tannins that I remarked upon from barrel are still present, but they've become more supple with élevage, so this isn't quite as structural as I'd anticipated, even if it's still a fleshy, broad-shouldered wine of considerable authority.

Jadot's 2017 Corton Grèves Grand Cru (Domaine Louis Jadot) is undeniably charming, wafting from the glass with aromas of sweet red berries, warm spices, espresso roast and grilled squab. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, with juicy acids, a generous core of fruit and a supple, giving profile. This will be hard to resist in its youth.

The 2016 Corton Grèves Grand Cru was showing quite a bit of oak on the nose but there was more than enough fruit packed behind it. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, a fine bead of acidity with a subtle marine influence surfacing toward the finish that just tapers in when I want it to fan out. But this is a pretty Corton Grèves in the making.