As this was elevated to Gold, team leader Laura Rhys MS described it as ‘ripe and juicy, with elegant fruit’, while Guillaume Mahaut of ETM Group appreciated its ‘forest floor notes, as well as some berries on the nose, leading to fresh, bright acidity on the palate, and a good earthy character, too’, adding that it ‘would work very well with food’. ‘A touch darker than blush, with some good fruit and spice, this is perfect for the couple that can’t decide between red, white and rosé,’ added Heddon Street Kitchen’s Timothy Connor.

£9.37 Liberty Wines

As this took its place on the Gold podium, Suave Wine’s Joseph Lunn described a fascinating combination of ‘honey blossom, red berries and dandelion on the nose, leading to a complex palate of red fruit, spring buttercups and hedgerow’. Team leader Laura Rhys MS appreciated its ‘aromatic notes of mandarin rind’, further describing it as ‘fresh and fruit driven in quite a rich style, with a lovely acidity’, while Chiara Sieni of Bottles Group enjoyed ‘a lovely bitter aftertaste of fresh almond’.

£12.12 Liberty Wines

This impressive ‘aperitif wine, juicy and soft, with red fruits’, according to team leader Laura Rhys MS, took home not only a Gold medal, but a pair of awards, too. Lucie Kalertova of Caprice Holdings - Sexy Fish singled out its ‘candied strawberry notes on the nose’, while Gymkhana Restaurant’s Valentin Radosav also admired its ‘perfumed, strawberry aromas and elegantly pale colour’, which led to some ‘balanced acidity, as well as floral and red fruit flavours, with a lovely texture and a ripe finish’.

£6.60 Boutinot

Judges were convinced of this rosé’s place on the Gold List. It had ‘savoury, crushed seashell aromas, and a fresh palate with good aromatic balance’, according to team leader Martin Lam, while Suave Wine’s Joseph Lunn was reminded of ‘a Mediterranean garden’, describing ‘river stones, and a chalkiness, too’. Consultant Cinthia Lozano was similarly impressed, finding it ‘stunning on the nose, with notes of jasmine and peaches’, and adding that it was ‘perfect for summer days and seafood’.

£20.03 Berkmann Wine Cellars

On tasting this worthy Gold medal recipient, Michael Fiducia of The Royal Automobile Club spoke highly of its ‘lovely lifted nose of honeysuckle and cherries, leading to a softly approachable redcurrant and raspberry palate’, before going on to describe ‘lovely minerality, and a delicate acidity on the finish’. ‘Floral notes and cooked red fruit, with good freshness’ led team leader Lionel Periner to picture this alongside ‘light cured meats or fruit salads’.

£9.77 Liberty Wines

‘This should be available at every restaurant that has seafood on the menu,’ began consultant Cinthia Lozano, echoing the sentiments of the rest of the judges who awarded this Gold. ‘It’s very elegant,’ added team leader Sarah Jane Evans MW, who described ‘lifted, aromatic, floral notes of roses and strawberry jam that lead to a clean, limpid palate’. For fellow team leader Martin Lam, ‘red fruit and herbal notes on the nose’ led to a palate that was ‘linear, concentrated and persistent’.

£16.46 Enotria&Coe

Sunaina Sethi of JKS Restaurants found much to admire about this worthy Gold winner, describing its as ‘really enjoyable, fresh and vibrant with complex fruit and floral notes, leading to a lovely, well-balanced finish’. Victoria Sharples of St John Wines, meanwhile, found it ‘attractive, with floral nuances, good concentration and lifted acidity, with good length’. The Glasshouse’s Adam Michocki further described ‘rose petals, rhubarb and watermelon notes’, which led to a ‘structured, concentrated palate’ that would be ideal to ‘accompany salmon dishes’.

£20.20 Top Selection

On encountering this formidable rosé, which took home a well-deserved Gold, impressed team leader Lionel Periner described a nose that was ‘open and complex, with ripe fruit and oak, while the palate is dry and full, with an oaky complexity and a fine buttery, nutty long finish’. The Royal Automobile Club’s Michael Fiducia found it to be a ‘fresh, approachable style, with jasmine, peach and blanched tomato skin, as well as a creamy, vanilla, toasted note’.

£40.19 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Team leader Andres Ituarte noted the ‘zippy acids with grapefruit pith and orange rind’ and found it ‘easy drinking and very enjoyable’. For Janusz Sasiadek of Bottles & Battles it would be ‘a perfect summer wine or a great first glass – soft and easy drinking with a pleasing acidity; rather elegant’.

