A textured, complex and slightly savoury palate earned this offering from Santa Barbara the Gold. Sara Bachiorri of Chez Bruce described it as ‘mineral with chalky notes on the nose, opening up into a more floral character as it sits in the glass. Poached pears, custard tart, candied lemon. Good balance, dry with medium acidity and good minerality on a long finish.’ ETM Group’s Guillaume Mahaut appreciated the ‘complex palate, with fennel, lemon, lemon grass and some lees notes’, while team leader Olivier Marie paired this with a salt-baked seabass and a Waldorf salad.

£14.54 Delitalia

Unusual, interesting and entirely deserving of Gold, according to our judges. Consultant sommelier Rebecca Coates found ‘pronounced ginger and cardamom spice, candied lemon and residual sugar on the palate, but good mouthfeel overall’, while Michael Fiducia of Coworth Park, Ascot, enjoyed ‘a complex nose with beautiful aromatics, including acacia honey, leading to a silky-smooth and refreshing mouthfeel’. Frédéric Billet of Luton Hoo Hotel Golf & Spa noted ‘Turkish Delight and lychee – a good food match for fusion food’.

£15.39 Alivini

‘A richer, more phenolic, yellow plum style, distinctively Italian,’ began team leader Sam Caporn MW, while Avenue’s Agustin Trapero found intriguingly ‘expressive, green asparagus and kiwi notes with touches of cinnamon and a green tea aftertaste’.

£12.70 Eurowines

‘A fruity and elegant style, with fine structure and white flower notes,’ began Andrea Cotichella of Wernher Restaurant at Luton Hoo Hotel Golf & Spa, with The Harrow at Little Bedwyn’s Sue Jones thinking its ‘pear drops, cleanness and beautiful balance’ added up to an ‘excellent value wine’.

£6.12 Eurowines

A ‘delicately aromatic’ style, according to Michael Fiducia of Coworth Park Ascot, who enjoyed its ‘light pear drop aromas and more tropical, warm fruit on the palate’.

£8.18 Eurowines

Mattin Larraburu of Sexy Fish found a ‘fresh, balanced attack and slightly savoury palate, with underripe apricot, notes of lemon and fresh herbs’. ‘Delicate and intriguing nose. Lively but not sharp on the palate,’ added Pollen Street Social’s Daniele Di Blasio.

£12.00 Liberty Wines

Sue Jones of The Harrow at Little Bedwyn admired its ‘lovely balance of dryness and richness’, and team leader Laura Rhys MS highlighted some notes of ‘candied citrus, with creamy oak overtones, ripe fruit character and full weight’.

£12.07 Cantina Orsogna

Team leader Laura Rhys MS found ‘some richness and viscosity balanced by ripe citrus fruits’, while Andrea Cotichella of Wernher Restaurant at Luton Hoo Hotel Golf & Spa highlighted its ‘floral, fruity elegance and good length, with a touch of sweetness on the finish’.

£7.60 Vinicola Tombacco srl

‘A lovely golden colour leads into tropical, peachy, Mirabelle and mango fruits on the nose,’ began a very keen Michael Fiducia of Coworth Park Ascot, continuing: ‘There’s an element of creamy oak and generous levels of alcohol on the palate, but it’s well integrated and the wine really opens up well.’

£22.09 Alivini

Finding complex notes of ‘peachy stone fruit, pear and lemon tart’ on the nose, Yauatcha’s Kelvin McCabe noted ‘more peach with vanilla and honey notes, nice salinity and mineral on a long finish’.

£10.45 Enotria&Coe

‘Good minerality with light citrus and floral hints on the nose, then very elegant on the palate with good acidity and finish,’ said Frédéric Billet of Luton Hoo Hotel Golf & Spa.

£8.23 Eurowines

A rich, full-bodied wine that caught the imagination of all our panel members, with team leader Angela Reddin commenting: ‘Summer meadow flowers, honey and lime notes with furry peaches and butter. Great balance of complex flavours, acid, mineral and length, and showing a light touch of tannin on the finish.’

£19.49 Eurowines

Andrés Ituarte of Coq d’Argent was delighted with this ‘simple but delicious, bright white with a spritz’, highlighting its ‘lemon zest and bright acids with a touch of salinity’, while team leader Angela Reddin noted ‘greengage, stewed apple and a touch of Dolly Mixture on a rounded, chalky palate’.

£7.49 Eurowines

‘A fruit bomb!’ began team leader Sam Caporn MW, continuing: ‘A very ripe, white and yellow stone fruit style, not subtle perhaps, but tasty.’ Tate Catering’s Hamish Anderson found it ‘rich and textured, broad with baked honey and lemon pith, great with food’.

£15.00 Liberty Wines

Mattia Mazzi of Lutyens highlighted a ‘suave and floral nose, with a sleek and elegant palate, and intense fruit notes of bruised apple’, while Avenue’s Agustin Trapero liked its ‘gentle nose with yellow apple and hay, white fruit flavours and bitter aftertaste’.

£12.00 Boutinot

‘Mineral and dried pear aromas, followed by fresh fruit and nice saline notes on a smooth palate,’ said team leader Tom Forrest, who found ‘pear drop flavours, then fresh lemon citrus on the finish’. Daniele Di Blasio of Pollen Street Social enjoyed a ‘nice balsamic touch on the nose’.

£6.35 Boutinot

‘Nice stuff,’ began Tate Catering’s Hamish Anderson, who enjoyed its ‘restrained nose of dried herbs and peach notes’, followed by a ‘dense, warm palate with hints of nuts on the finish’. Avenue’s Agustin Trapero noted its ‘dry white flowers with camomile touches and bitter almond finish’.

£7.52 Boutinot

A characterful combination, said team leader Olivier Marie, of ‘grassy herbal notes, sugar snap peas with a lift of horseradish and rocket leaf spice, followed by fresh greens and more herbs through to the finish’.

£9.70 Fattoria Mantellassi

An ‘intense and interesting’ wine for team leader Laura Rhys MS, who noted ‘citrus and mineral aromas, with good mid-weight complexity on the palate’, while Sosharu’s Masahito Suzuki enjoyed its ‘fine entry, mineral and almond elements’.

£9.29 Enotria&Coe

£14.20 Davy's Wine Merchants

£8.85 Eurowines

£8.05 Eurowines

£7.14 Liberty Wines

£6.00 Boutinot

£8.57 Cantina Orsogna

£6.12 Bibendum

£6.33 Bibendum

£9.58 Enotria&Coe