2020 DWWA: Award-winning Chinese wines - Bronze II

Developed tar, plum, fig and sweet spice bouquet with well-handled oak and mature red fruit/light tobacco flavours. Drink now.

Floral, raisin, lavender, and herbal scents. Palate is similar with notes of prunes. A sweet wine with plenty of zip.

Raisin cake, prune, sour cherry and apple fruit nose, plus cooked fruit on the palate. Earthy finish. Needs food.

Redcurrant, cedar, tobacco and menthol nose. The palate is simple and juicy with a lick of clove from the oak.

Savoury, soft red fruit scents with a soupçon of smoke. Pleasant, light easy-drinking example with nice raspberry and beetroot flavours, plus soft tannins.

Prune and sweet cherry nose. The palate is ripe and plump with a good depth of flavour and quite well-integrated oak. Food please!

Very well made in its style with chocolate, prune, clove, baked plum and cherry aromatics and flavours. An interesting wine.

Ripe and rich; notes of cassis, mocha and plum jam. Lots of tannic grip. One for food.

This shows some development with appealing secondary notes of leather and green capsicum. One for the dinner table.

A fruit-driven wine with good oak integration and an appealing balance of ripe fruit and zesty acidity. Quite refreshing with a gently smoky finish.

Complex and appealing dark spice, ripe black fruit and cedary aromatics. Tight and grippy palate with abundant new oak. Decent cellaring potential.

Toasty and peachy nose with touches of herbs, vanilla and butter. The palate is rich and slightly smoky. Decent, oaky finish.

An accessible wine with ample commercial appeal, this pretty wine has a stone fruit nose with hints of lemon and lime. An easy-drinking style to enjoy now.

Fruit-driven and straightforward with fine-grained tannins and notes of ripe blackcurrant, plus a touch of tobacco.

Plum and cherry scents are followed by a savoury palate with lots of polished texture beneath. Quite elegant. Time to drink up.

Intense cassis, raspberry and blueberry nose with chalky tannins and hints of ripe plum and blackberry in the mouth. Decent effort.

Restrained violet, redcurrant and black fruit nose and palate with a plush touch of vanilla oak. Food please.

Pleasing crunchy red fruit nose with nuances of leather and new oak. The palate is concentrated and grippy in structure; one for food.

A polished and suave example with attractive black and red fruit aromas, plus notes of coconut and vanilla on the palate.

Attractive plum and cherry nose. Juicy blackberry and nuances of liquorice and prune are underpinned by chalky tannins. Fair length, too.

This is a savoury wine to drink sooner rather than later with notes of cassis, coffee and ginger on the nose and palate.

Reasonably polished and warming, with spicy, floral and oaky elements etched on an underlying bed of juicy red fruit.

Leafy, floral, minty aromas with blackberry and blueberry fruit. Dense on the palate with notes of cassis and spicy oak.

Scents of sweet black fruits, tar and spice with minty touches and a note of cassis in the mouth. Long, grippy finish.

Cedar, tobacco, leather and spice evolution show on the nose. The palate is quite elegant with notes of chocolate and vanilla. Spicy finish.

Succulent blackberry fruit, leather and cedar aromas. The palate has fine but grippy tannins and a rich cassis, leather and tobacco interior. Lingering, herbal finish.

Green pepper, raspberry and tobacco nose. The palate is fresh with a dark cassis fruit profile and smoky-herbal nuances. Not without complexity.

Sweet cocoa and a hint of toast and earth on the nose; some attractive sweet plum fruit in the mouth. Fruity, crowd-pleasing style.

Floral, grapey nose. The palate is broad, waxy and soft with light melon and lychee flavours, plus reasonable acidity.

Evolved sour cherry, meaty and mild spice nose. The palate brings minty, dark cherry and sweet vanilla characters, plus ample acidity.

Tobacco spice brings fragrance to the nose, red fruits, violets, cocoa and ripe cherry too. Oak dominates the fairly chunky palate. Spicy finish.

Clove, cinnamon and vanilla nose, then mature redcurrant flavours. The oak is quite well managed overall. Quite a big, showy example.

Herbal, grassy and dark bramble fruit scents. Good concentration in the mouth with well-judged oak adding some spice. Incomplete but well presented.

This shows just a touch of development but retains quite a youthful character. Oak is well integrated and enhances the cedar/cigar box quality. Good potential.

Restrained lemon and wet stone nose. The palate has a sweetness from the vanilla spice note that is well-balanced by lemony acidity.

Floral, vanilla and honey scents unfurl onto a rich, lemony palate. Ripe and quite long.

Beginning to show development with notes of potpourri and plum. The palate has a herbal and peppery element. Long, spicy finish.

Floral, plum and anise nose. The palate brings supple tannins, zesty acidity and lots of black stone fruit character.

A vibrant, red-fruited nose yields to a tobacco-flecked palate. This is ageing well, long and well-proportioned. Food please.

Seductive, complex bouquet of clove, anise, blackberry and violets. Vibrant and lively on the palate with notes of cassis and plum. Food friendly.

Rich and brooding pepper, cassis and dark cherry fruit of satisfying density and purity, lengthened by grippy tannins and a smoky finish.

Pronounced lemon and stone fruit nose with notes of toast and cream on the palate, plus brisk, lemony acidity. Lots to like!

Toasty, black fruit nose with a hint of dried thyme. Firm black fruits on the palate, melding cassis and blackberry; a refreshing but concentrated wine.

Inviting red cherry and cassis nose. Full-bodied palate with soft tannins, a touch of tomato leaf and a long finish. Drink now.

Showing some development for its age with a plummy nose and a soft cedary palate. Drink sooner rather than later.

Shows a touch of tomato-leaf character alongside moderately ripe black fruits. The sweet vanilla-oak note is present but not overpowering.

Big, powerful nose and palate of plummy red fruits, cassis and spicy liquorice with a suggestion of pencil shaving. One for food.

Delicate nose of soft red fruits with hints of toasted almonds and blackcurrants on the palate. A grippy food style; drink soon.

Vibrant aromas of cassis, strawberry and leather; robust in the mouth with dusty tannins coated in a core of black fruit.

Juicy black cherry, floral and slightly smoky scents unfurl onto a spicy and oaky palate. Long, drying finish. One for food.

Restrained floral and black fruit nose with underlying cedary oak, while the gently mineral palate imparts ripe blueberry and pencil shavings.

Cherry, violet, liquorice and cassis scents, juicy and ripe on the palate; not very complex but very agreeable.

Leather and sandalwood scents unfurl onto a ripe, dense and fruity palate. Long, spicy finish.

Coffee, grass and cherry nose. The palate mixes red berries and brambles with a sweet spice and mocha richness. Leafy finish.

Earthy, sweet spice and mineral nose. A green streak runs through the palate, but there is fruit to carry it and reasonable texture. Lovely long finish.