£7.09 LWC Drinks Ltd (Merchant and Shippers)

James Fryer of Woodhead 17 picked out elements of ‘rose water, orange juice and rose petal with a banana and peach palate of excellent persistence’, while team leader Nigel Lister admired the ‘pretty nose of sherbet, rose and crushed raspberries’ and ‘well-rounded red fruits in a gentle, easy style’.

£11.35 Astir Food & Wine

Timothy Connor of Heddon Street Kitchen found some ‘good red fruit with pepper spice over a long finish’, while team leader Sarah Jane Evans MW described the wine as ‘very aromatic, with pineapple and exotica; the palate finishes fat and oily’. For consultant Cinthia Lozano, with its notes of ‘peach and jasmine’, the wine was ‘amazing – just like a day at the beach’.

£10.46 Enotria&Coe

‘Good with seafood or light pasta dishes,’ began Ennio Pucciarelli of Kahani London, ‘the light savoury finish along with the wild fresh berries would match the food well.’ Team leader Sarah Jane Evans MW felt the wine, with its ‘herbaceous, gently leafy aromatics and notes of roses’, had ‘a real sense of place’.

£12.33 Berkmann Wine Cellars

Corina Stanila of La Dame de Pic at Ten Trinity Square liked the ‘nose of wild cherry and delicate white flowers’ and ‘the crisp acidity and beautiful minerality with lovely strawberry fruit’.

£9.37 Liberty Wines

Janusz Sasiadek of Bottles & Battles noted ‘delicate and elegant red fruit aromas leading to an interesting minerality and an intense, dry and vibrant palate of herbs and crushed red berry fruits, leading to a long finish’.

£14.43 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Elisa Soggia of Kai Mayfair found this wine to be ‘light and fresh with a good balance between an unripe apple acidity and a red fruit and cherry palate’, and adding that ‘with aromas of orange peel and peach the wine finishes long and dry’.

£8.87 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Chiara Sieni of Bottles Group noted the ‘floral bouquet on the nose, fresh with gooseberry, delicate strawberry and banana notes’, adding that the wine ‘finishes with a lively acidity’.

£8.24 Molson Coors

James Fryer of Woodhead 17 found ‘rose petals on the nose with a touch of redcurrant’, adding that ‘the palate offers blackcurrants and leafy notes and the overall effect is rather delicate’.

£6.93 Matthew Clark

Sunaina Sethi of JKS Restaurants described this as ‘crisp, clean and fresh wine with a good balance’, finding ‘hints of cranberry and raspberry and a touch of warm herbs’.

£10.00 Kedem Europe

‘A pale, dry restrained style with subtle red fruits,’ said team leader Martin Lam. ‘Not a big wine but with a lovely zest and minerality through the palate,’ he added.

£10.95 ROEXPORT LIMITED

‘Attractive pink colour. Nice aromas of fresh flowers, red fruits and a hint of bell pepper. Palate is dry with some elegant acidity,’ said team leader Lionel Periner.

£9.17 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

‘A pretty nose,’ said Guillaume Mahaut of ETM Group, ‘a light and delicate wine, perhaps lacking a little acidity but certainly having some nice round and soft berry fruits.’

£6.86 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

£9.75 Billings and Briggs

£6.09 LWC Drinks Ltd (Merchant and Shippers)

£6.25 LWC Drinks Ltd (Merchant and Shippers)

£8.00 Toppesfield Vineyard

£10.53 Rioja Vega

£14.00 Wine Source UK

£9.47 ADVINI

£8.62 ADVINI

£7.69 Aldwick Court Farm Ltd

£11.50 Hallgarten & Novum Wines, Maltby & Greek

£6.50 Lavenham Brook

£11.14 Davy's Wine Merchants

£7.15 Eurowines

£11.20 Eurowines

£7.00 Eurowines

£12.92 Alivini

£10.00 Zonte's Footstep

£15.88 Berkmann Wine Cellars

£8.75 Boutinot

£7.75 Boutinot

£6.95 Boutinot

£10.04 Amathus

£7.16 Majestic Commercial

£8.33 Enotria&Coe

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£12.51 Enotria&Coe

£26.00 Enotria&Coe

£16.46 Enotria&Coe

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£9.08 Hatch Mansfield, Matthew Clark