Spring Restaurant’s Antoine Cabre enjoyed this Gold winner’s ‘lovely, attractive nose with nice freshness, a sharp attack but fresh and fruity character, and well-balanced spices’, while team leader Annette Scarfe MW also found it ‘juicy and spicy, with a warming finish but soft and structured, ripe tannins’. Cavalry & Guards Club’s Andre Luis Martins found ‘rich cherry notes with some meaty character, too’, while team leader Lionel Periner recommended this be paired with duck.

£7.56 The Portuguese Fine Wine Company

‘A spicy and rich, ripe and full-bodied wine that’s finely balanced with great fruit ripeness and sufficient structure to age well,’ began Jonathan Giffrin of Claude Bosi @ Bibendum as this Touriga Nacional took Gold. Team leader Annette Scarfe MW found it a ‘big, ambitious style, still youthful, but will integrate and soften nicely’. Jason Atherton Group’s Stefan Kobald, meanwhile, could see this pairing beautifully with a t-bone steak.

£18.37 Bibendum

‘Plenty going on here,’ began Antoine Cabre of Spring Restaurant, who enjoyed its ‘complex nose of herbal notes and plenty of dark fruits and berries, with lovely balance on the palate’. ‘Well crafted and built to age, chalky tannins and restrained fruit aromas at the moment, but will explode within five years in bottle,’ added Jonathan Giffrin of Claude Bosi @ Bibendum.

£34.00 Maisons Marques et Domaines

Scott Levy of Smith & Wollensky enjoyed its ‘full and perfumed nose with dark mulberry fruit, ripe and vibrant dark fruit palate with lots of prune notes in an elegant structure’, with Andrea Cotichella of Wernher Restaurant at Luton Hoo Hotel Golf & Spa finding ‘fruity, juicy, jammy and spicy blackcurrant aromas with a warm, round and balanced palate’.

£26.50 Liberty Wines

A ‘more ambitious style’, said team leader Annette Scarfe MW, who noted ‘generous use of new French oak, polished and sleek, with blueberry and bramble fruit’, while Jonathan Giffrin of Claude Bosi @ Bibendum was keen on its ‘ripe, spicy blackcurrant, nervy palate and elegant structure’.

£12.35 Hayward Bros

Team leader Laurent Richet MS found it a ‘leaner oak style, with toasty breadcrumb aromas and lovely structure’, with Scott Levy of Smith & Wollensky finding it ‘quite fresh, with herbal notes on the nose, juicy and balanced on the palate, with good tannic structure, could age further’.

£13.54 Indigo Wine

Team leader Laurent Richet MS likened this wine to ‘a dry port’, with its ‘perfumed, red and black jammy fruit, ripe plum, prune and date palate with balanced tannin structure’, with Hakkasan Group’s Diana Rollan also finding ‘toasty cherry and liquorice with sweet spices, jammy fruit and a warming finish’.

£10.08 Liberty Wines

A ‘lovely example’, began team leader Annette Scarfe MW, who found ‘ripe black and red fruits with soft, ripe tannins and a juicy mid-palate’, while Spring Restaurant’s Antoine Cabre highlighted ‘lovely pepper and berries, and a good, complex palate style’.

£10.30 The Portuguese Fine Wine Company

‘Dry and meaty with burnt oak notes on the nose, nice savoury dryness on the palate with juicy sour red fruit,’ said Scott Levy of Smith & Wollensky, while team leader Laurent Richet MS enjoyed its ‘ripe fruit and structure, strawberry jam and ripe plum fruit with prune notes on a medium-length finish’.

£7.95 Liberty Wines

‘Fruit-forward and fleshy with good solidity and power,’ began Scott Levy of Smith & Wollensky, while Hakkasan Group’s Diana Rollan highlighted its ‘cherry, plum, violets and sweet spices on the nose with dark chocolate hints, fleshy character and nice concentration on the palate’.

£11.07 Boutinot

‘Bright fruit on the nose, cassis and French oak, then a very juicy palate with notes of spice and a lovely balancing touch of bitterness on the finish,’ said Antoine Cabre of Spring Restaurant.

£14.26 Enotria&Coe

£22.18 Sociedade Agrícola José Mesquita Guimarães, Lda.

£6.40 Liberty Wines

£9.25 Liberty Wines

£14.00 Liberty Wines

£12.57 González Byass, H2Vin

£21.87 Bibendum

£13.29 Berkmann Wine Cellars

£9.77 Enotria&Coe