A Gold winner made in a full-on style, thought Cheese at Leadenhall’s Robert Mason, highlighting its ‘pungent, aromatic, herbaceous nose of nettles, herbs and capsicum, accompanied by lots of grapefruit on the palate’, and adding that it was ‘heading towards New Zealand in style, with rasping acidity and a long, zippy, zingy finish’. The Pig Hotel’s Jacopo Mazzeo added praise for its ‘pungent, intense tomato leaf and green pepper nose, leading to a similarly intense palate’.

£7.93 D&V Wines

‘A lovely wine to enjoy in the summer,’ was Alex Pitt of Typing Room’s first impression of this Gold-worthy Sauvignon, adding praise for ‘lots of fruit on the nose – all vibrant and tropical’. ‘Green and red apple on the nose plus a little stone fruit,’ elaborated The Don’s Carlos Ferreira, finding it ‘very well made on the palate, a little soft and grassy, and ultimately very well balanced’.

£9.89 Berkmann Wine Cellars

The Don’s Carlos Ferreira found a nose of ‘tropical and citrus fruits, then really good acidity and freshness on the palate, pineapple and lemon fruit and a clean finish’, while Coworth Park Ascot’s Michael Fiducia was struck by its ‘very elegant aromas of freshly mown grass and sherbet lemons, and soft, silky palate’.

£6.69 Matthew Clark

Team leader Tom Forrest enjoyed this Sauvignon’s ‘clean, fresh aromas of green apple and gooseberry with a passion fruit lift, followed by a clean and crisp palate with more apple and vegetal, ripe asparagus complexity’. ‘Nuances of nettles and greengage with a soft-structured palate,’ added Coworth Park Ascot’s Michael Fiducia.

£13.30 Matthew Clark

Coworth Park Ascot’s Michael Fiducia liked this wine’s modern styling, finding ‘nettles, Granny Smith apple and pink grapefruit aromas leading to a warming palate of bitter lemon and grapefruit’, with The Don’s Carlos Ferreira also picking up ‘stone fruit and herbal notes, citrus and very good balance on the palate’.

£8.21 Matthew Clark

‘Fragrant winter jasmine and Pink Lady apples lead to a fresh, silky-smooth palate with good length,’ began Cowrth Park Ascot’s Michael Fiducia, with The Don’s Carlos Ferreira noting ‘salted lemon and lime aromas, and really good concentration of fruit’.

£8.84 Ellis of Richmond

‘Bright tropical fruit, a good-value crowd-pleaser,’ began team leader Laura Rhys MS, with Cheese at Leadenhall’s Robert Mason finding ‘gentle, fresh, classic citrus and herbaceousness, zingy and zippy palate but restrained and elegant, and great by the glass’.

£5.80 Fuller's

Though ‘restrained on the nose’, this had an ‘intense palate, rich in style with salty mineral, tarragon herb notes and lemon citrus’, said Pierre Brunelli of L’Enclume, while Dan Cohen of Cépage[s] Wine Bistro found ‘good clean depth and nice minerality that would match well with grilled langoustines’.

£8.70 Berkmann Wine Cellars

A ‘fresh, vibrant and elegant style, salty yet rich’, began Dan Cohen of Cépage[s] Wine Bistro, with Pierre Brunelli of L’Enclume finding it ‘concentrated, with fresh greengage fruit notes and a long, mineral finish’.

£11.75 Liberty Wines

While Typing Room’s Alex Pitt highlighted ‘lovely fresh grapefruit and pineapple character, richness and body’, team leader Tom Forrest found ‘nice aromatics of grass and nettles, elegant green character on the palate, leafy apple notes and an elegant finish’.

£9.44 Carson Wines

This was neatly summed up by Alex Pitt of Typing Room: ‘Herbaceous, fresh aromas, very fresh and crisp on the palate, giving a lot for the price, and a nice varietal expression.’

£6.50 Matthew Clark

For L’Enclume’s Pierre Brunelli this was ‘restrained and medium-bodied, with lemon, green apple and a salty palate’, while Cheese at Leadenhall’s Robert Mason found ‘blackcurrant leaf, orange zest and asparagus aromas, lean and gentle palate with stony and steely mineral, taut acidity and a good finish’.

£6.58 Cockburn & Campbell

£14.05 Eurowines

£6.25 LWC Drinks Ltd (Merchant and Shippers)

£7.72 Hatch Mansfield

£6.44 Hatch Mansfield

£6.60 CellarVino

£10.35 Bibendum

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