'Powerful, yeasty flavours but well balanced with a long finish,' said Bread Street Kitchen's Stefano Pirondi, with Tobias Brauweiler MS of Hakkasan Group also finding 'ripe apple and pear, zesty fruit and hints of walnut character'. Team leader Hamish Anderson noted: 'Savoury and complex nose, this has a pure style on the palate with lemon pith and warm bread. Very long and elegant. Yum!'

£30.49 Bibendum

For the second of Heidsieck's two Golds, we have a mature champagne.

'Great stuff, ageing well, with truffle and warm orchard notes,' said team leader Hamish Anderson.

'Here we go,' said an eager Stefano Pirondi of Bread Street Kitchen, adding: 'Freshness, creamy complexity and beauty, nuanced through to the end, and a long and pleasant finish.'
'Soft and easy, but with a lovely intensity of fruit,' added Richard Brooks of Caroline Catering.

'Well put together, elegant and complex,' said Giancarlo Cuccuru of Brackenbury Wine Rooms.

£86.92 Liberty Wines

Delicacy, elegance and a refreshing finish took Gobillard to the Gold podium.

'This is a soft, pretty style. It's young and driven by fruit – pear and raspberry,' said team leader, Hamish Anderson. Richard Brooks of Caroline Catering meanwhile found this 'fresh and attractive on the nose, an easy-drinking style', showing 'zingy, attractive fruit, holding well in the mouth, with decent length for good value'.

£24.91 Enotria&Coe

Charles Van Wyk of FJB Collection enjoyed the 'lovely, attractive secondary notes of toasted brioche and green apple', followed by a palate of 'ripe, bruised apple and light, easy drinking'. Sarah Guignard of The French Table noted the 'crisp, floral, appealing nose, balanced palate and flavour, and good finish'.

£15.75 Kingsland

'Clean and intense with a lean, lemony character,' began team leader Olivier Marie, continuing: 'Zesty, pithy finish and high dosage.'
'Aromatic, fresh bouquet with flowers and fruit on the palate and a long, elegant finish,' added Aurélien Constant of Galvin La Chapelle.

£33.96 Hatch Mansfield, Matthew Clark

'Showing nice effervescence, this is clean with a medium-intensity nose, great concentration of ripe fruits, good substance and extract,' said team leader Olivier Marie.

'Bright, with lots of spice, will age wonderfully,' agreed Avenue Restaurant's Andrés Ituarte.

£91.88 Hatch Mansfield, Matthew Clark

'Great freshness, beautiful persistence and really good length,' began Andrea Domenicucci of Whatley Manor, while Richard Brooks of Caroline Catering highlighted its 'lively fruit, developing nicely in the mouth'.

£28.68 Bibendum

Richard Brooks of Caroline Catering noted its 'full-flavoured style', adding: 'Really interesting complexity, develops well in the glass, with a strong finish.'
'Creamy mid-palate with toasty brioche savoury notes,' agreed team leader Annette Scarfe MW.

£36.27 Justerini & Brooks, Majestic Commercial, Matthew Clark

'Outstanding!' began an impressed Charles Van Wyk of FJB Collection, continuing: 'Attractive, ripe apple aromas complemented by notes of vanilla, almond and toasted brioche. Palate is dry and complex, showing layers of fruit and yeasty lees ageing character.'

£81.53 Justerini & Brooks, Majestic Commercial, Matthew Clark

'Clean, showing some complex aromatics with yeasty character and lactic notes, like fresh butter. Oxidative style, perhaps with some body and texture,' said team leader Olivier Marie, while Andrés Ituarte of Avenue Restaurant enjoyed its 'bright orchard fruits and small bubbles'.

£29.00 Spirited Wines, Castelnau Wine Agencies

'Appealing intensity of fruit on a very attractive wine,' began Richard Brooks of Caroline Catering, with team leader Annette Scarfe MW adding: 'Lovely, complex toasty aromas, rounded complexity on the palate with multiple layers and great length.'
Fellow team leader Hamish Anderson noted: 'Open-knit generous nose. A ripe and powerful wine with lemon balm and spice, if still a little closed.'

£141.79 Pernod Ricard UK

£26.00 Boutinot

£69.54 Bibendum

£28.25 Majestic Commercial, Matthew Clark, Justerini & Brooks