This Gold Lister was praised by several judges for its aromatics and supple texture. ‘The nose is very present,’ said team leader Carlos Ferreira, ‘with black fruits, rosemary, pine, black pepper and leather… the palate is also very elegant with good fruit complexity and a beautiful finish’. ‘It’s delicate and juicy with a touch of liquorice,’ said Bianca Potenza of Bluespoon Andaz Hotel - Amsterdam, adding: ‘It’s also well balanced and good value for money.’

£9.29 Berkmann Wine Cellars

‘Fluffy and gentle, an adult teddy bear’ was the somewhat eccentric assessment of this fine Gold Lister by Quentin Loisel of Restaurant Sat Bains. ‘It has such elegance and balance,’ he said by way of explanation. The Harrow at Little Bedwyn’s Sue Jones sang somewhat more conventional praise, describing it as ‘certainly rich, luscious and velvety’, and adding ‘it’s also full and ripe but with very good grip’. For Dario Barbato of Individual Restaurants, its Gold medal credentials were more simply found in ‘its structure, complexity and flavour intensity’.

£15.00 Boutinot

For team leader Laura Rhys MS, this Gold Lister managed to balance ‘soft and supple black cherry fruit’ with ‘a bold and spicy tannic structure’. Dario Barbato of Individual Restaurants described it as ‘complex and structured’, picking up notes of ‘menthol mixed in with the blackcurrant fruit’, while for Valentin Radosav of Gymkhana Restaurant, a nose of ‘violets and sweet spices’ led to a ‘velvety texture and an earthy yet chocolatey finish’.

£12.77 Enotria&Coe

‘Could be Chilean,’ guessed team leader Martin Lam correctly of this big, brooding yet aromatic Gold medal winner. ‘It’s the densely concentrated cassis and spice nose and palate,’ he said. Other team members also picked up clues, with Gymkhana Restaurant’s Valentin Radosav pointing to the ‘complex nose of baked bell peppers and an earthy, savoury, dense blackberry and coffee note’, adding: ‘The palate is smooth and velvety and the finish is long.’

£18.02 Carson Wines

‘A sense of harmony’ characterised this worthy Gold medal winner, as Sue Jones of The Harrow at Little Bedwyn explained: ‘The dense black fruits are in balance with the vanilla and oak and the fruit finishes clean and with great length.’ ‘Caramelised pork belly with Chinese five spice’ was her lip-smacking food pairing. ‘A mesmerising style,’ said Quentin Loisel of Restaurant Sat Bains, adding: ‘It’s a wine of complexity and balance, with great potential.’

£25.17 Daniel Lambert Wines

This wine reminded Sue Jones of The Harrow at Little Bedwyn of ‘hedgerows, berries and summer fruits’, and she enjoyed its ‘big tannins, balanced with its warmth, fresh berries and a touch of oak’.

£9.50 Survalles

Team leader Christopher Cooper enjoyed the ‘nice, dark forest fruits with a touch of red pepper and roasted herbs’, adding: ‘This feels powerful and poised.’

£14.47 Berkmann Wine Cellars

‘Lavender, pine and eucalyptus’ were the dominant aromas in this exotic Silver medal winner for team leader Carlos Ferreira. He also found ‘black and red fruits’, and on the palate thought the wine was ‘very well balanced with freshness, a good acidity, and soft tannins’.

£15.49 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Adam Michocki of The Glasshouse described ‘cassis, blueberry and black cherry’ notes, and thought it had ‘plum notes, sweet spices and extended powerful intensity on the finish’.

£7.65 Boutinot

‘Wow, this wine is so fresh on the nose,’ began team leader Carlos Ferreira, going on to describe a wine ‘with lots of strawberries and cherries, with roses and vanilla on the palate, and a very fruity and elegant finish’.

£13.80 Matthew Clark

‘An enjoyable wine,’ said Bianca Potenza of the Bluespoon Andaz Hotel - Amsterdam, which she found to be ‘slightly jammy, earthy with spicy black pepper and a defined freshness of the blend’.

£36.73 Heirloom Vineyards

Team leader Andres Ituarte described ‘dense blueberry and blackberry jams’ and found ‘lots of oak and vanilla, yet balanced with some wet stone mineral notes’. It was, he thought, a ‘very good wine for the price’.

£16.92 Enotria&Coe

‘On the nose there’s black fruits, with some paprika, leather and white mushrooms,’ said team leader Carlos Ferreira, adding that ‘on the palate it’s very spicy with dense black fruit juice, with a medium length’.

£15.50 Enotria&Coe

‘Easy drinking and not too overwhelming’ was how Bianca Potenza of the Bluespoon Andaz Hotel -Amsterdam described this Bronze medallist, adding: ‘With its pure black fruits the wine is elegant, pure and subtle.’

£9.85 Survalles

‘Poppy seed and tomato leaf aromas,’ noted Olivier Gasselin of Hakkasan of this charming Bronze medal winner. ‘With fruits of the forest, the wine is warm yet assured,’ he added.

£14.14 House of Townend

For Sue Jones of The Harrow at Little Bedwyn this wine had ‘green menthol notes with interesting savoury/animal flavours’ and she described it as ‘an enjoyable wine’.

£13.54 Bibendum

Team leader Carlos Ferreira found ‘black fruits and white spices, leather and tobacco’ on the nose, and described a wine with ‘chocolate, mint, some green notes and with the fruits still ready to go’.

£11.48 Zonte's Footstep

‘Bubble gum on the nose with cherries and strawberries on the palate’ is how team leader Carlos Ferreira described this ‘full-bodied yet intensely black-fruited’ wine.

£6.05 Laithwaite's Wine

Quentin Loisel of Restaurant Sat Bains described this Bronze medallist as ‘restrained yet savoury, almost meaty in texture, yet with fresh and busy green flavours’.

£11.02 Asara Wine Estate & Hotel

£9.85 Survalles

£15.49 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

£27.07 BODEGA HUMBERTO CANALE

£14.50 Boutinot

£13.96 Bibendum

£13.74 Bibendum

£12.69 Matthew Clark

£34.00 Grupo Peñaflor

£11.92 Enotria&Coe

£9.60 Boutinot

£18.35 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

£9.44 Carson Wines

£11.95 Enotria&Coe

£9.03 Hatch Mansfield

£10.87 Hatch Mansfield