‘Appealingly juicy,’ said team leader Annette Scarfe MW of this Gold-worthy wine, enjoying its ‘delicious, opulent, rich and ripe fruit with notes of liquorice and cinnamon spice’, while Simon Cassina of Winexponent rated it ‘excellent, with black berries and great concentration, good use of oak on a full, spicy palate’, advising: ‘This will be good for further ageing.’ Team leader Sarah Jane Evans MW thought this was ideally suited to barbecued goat or seared red meat.

£16.58 Bodegas Príncipe de Viana

Taking Gold for Txakolí, this had, according to Smith & Wollensky’s Scott Levy, ‘salty savoury notes with lime zest, nice sharp dryness with hints of green apple’, while team leader Olivier Marie found a ‘salty mineral nose, lovely concentration of fruit on a slightly perlant palate’. The Sign of the Don’s Carlos Ferreira found ‘a tropical nose, with peach and mango, and some creaminess’, while team leader Lionel Periner praised its ‘fresh and well-balanced palate, with a dry finish’.

£9.81 Boutinot

A great-value Gold from Navarra, this had ‘mineral aromas and oily texture, with leesy character and good acidity, lovely ripeness and a hint of oak, well made and balanced’, according to impressed team leader Laurent Richet MS, who concluded: ‘Almost over-delivers at the price.’ Fellow team leader Lionel Periner praised ‘nice apricot aromas and a floral note, leading to a dry, aromatic palate, with good length – a match for octopus terrine with avocado’.

£10.78 Enotria&Coe

A satisfying glass for Smith & Wollensky’s Scott Levy: ‘Creamy, peachy notes on the palate with lovely peach and tropical stone fruit flavours, elegant and vibrant with a very pleasing finish.’ Team leader Laurent Richet MS found ‘lovely intensity on the nose, with hints of apricot jam and crushed apples’.

£10.22 Bodegas Príncipe de Viana

‘Tropical style, with banana and pineapple notes, lovely aromatic flavours full of juicy fruit,’ said Scott Levy of Smith & Wollensky, with Hakkasan Group’s Diana Rollan finding it a ‘riper and richer style, smoky and flinty with citrus and tropical notes on the nose, citrus, grassy and phenolic on the palate’.

£12.35 Boutinot

‘Lovely and jammy on the nose, with ripe black and red mixed fruit aromas,’ said team leader Annette Scarfe MW, who found it a ‘big wine with juicy tannins and good complexity’. ‘Plum and cherry, sweet spices with rich fresh plum and Cox apple notes on a powerful palate with tannic attitude,’ added Andre Luis Martins of the Cavalry & Guards Club.

£16.91 Enotria&Coe

Federico Forte of Plateau felt this wine was ‘balanced and fruity, with minerals and graphite notes, plum and blackcurrant, oak and a creamy yoghurt richness mid-palate, some greener flavours, too, but earthy, complex and long on the finish’.

£11.48 Bodegas Príncipe de Viana

‘Mineral with lemon hints and grapefruit on the nose,’ began Hakkasan Group’s Diana Rollan, continuing: ‘Dry with grassy pear character, salty and vibrant with notes of citrus, a refreshing and crunchy style.’ ‘Very forward and springy on the tongue, with grass and hay notes,’ added Scott Levy of Smith & Wollensky.

£11.86 Enotria&Coe

Scott Levy of Smith & Wollensky enjoyed its ‘savoury minerality with perfumed fruit, crisp and sharp acidity and pleasant finish, with a lovely hint of fizz on the tongue’, and for team leader Laurent Richet MS there was plenty of fruit and complexity: ‘A seaweed, sea breeze nose, grapefruit zest, lovely ripe peach and apricot, melon, mango and pineapple.’

£14.86 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

‘Red fruit with violet perfume, meaty cigar leaf character on the palate with elegant tannin, and a fruit liqueur freshness on the finish,’ said Andre Luis Martins of the Cavalry & Guards Club, while team leader Annette Scarfe MW noted: ‘Ripe, almost baked fruit, lots of cassis at the core with toasty oak and spice.’

£10.39 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

£12.75 Bodegas Príncipe de Viana

£8.30 Bodegas Príncipe de Viana

£8.93 Bodegas Príncipe de Viana

£10.66 Enotria&Coe

£11.60 Hallgarten & Novum Wines