Multi-layered, elegant, long and precise, a wine to fall in love with. Caroline Brangé of 28°-50° Mayfair found ‘complexity, vanilla, well-integrated oak with black pepper and leafy herbs’, while Hawksmoor Air Street’s Julian Bicknell noted: ‘Violets and Chinese spice aromas, punchy fruit, deliciously plummy with lots of new oak.’ 'One of those wines that you can smell for hours,' said the Orrery's Lorenzo Abussi. Match with hare, venison, or rib-eye.

£61.32 Spanish Fine Wine

‘Great wine with amazing texture and length, complex aromatics,’ began impressed team leader Olivier Marie, continuing: ‘Wet chalk with honeyed character and a phenolic finish, but pleasant, with pithy minerality. A lot of oak, but it is well made, with complex, precise character.’ ‘Spice, richness, complexity, vibrant and persistent flavours with great freshness and balance,’ concurred Vinoteca Marylebone’s Mya Brown.

£13.49 Matthew Clark

‘Mellow and soft, with crisp fruit character and balanced acidity, good for mussels by the beach,’ suggested consultant Caroline Symington, with with team leader Olivier Marie adding: ‘Slightly confected apricot and yellow plum fruit, with an oily texture and long-lasting finish.’

£8.49 Matthew Clark

‘Raisin, plum, stewed fruit nose with delicious fruit chutney character on the palate,’ began the Wine & Spirit Education Trust’s Mike Best, continuing: ‘Good balance, with a mix of traditional and modern styles. Pronounced intensity and characterful.’

£14.75 Matthew Clark

‘Cranberry, plummy, crunchy black fruit on the nose, very elegant, velvety and even on the palate, with nice freshness and a cherry yoghurt-y finish,’ commented Julian Bicknell of Hawksmoor Air Street, concluding: ‘Delicious.’

£19.25 Matthew Clark, Berry Bros & Rudd

‘Aromatic melon and peach nose, delivering a punchy, tropical melon palate and moreish citrus fruit, with some crisp acidic lime notes to finish,’ said Claire Love of Loves Restaurant, with team leader Olivier Marie noting: ‘Stone fruit and lime blossom, with lemony character and herbal, grassy, under-ripe fruit touches.’

£5.80 Boutinot

‘Inky and very ripe, modern style with juicy, bold flavours, very precise, with new oak in balance,’ said the Wine & Spirit Education Trust’s Mike Best, continuing: ‘Seriously good, with finesse, power and elegance.’ ‘Rich and generous, plush and plump, with spice and berries,’ added team leader Simon Woods.

£19.28 Spanish Fine Wine

‘Dusty aromas, with juicy black fruits and dominant oak on the palate, but then fat, juicy berry fruit and a decent length, savoury finish,’ said team leader Martin Lam, with Julian Bicknell of Hawksmoor Air Street adding: ‘Warm and chunky, very attractive red, made with love, needs food.’

£12.72 Spanish Fine Wine

‘Some toasty spice with citrus, well-integrated oak with rich, toasted body, tree/stone fruits,’ said Mya Brown of Vinoteca Marylebone. Lukasz Walkowiak of Oxo Tower Restaurant agreed: ‘Creamy nose, some peach and ripe apple, with buttery texture and a lovely touch of vanilla.’

£9.58 Spanish Fine Wine

‘Red fruit and herbs on the nose, with big, juicy, crunchy fruit and spices on the palate,’ began team leader Martin Lam, with consultant sommelier Christophe Richelet finding: ‘Bright red fruit and garrigue herbs, oak notes and a touch of liquorice.’

£6.62 Enotria&Coe

‘Rich, punchy, dark berry and plum fruit, fresh and juicy style; a lovely, honest, juicy red that would be great value by the glass,’ said team leader Simon Woods, with the Wine & Spirit Education Trust’s Mike Best agreeing: ‘Simple, dark berry fruit with a hint of smoke on the palate.’

£5.67 Berkmann Wine Cellars

£9.65 Boutinot

£11.35 Boutinot

£10.99 Matthew Clark

£7.95 Forth Wines, Matthew Clark

£6.87 Spanish Fine Wine

£8.45 Spanish Fine Wine