2020 DWWA: Award-winning Chinese wines - Bronze I

Apricot essence, peach and dried mango aromatics. Sweet and honeyed on the palate with a medium finish. Pretty decent.

Fruit-forward with notes of blackcurrant, cassis and black plums. Palate is rich with soft and well-integrated tannins. Spicy finish.

Clove, liquorice, cassis, cherry and vanilla nose with lots of vanilla and bourbon characters on the palate. Has potential but needs time.

A gutsy example with a pepper, smoke, blueberry and blackberry nose. In the mouth, the juicy fruit sits at the liqueur-like end of the spectrum.

This holds its age well with notes of plums, mint and chocolate. Rounded and supple on the palate. Well-crafted, inky and quite long.

Pronounced violet, cassis and black pepper nose. The palate is appealingly refreshing, showing a slight note of tomato leaf and spice.

Shows the more peppery side of Syrah; slightly smoky with ripe dark fruit character. The palate has a pleasantly sapid quality, with prominent but ripe tannins.

Sweet red fruit, cassis and leather scents unfurl onto a structured, oak-driven palate. A playful wine that is still quite youthful.

Intense nose of summer fruits with a toasty palate, fine bubbles and a long, vinous finish. Lovely!

Satisfying rather than showy with lots to like, this offers blackcurrant, blackberry, plum and cherry scents and flavours. Enjoyable stuff.

A polished wine with a sweet plummy nose and a rich palate that bursts with spicy red fruits, chalky tannins providing ample grip.

A serious food wine with a spicy, floral and cassis nose, plus a hint of tar. Juicy and fleshy on the palate with a long, tannic finish.

The sweet, juicy nose of plum, cherry, toasty oak and leather leads to textured cassis, cedary and oak-derived flavours. Food please.

Vanilla, sweet spice, prune rum and raisin nose. The palate shows plum with some menthol notes and an infusion of smoke and clove spice. Lingering finish.

Balsamic, cassis and sweet cocoa nose. The palate brings vanilla oak notes, soft spice and well-handled tannins. Drink sooner rather than later.

Delicate floral nose. Lively palate with notes of apple, greengage and white plum, plus lively minerality and a briny note. Persistent, almondy finish.

Toasty and smoky nose with hints of tobacco and blackcurrant leaf. The palate is nicely concentrated and quite elegant.

Brooding spicy red fruit nose with hints of tobacco leaf, liquorice and cassis. Tannins are present and finely structured.

This is quite classy with an appealing combination of clove and vanilla oak spices, along with tightly-packed tannins.

Apple, toast and lemon zest aromatics. A refreshing, saline palate carries the oak well with hints of guava and nectarine. Crunchy and fresh.

Concentrated and dense, this has raspberry, cassis, blueberry and cassis aromatics, tightly packed tannins and a peppery finish.

Black fruit aromas with touches of spice, black olive and toast, followed by a big and oaky palate, unravelling onto a decent finish.

A stylish and structured example with a violet, raspberry and leafy nose, plus lots of blackcurrant and spicy characters on the palate.