(93+ points) Wafting from the glass with aromas of wild berries, violets, sweet spices, loamy soil and roses, the 2020 Pommard 1er Cru Epenots is medium to full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, with a concentrated core of fruit that's framed by rich, powdery tannins and lively acids. Antoine Jobard appears to be as adept a red winemaker as he is with Chardonnay, for this is a terrific success.- WK

(91-93 points) The 2020 Pommard Epenots 1er Cru has a very pure bouquet with plenty of brambly red fruit, sous-bois and light touches of blood orange. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, fine acidity, taut and fresh with a nicely proportioned, quite sapid finish. Good potential, give this 4-5 years in bottle. - By Neal Martin on November 2021

Pure mid purple without the black. There’s a fine quality of correctly ripe pinot on the nose, more lush than elegant perhaps but stylish nonetheless. Really fine on the palate, none of the dry tannins, indeed the fruit covers the structure. There is enough acidity. No riper please, but as it is this is a lovely Epenots.

Like the Volnay, this is somewhat grapey as well, which is not a flaw per se though it may not be to everyone's liking. There is good freshness to the ripe aromas of black cherry liqueur and more discreet earth influence. There is good volume to suave and plush medium-bodied flavors that exude a bracing hint of bitter pit fruit character on the sappy and sneaky long finish. This needs more depth, but the aging curve appears to be long enough for that to occur and my rating offers the benefit of the doubt that it will over time.