Freshness and light fruit gave this Italian rosé what it needed to take Gold. Yohann Pinol of Wiltons noted its ‘very elegant fruit, fine bubbles and delicate red berry aromas’, while team leader Jade Koch found it ‘clean, clear and bright, with delicate fruit and flower petal flavours’. ‘Floral, carnation and honeysuckle, as well as lovely citrus notes,’ were a highlight for Matthieu Longuère MS of Le Cordon Bleu London, who paired this with scallop carpaccio and pink grapefruit.

£10.50 Berkmann Wine Cellars

Xabier Alvarez of Trangallán enjoyed its ‘elegant nose, soft citrus and freshness’, while team leader Simon Woods found it a ‘gentle and juicy, approachable style with tangy fruit on the palate’.

£7.39 Boutinot

Gabriel Liotta of Hakkasan Hanway Place enjoyed its ‘nice citrus aromas, and delicate and refreshing palate’, while Yohann Pinol of Wiltons found ‘elegant bubbles, good aromatic complexity with red fruits and berries, and good length on the finish’.

£11.63 Boutinot

Yohann Pinol of Wiltons found ‘very intense and complex aromas, followed by a rich and well-balanced palate’, while team leader Jade Koch noted its ‘dry style with notes of apple, slightly oily texture and a little soft fruit on the back palate’.

£17.25 Liberty Wines

Team leader Jade Koch enjoyed its ‘juicy, zesty, bright orange character with strawberries and lots of clarity on the finish’, and Yohann Pinol of Wiltons found it ‘very smooth and elegant, with nice juicy red berry aromas and fine bubbles’.

£12.86 Bibendum

‘Ripe, plush, good bold and juicy red fruit flavours, this is honest and tasty,’ began team leader Simon Woods, with Trangallán’s Xabier Alvarez noting ‘a certain complexity and development, good medium length and very good overall’.

£9.37 Enotria&Coe

Trangallán’s Xabier Alvarez found ‘yeasty minerality, great texture and elegance, and a long appley finish’, while team leader Simon Woods felt it showed ‘a certain style, rich on the palate with quite opulent fruit’.

£32.11 Liberty Wines

‘Strawberries and cherries with citrus notes, dry with tight structure and yeasty raspberry notes on the palate,’ began Yauatcha’s Kelvin McCabe, while Trangallán’s Xabier Alvarez highlighted ‘minerality on a subtle nose and a citrusy, fresh end, very pleasant’.

£18.38 Enotria&Coe

‘Lovely salmon pink colour, elegant fruit with fresh berry notes and well balanced on the palate,’ said Yohann Pinol of Wiltons, with team leader Jade Koch noting its ‘elegant, drier style, some minerality present with candied strawberry fruit’.

£9.40 Jascots Wine Merchants, Alexander Wines, C&O Wines

Sushi Samba’s Maurizio Palomba enjoyed its ‘delicate style, with a little sweetness and refreshing peach and apricot fruit’, while Gabriel Liotta of Hakkasan Hanway Place felt it was ‘good value for money, refreshing and aromatic’.

£6.29 Greene King

Gabriel Liotta of Hakkasan Hanway Place felt it had ‘pronounced aromatic complexity and a nice aftertaste’, while team leader Jade Koch noted a ‘complex palate with lots going on, a little tight-knit but with good peach fruit character and balancing acidity, and minerals on the finish’.

£24.93 Matthew Clark

One that would be best with food, said team leader Jade Koch, who found it ‘very mineral and elegant, with good strawberry and cherry fruit in a crunchy, dry style’, with Yohann Pinol of Wiltons noting its ‘deep colour, richness and complexity’.

£29.90 Enotria&Coe

£5.98 Matthew Clark

£11.39 Boutinot

£10.96 Bibendum

£11.91 Bibendum

£16.48 Alivini

£41.00 Enotria&Coe

£8.21 Liberty Wines