A memorable experience for Hakkasan’s Olivier Gasselin, who found this Gold winner to be ‘multi-layered and juicy, with very fine toast and a crunchy texture with minerals and fabulous acidity’, declaring it ‘wonderful’, while Lime Wood Hotel’s Christopher Parker highlighted its ‘aromas of soured cream and sweet pastry, Belgian buns and iced fingers, with revitalising acidity’. ‘Rich, complex and ripe, with a creamy yet refreshing, as well as elegant, palate,’ concluded Erik Simonics of La Dame de Pic at Four Seasons.

£32.36 Berkmann Wine Cellars

This Gold medallist’s ‘vanilla, nutty nose’ led to a ‘really juicy and fresh palate, well made with ripe peach and a lovely fresh finish’, said an impressed Matthieu Longuère MS of Le Cordon Bleu London, while The Don’s Carlos Ferreira had praise for its ‘ripe fruits and asparagus touches on the nose, and a palate that’s both dry and elegant with a long, oily-textured finish’. For Hakkasan’s Olivier Gasselin, this ‘slightly tropical, balanced and complex’ wine was perfect for beef stroganoff.

£15.95 Liberty Wines

Daria Ershova of Ten Green Bottles liked the ‘fresh acidity, very textural feel and ripe tropical fruits, with balanced oak, honeyed hints and apricot’, while for team leader Angela Reddin it was ‘very lush and full, tightening up with a lick of acidity on the finish’.

£17.91 Jascots Wine Merchants

‘Very clean on the nose, showing shaved apple fruit and lemon confit character,’ began team leader Angela Reddin, finding it ‘very well made, with vanilla oak present but not intrusive and elegant length’.

£18.94 Boutinot

Christopher Parker of Lime Wood Hotel enjoyed this wine’s ‘vanilla, underdone toast, sweet spice and double cream aromas, with peach sundae and a touch of nutmeg on the back’, while Hakkasan’s Olivier Gasselin found ‘tropical notes of guava and mango, with lemon and stony mineral on the finish’.

£11.69 Enotria&Coe

This was ‘fruity, with apple and yellow pear aromas’, thought Gabriele Galuppo of Theo Randall at the InterContinental, finding the palate ‘nutty and creamy but dry and well integrated’, while Lime Wood Hotel’s Christopher Parker found it ‘lean and inviting, with zesty lemons and ripe Cox apple, clarified butter and spring flowers with an apple crunch’.

£19.13 Daniel Lambert Wines

Lime Wood Hotel’s Christopher Parker admired this Chardonnay’s ‘great complexity’, finding it ‘dominated by white peaches with cinnamon, anise, clove and white pepper spice, delightful’, while team leader Simon Woods found it ‘quite herbal, lively and subtle, and feels like it will improve’.

£25.41 Enotria&Coe, The Wine Treasury

Team leader Simon Woods found ‘slightly smoky, subtle oak, laid-back fruit with good balance on the palate, fresh pear and melon with light guava on a long finish’, while Hakkasan’s Olivier Gasselin noted ‘saffron and pineapple, toasted and zesty style, rich with a hint of coconut’.

£17.79 Matthew Clark

A pleasingly well-proportioned style, showing ‘elegant vanilla and subtle nuttiness on the nose, really juicy and fresh on the palate with well-integrated oak and lovely peach fruit’, said Matthieu Longuère MS of Le Cordon Bleu London.

£14.50 Berkmann Wine Cellars

‘The nose is complex and elegant, with red apple and stone fruit notes,’ began The Don’s Carlos Ferreira, who found the palate ‘fruity and creamy, very well balanced’, while team leader Angela Reddin noted ‘lemon and baked apple, quince aromas with crème anglaise, and a broad, sweetish style’.

£9.52 E. &J. Gallo Winery

Notes of ‘lemon sorbet and moderate oak’ on the nose were appealing to Daria Ershova of Ten Green Bottles, who found ‘a touch of sweetness with honey and dried apricot, but dry on the finish’, while team leader Angela Reddin highlighted ‘light orchard fruit aromas’ and found it ‘very clean in the mouth with good balance’.

£12.65 Bibendum

£15.37 Matthew Clark

£8.89 Berkmann Wine Cellars

£12.74 E. &J. Gallo Winery

£18.31 Bibendum

£20.10 Bibendum

£8.20 Enotria&Coe, The Wine Treasury