2018 DAWA: Award-winning Chinese wines – Bronze Part Two

This is elegant and sprightly with a medley of dried apricot and herbal notes, the texture light and the finish moderately long.

A sensibly proportioned, well-made, straightforward wine with easygoing white peach flavours and moderate acidity. Very pleasant indeed.

Ripe white peach, nut and fresh stone fruit aromas, followed by an appley palate. A simple wine to drink over the next couple years.

An easy-going wine with simple notes of melon and apple, intermingling with stone fruits and an obvious pear drop character. Drink sooner rather than later._x000D_

Abundant aromas of spicy black fruit, mint, dried herbs and ripe cassis with smoky hints on the grippy palate. A muscular style built for food.

Ripe blueberry, plum and blackberry aromatics, followed by chocolate and oaky flavours, soft tannins and a lingering finish.

A vivid and bright expression of Cabernet on the nose with integrated oak on the palate. A full-bodied style demanding food of a similar weight.

A fresh, rounded and well-structured wine with notes of liquorice spice and soy sauce. Close to its plateau of peak drinking.

Very savoury on the nose with an obvious oak-derived woody aroma. The palate is soft and juicy; an easy-drinking style.

Quite a lean, delicate and subtle style with gentle notes of citrus and green apple on the nose and palate.

A simple but pretty wine with an earthy and black fruit nose and linear palate.

A decent, easy-drinking, off-dry wine with notes of apricot, apple and pear and wet stone.

Floral and citrus nose. The palate boasts leesy, crisp apple notes. Mouthfilling and most moreish.

Quite spicy nose with abundant dried fruit notes mixed with vanilla, strawberry and plum. The palate is elegant with velvety tannins and a lingering finish.

Smoky nose with suggestions of cherry, blueberry and sweet spices. The palate is concentrated and long, with bold tannins and oak.

Focussed blackberry nose, followed by a full-bodied, spicy and chocolatey palate. A great food style.

Aromas of stone fruits, apples and grass, followed by a savoury and herbal palate. Fresh, easy-drinking.

Soft, fresh and simple with a good amount of residual sugar. Commercial and upfront with a pleasing finish.

A zippy and full-flavoured wine offering green apple and pear notes, underpinned by refreshing acidity.

Vivid aromas and flavours of spice, liquorice and earth; firmly structured with a pleasant herbal finish.

A well-made, easy-going Cabernet with sweet black fruit and a hint of coca-cola.

Developed notes of tobacco and leather abound on the nose and juicy palate. Drink sooner rather than later.

This is a textural wine with bright citrus, honeyed apricot and pear notes and a long, mouthwatering finish.

A herbal and green style with black fruit flavours and a rounded palate making it a great foodie red.