Team leader Martin Lam found a Gold-worthy wine here, with its ‘floral, perfumed aroma notes, and deep red-fruited, savoury-sweet palate’, commenting on its good value for money. Meanwhile, Michael Fiducia of Coworth Park Ascot noted ‘dark berries and eucalyptus notes with subtle depth of flavour’. ‘Blackcurrant, black cherry and chocolate, with some herbal notes, too, leading to cinnamon and plum on the palate, with some fresh acidity – great with lamb curry,’ thought Markus Dilger of MAD F&B Consulting.

£9.37 Casa Ermelinda Freitas - Vinhos, Lda

Andre Luis Martins of the Cavalry & Guards Club liked its ‘leathery, dark cassis aromas, hot spice notes, crunchy fruit and rich, powerful body’, while Coworth Park Ascot’s Michael Fiducia picked up on its ‘dark fruit with sandalwood nose and perfumed palate’.

£8.92 Resigon SA

‘An enticing nose of creamy cherry fruit with a smooth, rounded palate,’ began Michael Fiducia of Coworth Park Ascot, with team leader Martin Lam highlighting its ‘developed, quite rounded, creamy oak notes, ripe fruit and dry finish’.

£9.75 Atlantico UK

‘Nice spiced plum, black cherry and raspberry jam notes on nose and palate, with juicy fruit character and good oak integration,’ said Kelvin McCabe of Yauatcha. ‘Big, rich, juicy and well balanced,’ thought Julien Sahut of Sexy Fish.

£13.37 Boutinot

‘Raspberry and violet, fragrant nose with hints of smoke, light body with fresh cassis fruit and light tobacco leaf notes,’ said Andre Luis Martins of the Cavalry & Guards Club, with team leader Martin Lam finding it ‘fresh, medium weight and very drinkable’.

£13.40 Juvenal Franco

‘Big, dark and savoury style, with heaps of tannin, makes Barolo look wimpish!’ began team leader Simon Woods, with Yauatcha’s Kelvin McCabe finding ‘plum and dark cherry fruit, coffee notes, great acidity and depth on the finish’.

£29.46 Enotria&Coe

‘Sweet liquorice spice, opulent dark fruits and a deep, well-structured palate,’ came to the fore for Coworth Park Ascot’s Michael Fiducia, while Andre Luis Martins of the Cavalry & Guards Club found ‘cherry liqueur notes and fresh tobacco on the nose, rich powerful tannins, fresh cherry and cigar aromas on the palate’.

£27.00 Character Wines

Portland Restaurant’s James Fryer appreciated ‘red and black fruits, with sweet spice and black pepper, and loads of fruit tannin’, while Markus Dilger of MAD F&B Consulting described ‘cocoa notes, with fresh acidity – this is young, with good length’.

£11.55 Enotria&Coe

‘Exotic and vibrant style, solid and dense with plummy fruit on the mid-palate and good tannin balance,’ began team leader Simon Woods, while Julien Sahut of Sexy Fish noted ‘full-bodied and rounded style, spicy and oaky palate with red and black fruit’.

£9.75 Atlantico UK

Kelvin McCabe of Yauatcha found ‘a nose of plum and juicy black fruits with hints of leather, more of the same on the palate’, with Julien Sahut of Sexy Fish noting a ‘spicy character, lots of black fruit and a long, dry finish’.

£8.70 Atlantico UK

£7.33 Boutinot

£6.95 Liberty Wines

£10.62 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

£9.37 Casa Ermelinda Freitas - Vinhos, Lda

£19.95 Liberty Wines

£18.23 Casa Ermelinda Freitas - Vinhos, Lda

£18.80 Raymond Reynolds