Elegance alongside an appealing, dry palate marked this Prosecco out for the top. It has lemon candy and orange rind notes, and Matteo Malquori of Hakkasan Hanway Place highlighted this wine’s ‘green apples, elegant mousse, refreshing acidity and long, balanced finish’, while team leader Simon Woods added: ‘Ripe, but has crisp red apple alongside pineapple and pear.’

£8.35 Moreno Wines, Try Wines

Freshness and delicacy made the Cuvée Solicum stand out. ‘Fresh apple blossom, nice balance, medium length,’ said Giancarlo Cuccuru of The Gilbert Scott. ‘With plenty of fruit, this is juicy, with the Alka Seltzer-like mineral tang, good apple, pear and peach. Relaxed and interesting,’ said team leader Simon Woods. 'Great as an aperitif,' concluded team leader Laura Rhys MS.

£9.70 Eurowines

‘Nice perlage, with sweet peach flavours and hints of yellow flowers, medium length and a clean, fresh minerality,’ said Giuseppe Longobardi of The Cross at Kenilworth, with team leader Annette Scarfe MW agreeing: ‘Floral notes and freshness, plus good typicity.’

£9.90 Bibendum

‘A super Prosecco, a wine to enjoy with the nose,’ declared an impressed Simon Cassina of Winexponent, going on: ‘Pronounced floral, white spring blossom flavour intensity, green apple and flinty mineral, floral notes on the nose, persistent bubbles and complex, harmonic palate.’

£9.15 Eurowines

Jeremie Guiraud of Lords of the Manor found this an ‘excellent quality Prosecco’ that could ‘challenge top-end fizz’, saying: ‘Clean flavour, honeyed and smooth, with a little touch of sweetness and perfectly balanced, and can easily be drunk during a meal.’

£20.24 Bibendum

‘Nice body and structure, with leesy notes on the nose; serious, complex and long,’ said team leader Annette Scarfe MW, with Giuseppe Longobardi of The Cross at Kenilworth adding: ‘Good perlage, a little apple, with dried apricot.’

£9.52

‘Immediately pleasing nose, light and easy but very pleasant drinking at this value,’ said Richard Brooks of Caroline Catering. ‘Robust, with a dried pear nose,' added team leader Martin Lam.

£6.59 Copestick Murray, Greene King

‘Pear fruit with quince, a zesty attack, good acidity; persistent and harmonious,’ said team leader Martin Lam, with Vittorio Gentile of Theo Randall at The InterContinental Hotel adding: ‘Smoky almond and lime zest, full and mineral, with floral notes.’

£10.96 Bibendum

Giuseppe Longobardi of The Cross at Kenilworth noted the ‘tiny bubbles, green apple, clean, salty minerals’, while Jeremie Guiraud of Lords of the Manor found: ‘Honey and apple notes, mild acidity; an excellent and approachable, fun style.’

£6.72 Boutinot

‘Very approachable style, with balance and some maturity, citrus and buttery fruit style, food friendly,’ said Jeremie Guiraud of Lords of the Manor, with Giuseppe Longobardi of The Cross at Kenilworth finding: ‘Nice floral aromas, very consistent.’

£12.37 Vinum

‘Lively, appealingly fruity style, with plenty of intensity of fruit,’ noted Richard Brooks of Caroline Catering, with Gold List coordinator Christine Parkinson adding: ‘Charming, off-dry and very different, with extraordinarily persistent mousse and vanilla pastry notes.’

£15.83 Enotria&Coe

‘Lots of fizz to start with, fresh apple blossom on the nose, medium body with a balanced finish,’ said Giancarlo Cuccuru of The Gilbert Scott, concluding: ‘Good afternoon bubbly!’

£7.00 Boutinot

‘Pleasing texture for a fairly sweet, rich style that’s very long,’ began Gold List coordinator, Christine Parkinson, concluding: ‘Zesty, with a fuller body, quince, pear and a slight saltiness.’

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£11.90 Eurowines

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