'Absolutely delicious,' said team leader Sam Caporn MW, expanding: 'Beautiful fragrance, spice and Morello cherries.' Meanwhile Mattia Scarpazza of Petersham Nurseries Café highlighted its 'spiced and peppery, plum, capsicum and cherry' character, and Gregg Lambert of Galvin La Chapelle said: 'Dark cherry and plums on the nose, good fruit support, with ripe tannins and spice.'

£7.28 Berkmann Wine Cellars

Capturing the coveted Steak Food Match Trophy, this concentrated wine shows dark berries, spice and dark chocolate throughout. 'Red forest fruit nose, fresh palate with a bit of thyme and white pepper, well-integrated tannins, making this a great food option,' said Gustavo Medina of Tate Britain. 'Big, tangy cherry fruit, good with anything Italian, or light enough for By The Glass,' agreed Richard Brooks of Caroline Catering.

£8.18 Berkmann Wine Cellars

'A lovely wine with amazing texture and an aristocratic finish, gamey and animalesque, with a great savoury complexity,' said team leader Olivier Marie. Meanwhile, Dario Barbato of Individual Restaurants noted 'black fruits, soft tannins and spice on the palate with notes of green pepper and rose petal', and Sara Bacchiori of Chez Bruce found it 'pleasant and interesting, with cured meat and plum aromas, grippy body and good structure'.

£8.18 Berkmann Wine Cellars

'Lovely, ripe black fruit with leather and savoury notes, lifted and complex,' began team leader Annette Scarfe MW. 'Dusty and farmyardy, with red cherry and geranium floral notes,' added Mattia Scarpazza of Petersham Nurseries Café.

£14.85 Berkmann Wine Cellars

'Light, easy drinking, textbook. Attractive, plummy aromas, clean and fresh on the palate. A very savoury, good value wine that invites matching with meaty dishes of all kinds,' said Richard Brooks of Caroline Catering. 'Savoury with a salty freshness; very moreish,' said Scott Levy of Smith & Wollensky London.

£6.53 Mezzacorona

'Perfumed nose with dark cherry, plum and a bit of spice,' began Sara Bacchiori of Chez Bruce, continuing: 'Simple, unoaked, light, with good acidity and slight herbaceous undertones.' 'Black fruit flesh and violet notes,' added Dario Barbato of Individual Restaurants.

£5.60 Boutinot

'Bright, juicy strawberry and raspberry fruit aromas, crisp acids and a slight rasp of tannin on the palate,' said team leader Natasha Hughes MW, adding: 'Lots of character for not much money.' Mauro Pirovano of New Street Grill noted 'fresh mineral with a medium-long tannic finish'.

£7.45 Boutinot

'Restrained on the nose, with a slightly medicinal note on the mid-palate. So young right now, but would go with a steak or develop with time in the cellar,' said team leader Annette Scarfe MW, while Mattia Scarpazza of Petersham Nurseries Café felt it displayed 'floral notes of violet, raspberry fruit and clove spice'.

£39.50 Berkmann Wine Cellars

'Notes of cherry and tobacco on the nose, great palate with touches of spice and good balance with a long, fruity finish,' said Georgi Mihov of Bohemia Bar and Restaurant.

£10.52 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

'Pale colour with a brick hue, smoky oak and cured meats on the nose,' began Sara Bacchiori of Chez Bruce, continuing: 'Cherry and raspberry fruit flavours, light body but a long finish with some notes of spice, calling for some speck and fondue.'

£20.29 Eurowines

'Nicely balanced aromas with cherry and white pepper notes on a clean palate, spicy but juicy on the finish,' said Kelvin McCabe of Yauatcha City, with Sara Bacchiori of Chez Bruce noting 'bell pepper and black pepper with some geranium notes, and generous on the dark fruit on the palate'.

£7.55 Eurowines

'Lovely ripe fruit with soft tannin structure, fine acidity and well-balanced oak,' said team leader Annette Scarfe MW, while Dario Barbato of Individual Restaurants found 'blackberries, blackcurrants and fresh red floral notes'.

£7.15 Boutinot

'After decanting, this shows itself as a silky, fleshy wine with rich, ripe bramble fruit, full-grained tannin, layered and long on the palate,' said team leader Natasha Hughes MW, adding: 'Very youthful with prominent oak, and needs decanting.'

£38.01 Matthew Clark

£7.15 Boutinot