This took Gold for its ‘very tasty, savoury style,’ began team leader Annette Scarfe MW, who found ‘slight phenolic grip, texture suggesting the use of large oak, complexity with notes of sweet spices and soy sauce’, with Andre Luis Martins of the Cavalry & Guards Club highlighting ‘fresh asparagus and rosemary notes on the nose, elegant development with Cox apples and sweet herbs on the finish’. ‘Complex and very well balanced, harmonious, some bitter notes, but clean aftertaste with hints of butter and almond,’ added Simon Cassina of Winexponent. A perfect pairing with poulet de Bresse, suggested team leader Olivier Marie.

£20.30 Bibendum

This had it all: generous fruit, minerality and some spice. A definite Gold. ‘Ripe stone fruits with honeysuckle notes and a core of fresh acidity, and a creamy mid-palate from the lees,’ said team leader Annette Scarfe MW, while Federico Forte of Plateau found ‘spicy, sweet pear with notes of mango and lychee, hints of saffron spice, flinty mineral flavours on a very well-balanced palate’.

'An amazing, elegant wine, and a match for seared foie gras,' concluded team leader Olivier Marie.

£8.75 Greene King

Honeyed sweetness and candied citrus helped to elevate this to Gold. ‘Sweet orange fruit and floral blossom aromas, a touch of botrytis on a sweet, full and rounded palate,’ began Neil Tabraham of Paris House, with team leader Simon Woods also finding it ‘juicy, tender, lively and ripe, showing tangy but gentle crystallised pineapple and orange zest on a palate with lovely balance’. Team leader Lionel Periner thought this ideal alongside 'peached pear in saffron, with shortbread and honey milk sorbet'.

£13.87 Indigo Wine

Judges had nothing but praise for this Gold Lister. ‘Complex style with green apple fruit aromas, sweet spices, touches of saffron,’ began Simon Cassina of Winexponent, who found ‘intensity on the palate, honeysuckle richness with an intense aftertaste, it’s gorgeous!’ Andre Luis Martins of the Cavalry & Guards Club noted ‘light camomile aromas with suggestions of Sauternes, sweet lychee fruit and fresh mint leaf on the palate, with a charming finish’.

'A lovely vibrancy and zestiness on the nose, leading to an abundance of ripe peaches and apricots, with a rounded creaminess. Moreish. I want more!' concluded JKS Restaurants's Sunaina Sethi.

£18.41 Enotria&Coe

This wowed our judges, who consequently elevated it to Gold. ‘Aromatic plum and vanilla aromas, concentrated and full on the palate, quite juicy and really long,’ began Le Cordon Bleu London’s Matthieu Longuère MS, with Luciana Girotto-Beckett of Macellaio RC noting ‘serious, tannic, but lovely and fresh with crushed berries on the palate’.

'Very perfumed, leading to a red berries and spicy white pepper on the palate. This could be served on the colder side, with beef carpaccio and a green bean salad,' suggested team leader Laurent Richet MS.

£22.19 Liberty Wines

Judges unanimously granted this Gold, and were generous in their praise. ‘Rich and fruity, grippy on the palate, ripe and honeyed,’ began team leader Simon Woods, who was impressed with its ‘lovely profile of peach and passion fruit, good depth and great length’, while Cavalry & Guards Club’s Andre Luis Martins thought it ‘classic, with white flowers and rich tropical fruit, like ripe mango’. Jason Atherton Group’s Stefan Kobald praised ‘ripe, candied fruits with vanilla and saffron, with a creamy, honeyed palate with candle wax and petrol, and bright acidity’. An excellent match for passion fruit bavarois, suggested The Don Restaurant’s Arnaud Fiol.

£42.24 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

‘Petrol aromas, grassy fresh with nettle notes, makes you really want to get your nose in the glass,’ began Simon Cassina of Winexponent, finding ‘a clean palate of sweet baked apples and a pinch of cinnamon, lime and fresh acidity’.

£5.26 CellarVino

Luciana Girotto-Beckett of Macellaio RC was impressed with its ‘floral and perfumed, yet intense red berry nose’, finding a ‘medium-bodied palate with meaty and floral notes, long and fresh with soft tannins’. ‘Really juicy and well made, lovely refreshing finish,’ addedLe Cordon Bleu London’s Matthieu Longuère MS.

£10.31 Matthew Clark

‘Fantastic aromas of melon and ripe pineapple, as well as tertiary notes of kerosene and slate,’ began an enthusiastic Charles Van Wyk of FJB Hotels, continuing: ‘The palate is complex, showing vibrant limey acidity, with great minerals complementing the fruit structure. Fantastically well-made wine.’ ‘Taut and tense, full yet refined, lithe and generous, all reined in by crisp acidity,’ added team leader Simon Woods.

£15.68 Matthew Clark

Neil Tabraham of Paris House enjoyed its ‘lovely, petrolly Riesling nose, limes and citrus, with pineapple and baked lemons on the palate, which is long and fresh’, while Charles Van Wyk of FJB Hotels remarked on its ‘aromas of ripe stone fruits along with hints of slate, a sensational coated mouthfeel packed with ripe melon, peach and pineapple, attractive, refreshing acidity and a long finish’.

£22.43 Matthew Clark

Team leader Simon Woods found it a ‘quite spicy, broad-shouldered style with some earthy quince and fennel notes in with the citrus’, while Neil Tabraham of Paris House liked its ‘lovely Riesling tropical nose, warm ripe fruits and nice balance of acidity and length’.

£13.10 Indigo Wine

‘Pure slate and minerality, very persistent on the palate, clean with great balance and a great finish,’ began Tim McLaughlin-Green of Sommelier’s Choice, with team leader Simon Woods highlighting ‘lots of power, but piercing acidity, an excellent style, powerful but restrained, with suggestions of strawberry, red fruit and vanilla’.

£29.99 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

‘Charming mineral and petrolly aromas, ripe peach with notes of green tea on the palate, then a complex finish,’ said Andre Luis Martins of the Cavalry & Guards Club, with Federico Forte of Plateau picking up ‘gooseberry, apricot, Williams pear, complex fruit with hints of white pepper, mango and grapefruit’.

£29.28 Liberty Wines

Andre Luis Martins of the Cavalry & Guards Club enjoyed its ‘lemon flower with light, sweet herb aromas, sweet white peach fruit on the palate with fresh minerality and an elegant finish’.

£16.94 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

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£8.12 Bibendum

£8.31 Indigo Wine

£13.14 Liberty Wines

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£10.44 Liberty Wines

£23.34 Liberty Wines