Team leader Hamish Anderson found this worthy Gold winner to have a ‘delicate, floral, very pretty nose’ and enjoyed its ‘clean, crisp, bright acidity’. For Tobias Gorn of Boisdale Restaurant it was a ‘classic, crisp, lean style with a focus on acidity and freshness’, and he described a ‘touch of savoury yeast, plenty of grapefruit zest and a long, mineral finish’. ‘Overall, the wine is very well balanced with juicy fruit and lovely minerality,’ concluded team leader Carlos Ferreira.

£10.21 González Byass

Team leader Carlos Ferreira found an appealing tropical note to this Gold medal winner that would ‘match very well with summer salads’. Andre Luis Martins of Cavalry & Guards Club added that the wine had a ‘lemon zest and herbal character’, describing it as ‘very peppery with green apple and gentle mineral notes’. Quentin Loisel of Restaurant Sat Bains was very impressed: ‘This ticks all the boxes and it’s great value’, while Olivier Gasselin of Hakkasan summed it up succinctly: ‘Pure, focused and flinty.’

£8.90 Berkmann Wine Cellars

‘Wow,’ began team leader Laurent Richet MS as this took its place on the Gold podium, going on to remark on its ‘maturity of aroma and flavours’, and describing it as ‘complex, elegant, polished and powerful’. Hakkasan’s Olivier Gasselin appreciated ‘gamey, leathery notes, as well as cooked fruit and a mix of spices’, and found it ‘earthy and savoury, with some bitter chocolate notes’. One for ‘lamb loin with red wine jus and truffled potatoes’ thought Cliveden House’s Francisco Macedo.

£26.23 Top Selection

‘Fresh, bright red fruit, combined with a lovely floral, rose note,’ began Heesoo Kang of Flat Three Restaurant, who went on to describe ‘cranberry and strawberry notes, with a really bright tone of red fruit on the smooth and juicy palate – and easy to drink‘.

£11.35 EWGA, Alexander Wines

Team leader Carlos Ferreira liked the ‘nose of citrus tarts and asparagus’ and described the palate as ‘very green’, going on to say that the wine ‘showcases stone fruits with a decent acidity on the finish’.

£13.62 González Byass

Valentin Radosav of Gymkhana Restaurant described ‘lemon, yellow flowers and delicate herbaceous notes on the nose, with a creamy texture, a flinty minerality and a nice zesty finish’.

£20.36 González Byass

‘Zesty, lemony and dried fruit, yet sharp, stoney and pure, with its intensity and zingy-ness,’ said Olivier Gasselin of Hakkasan.

£14.90 Bibendum

Olivier Gasselin of Hakkasan enjoyed this wine’s ‘superb yet very intense nose of pepper and floral notes’, and found it ‘balanced, with its leafy, smoky, intensely bitter stoniness’.

£9.00 Gruber Röschitz

‘Spicy and leafy, with bell pepper notes, and a juicy, supple palate with fine fruit,’ said Olivier Gasselin of Hakkasan, while consultant Emanuel Pesqueira described ‘earthy and mineral notes, with a floral note of red roses, too – a balanced wine that’s good value for money’.

£11.00 Bibendum

‘Friendly and approachable,’ began Olivier Gasselin of Hakkasan, who liked its ‘peppery, spicy nose, with broad cherry fruit on a juicy, ripe palate’. ‘Crunchy, with a good level of fruit ripeness and smooth tannins,’ added Heesoo Kang of Flat Three Restaurant.

£10.99 Bibendum

Valentin Radosav from Gymkhana Restaurant was impressed by this wine’s ‘aromas of lime, green apple and its intense aromas on the mid-palate’, before the wine becomes ‘herbaceous and long’.

£15.32 Top Selection

Bianca Potenza of the Bluespoon Andaz Hotel - Amsterdam described this wine as ‘subtle, fresh and light; with a nutty and buttery texture… and not really what you would expect from an Austrian GV’.

£14.80 Berkmann Wine Cellars

Team leader Carlos Ferreira found ‘stone fruits, floral and lemon’ on the nose, and described the wine as ‘grassy and easy drinking’.

£15.32 Top Selection

£17.70 Bibendum

£14.95 Flint Wines

£14.00 Amathus Drinks

£8.90 Berkmann Wine Cellars

£8.65 Boutinot

£13.01 Bibendum

£14.86 Top Selection