Awarding a Gold medal, Claire Love of Loves Consultancy remarked on the ‘delicious lemon curd and salted caramel texture, with an intense and refreshing crab apple fruit’. ‘A foodie wine,’ was how team leader Jade Koch described this Albariño, adding that it was ‘cherry bright, grippy and had ‘quite a lot going on’. Alonso Abed of Hide Above thought it had ‘crisp aromas’ and ‘fine and lingering mineral notes’ with ‘citrus oils that envelop the wine’.

£9.87 Matthew Clark

Team leader Tom Forrest identified ‘creamy vanilla and cedar spice’ and ‘dark berry fruit with a spicy and smoky finish’ in this Gold medallist. Meanwhile Carolina W Seibel of Moio Restaurant thought it had ‘a dark profile of fruit with a touch of hazelnut’ and enjoyed its ‘notes of chorizo and roasted corn, ginger and dark cherry’, and for Joseph Lunn of Suave Wine the Gold was ultimately awarded for its ‘voluptuous, soft mouthfeel, delicate oak spice and lovely summer pudding fruit’.

£9.70 Boutinot

‘Fresh citrus such as clementine make a lively, fragrant nose and a lovely fresh palate. A wine to open with friends to start a good night,’ said Rémi Cousin of Le Gavroche.

£6.95 Adnams

Moio Restaurant’s Carolina W Seibel noted: ‘Slightly more dusty character with dark fruits, there’s dark cherries, well-integrated oak and an airy, floral touch; the drying tannins and refreshing acidity lead to violets and strawberry on the finish.’

£10.48 Moreno Wines

Team leader Tom Forrest enjoyed the ‘lifted, supple aromas of cherry and redcurrant with a leafy note’ and said: ‘The palate follows on with complex crunchy cherry and cranberry fruit to a good chalky finish.’

£12.43 Matthew Clark

‘Ripe, leesy aromatics, and there’s a nutty minerality here too. Yum!’ said Tim Smith of CuVée VIII, adding: ‘The lovely complex palate of melon and ripe green apples leads to a crisp finish with good brisk acidity.’

£11.75 Enotria&Coe

‘Cold fermentation gives the wine a lifted, aromatic profile of mandarin and apricot – very tropical. There is a waxy, vegetal and banana leaf palate, which is very juicy and leads to a finish with a fresh, crisp acidity,’ said Olivier Gasselin of Hakkasan.

£9.52 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

‘This is quite a big, rich style,’ said Julien Sahut of Sexy Fish, continuing: ‘The nose is very intense with pronounced notes of cooked pear, apricot and confit lemon. The palate is rich and full bodied, with baked apple and pears and also a floral note. The long acidity on the finish and oily texture make this a very food-friendly Albariño – a “sommeliers’ Albariño”.’

£18.94 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

Team leader Tom Forrest noted: ‘Creamy oak and vanilla aromas leading to a palate of soft ripe black fruits with a nice cedar spice twist; there’s a hint of leafiness and balancing acidity to temper the tannins.’

£18.94 Hallgarten & Novum Wines

‘Juicy, taut, bright and crunchy, happy fruit; this has a lovely crisp apple freshness that finishes on a high,’ said team leader Jade Koch.

£9.25 EWGA, Hayward Bros (Wines) Ltd

Melania Bellesini of The Fat Duck noted: ‘A complex, ripe tropical fruit nose leads to rich full-bodied wine with a waxy texture, a peppery minerality and a long finish.’

£18.65 Enotria&Coe

‘The wine has rich notes of honeydew melon, with a grassy herbaceousness too,’ said team leader Jade Koch, ‘and there’s quite a chewy grip from the new oak.’

£13.89 Top Selection

£10.48 Matthew Clark

£9.45 Moreno Wines

£9.66 LWC Drinks Ltd (Merchant and Shippers)

£13.53 PACO & LOLA

£7.50 Frederic Robinson

£9.23 Berkmann Wine Cellars

£9.60 Boutinot

£7.06 Majestic Commercial

£15.50 Enotria&Coe