Essi Avellan | Deep lemon. There are some dusty notes to the toffee, dried-apricot, and apple nose. A touch oxidative. The structured but smooth palate has vinosity to it. The finish is austere, with a phenolic bite. | 84

Simon Field | Sandy color; attractive nose of preserved salted lemon, crystalline, soft dried fruit, gently caramelized; tarte tatin and Apfelstrudel; Chardonnay writ large with ripe mango and pineapple, plum and fig; an apparently generous dosage, and a capacity for early gratification that defies the need for contemplation or any imperative potentially to keep this for the longer term. | 88

Anthony Rose | Pale greeny-yellow in color, this shows notes of sweet praline, farm butter, and cashew nut on the nose, while on the palate, it has a lovely, buttery, Chardonnay character à la white Burgundy, with an accessibly soft mousse of bubbles underscored by a fine blade of balancing fresh acidity for a good, dry finish. | 92