A beautiful blend of fruit and minerality, elevating this Vinho Verde to Gold. Immacolata Cannavo of Hakkasan Dubai enjoyed its ‘open, mineral, flinty style with white pear, clean acidity and floral notes’, while Charles Pashby-Taylor of Dabbous found ‘limes and pineapples, with a nutty, almond and citrus palate’. The Sign of the Don’s Carlos Ferreira highlighted its ‘smoothness and vegetal, lemon-lime character with peachy softness’, adding that it would be ‘perfect with fatty fish’.

£9.63 Bibendum

Judges were enamoured with abundant fruit and freshness here, awarding this Gold. Team leader Sarah Jane Evans MW found it a ‘generous, fleshy white with zesty acid’, while the Cavalry & Guards Club’s Andre Luis Martins found ‘pear aromas with light rose notes, sweet pear with fresh green apple character and a rich, complex finish’. Charles Carron Brown of The Forest Side Grasmere, meanwhile, found ‘jasmine tea and white flowers, as well as orange blossom and sherbet notes alongside Bramley apples, all with crisp acidity’.

£16.58 QUINTA DA ESPINHOSA

Federico Forte of Plateau was impressed with this wine’s ‘mineral, stone fruit, zesty lime and pineapple, with very high acidity giving it good potential for ageing’, while Michael Moore of The London Cookhouse suspected its ‘light, great taste would be a great match with sea bass’.

£14.50 Maisons Marques et Domaines

‘A delicate fizz, yet there’s incredible complexity here, and lovely mineral character,’ began impressed team leader Laurent Richet MS, with The Sign of the Don’s Carlos Ferreira noting: ‘Asparagus with lemon and lime juice, good acidity and balance.’

£7.40 AB Valley Wines

This was ‘great value’ for Francisco Macedo of Bovey Castle, exhibiting ‘nice fruit, with green apple and white peach notes and a floral edge, good balance and freshness on the palate, and a mid-length finish’.

£6.95 Liberty Wines

‘Really good value,’ said an enthusiastic Giancarlo Cuccuru of The Ned Hotel, who enjoyed its ‘peachy, crisp and creamy-textured palate, lovely, like a lean Viognier’. ‘Zesty nose, rounded, ripe stone fruit,’ added team leader Martin Lam.

£7.50 Liberty Wines

Team leader Martin Lam found this ‘complex and evolved, with a creamy, Burgundian nose’, while Charles Pashby-Taylor pf Dabbous felt it was ‘a ripe, slightly oxidative style, but very interesting’, and Fred Marti of Typing Room noted its ‘rich, lively, fruity character and good balance’.

£12.35 Hayward Bros

‘Fresh herbal and light coriander aromas,’ began Andre Luis Martins of the Cavalry & Guards Club, who found ‘rich citrus, Cox apples and pear on the palate, which has a charming finish’. ‘Ripe, rounded and refreshing, with tangy acidity and a mineral end,’ added team leader Sarah Jane Evans MW.

£12.70 Enotria&Coe

Fleshy fruit and floral notes impressed tasters, with Portland Restaurant’s James Fryer describing ‘raw rhubarb, honeydew melon and peach skin, as well as raw almonds and river stones’. Charles Carron Brown of The Forest Side Grasmere found ‘tropical fruit, camomile tea and jasmine, not to mention some grapefruit pith’.

£10.44 Liberty Wines

‘Aromatic and peachy on the nose, with characterful apricot and lemon curd on the palate,’ began team leader Sarah Jane Evans MW, with Richard Brooks of Caroline Catering noting its ‘restrained but attractive fruit, an easy wine by the glass or to drink with chicken dishes and salads’.

£9.75 Atlantico UK

Team leader Laurent Richet MS found a ‘delicate fizz, perlant on the tongue, with strong saline minerals and seaweed character, but delicious fruit notes of peach and apricot, too’.

£7.59 Top Selection Ltd

A well-balanced wine, said team leader Laura Rhys MS, highlighting its ‘ripe citrus, pear and apple with floral notes on the nose, followed by some good mineral character on a palate of pleasant weight and texture’.

£29.46 Enotria&Coe

‘Very fresh, with good acidity and fruit profile of citrus, apple and lemon zest,’ began The Sign of the Don’s Carlos Ferreira, adding: ‘Lively and very well balanced, with a nice spritz and a good finish.’

£6.74 Bibendum

Charles Pashby-Taylor of Dabbous was keen on this wine’s ‘grassy, floral style and nice leesy note’, while Fred Marti of Typing Room found it ‘big, with passion fruit character and richness on the finish’. ‘Floral, wet stone nose, intense and aromatic, though finishing dry,’ added team leader Martin Lam.

£7.10 Matthew Clark

‘Perfumed, with pear drop notes and a little sharpness, but very pleasant overall,’ began Michael Moore of The London Cookhouse, with Richard Brooks of Caroline Catering adding: ‘Significant sweetness, but in a most attractive way. An amiable glass on its own, but also great with apple pie or strudel, and fruit-based desserts.’

£5.48 Boutinot

Andre Luis Martins of the Cavalry & Guards Club found this ‘good value for your pound’, enjoying its ‘rich, herbal, light lemon flower aromas and pink grapefruit on the palate with elegant green asparagus notes and a fresh finish’. ‘Interesting, flowery, scented character, balanced and easy,’ added Richard Brooks of Caroline Catering.

£6.95 Liberty Wines

‘A good balance of oak and fruit, staying light-bodied on the palate with an intensity of fruits balanced by medium-high acidity,’ said Jacopo Armenio of Vinarius, with team leader Martin Lam adding: ‘Quite broad, creamy, oak-tinged style with a citrus-focused palate.’

£15.95 Liberty Wines

Jacopo Armenio of Vinarius enjoyed its ‘ripe peach, apricot and nectarine fruit style, bright creamy texture and intensity’, while team leader Martin Lam summed it up as ‘elegant, floral and a good food wine’.

£6.35 Liberty Wines

Fred Marti of Typing Room found this ‘rich and flamboyant, showing plenty of ripe fruit with a salty mineral tang and leafy freshness to balance’, while team leader Martin Lam highlighted its ‘floral, Malvasia-esque orange flower notes’.

£13.50 Raymond Reynolds

£7.40 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

£6.17 Boutinot

£8.05 Hayward Bros

'A Chablis-like style, with its chalky minerality,' ventured senior judge Charles Pashby-Taylor, with team leader Martin Lam pointing out: 'A little closed on the nose, but on the palate it's highly aromatic and well textured.'

£14.95 Liberty Wines

£11.50 Liberty Wines

£7.40 AB Valley Wines