As it snapped up Gold, this was described as a ‘great value for money champagne’ by Adam Michocki of Glasshouse, who admired its ‘complex nose with pronounced intensity of peach, strawberry, biscuit and bread, fruit and acidity well balanced on the palate with delicate mousse’. For Jonathan Kleeman of Four Degree, it was ‘elegant, fresh and well balanced, with soft fruit and some complex mineral notes, too, with an aromatic finish’.

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Sumita Sarma of Sumilier found this a ‘refreshing and elegant style’, enjoying its ‘golden apple and pear aromas with underlying biscuity characters, then a mid-palate that’s broad and generous with a mineral edge’.

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Particularly noting ‘outstanding acidity that balances the fruit’, Sumilier’s Sumita Sarma enjoyed this champagne’s ‘lively, refreshing, energetic mousse, aromas of lemon and raspberry with warm biscuits, and a complex, long, elegant and vibrant style’.

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‘Not so much rosé, but extremely pale and delicate,’ began James Fryer of Woodhead 17, clearly impressed by the ‘fine mousse with baked red apple fruit and creamy baking spices’, with team leader Nigel Lister simply summing up: ‘Delicious.’

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Janusz Pawel Sasiadek of Bottles & Battles was struck by the ‘lovely delicate colour, pleasant nose of raspberries and strawberries, brilliant acidity and elegance’, while team leader Nigel Lister emphasised: ‘This is an exceptional wine which will deserve a specialist handsell – restrained power, superb layering of flavours, a real beauty.’

£57.72 Matthew Clark

This impressed with its ‘raspberry millefeuille nose, lifted aromatics, lovely dry palate giving exceptional autolytic depth and a savoury finish’, said team leader Angela Reddin, while Cheese at Leadenhall’s Robert Mason picked up ‘blackcurrant, red cherry, gentle sweet spice, well-balanced body and complexity with great length’.

£32.65 Berkmann Wine Cellars

A ‘very good value’ pick for Cheese at Leadenhall’s Robert Mason, showing ‘a developed, complex nose with gentle brioche and bright red fruits, delicate mousse, good finesse and fresh acidity on the palate, with rose petal, redcurrant and acacia character’.

£22.00 Boutinot

Yauatcha City’s Javier Alonso Cardoso enjoyed the ‘herb and strawberry aromas with mineral notes, red fruit and toasty flavour, persistent finish and good salinity’, while team leader Angela Reddin noted ‘sweet summer berries and shortbread, flavoursome with lovely sustained mousse’.

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