Panel tasting results: The best Picpoul de Pinets offering texture, flavour and freshness

Located within the village of Pinet itself, the very heart of the appellation, this family winery is owned and run by Laurent Gaujal and his...

Les Vignobles Foncalieu is a cooperative of more than 600 growers from across the Languedoc – a result of many small village co-ops being joined...

After making wine in New Zealand, Anaïs Ricôme returned to her Languedoc roots in 2009, joining her father Yves at the family domaine (certified organic...

Toasty lemon curd, smoke and lanolin. Textured palate of confit citrus, orange rind and pineapple, touched by honey and ginger. Sea spray salinity brings savoury...

Seductive pineapple, nectarine, white peach and beeswax. Creamy, voluminous citrus-pear palate, honeyed yet lifted by lemon zing. Saline, stony finish effortlessly typifying the style.

Lime curd and beeswax over hints of anise and wild flower. Honeyed citrus, apple and guava depth, creamy, mouthcoating texture, thyme and garrigue lift and...

Expressive lemon, yellow plum and white flower aromas, lemon balm, thyme and bay adding Mediterranean snap. Silky, brisk and taut palate; saline, mouthwatering finish leaves...

Wild flower honey and salted lemon aromas. Citrus, white peach and green apple on a rounded palate, with a lift of fennel seed and thyme....

Grapefruit, orange and tropical fruit nose. Rounded, creamy mouthfeel carries density, tangerine-skin lift meets struck-stone flint and citrus-saline drive on a long, mouthwatering finish.

Sea air, lemon and white blossom aromas with candied peel, ginger and tropical fruit hints. Succulent palate delivers ripe peach, pineapple and a hint of...

Sherbet lemon and melon nose with a chalky mineral lift. Gently sweet-fruit impression and supple texture, with green apple, lemon pith and tarragon bite. Saline...

Honeyed apple, citrus compote and grilled pineapple. Savoury umami and dried herb complexity. Silky texture carries orange-apricot richness; salinity and gentle phenolic grip extend the...

Deeper-hued with a rounded nose: ripe lemon, grapefruit, stone fruit. Melon softness and floral hints meet fennel savour, concentrated lemon-rind drive carrying through a persistent...

Marine and stony nose, green apple, lime and gooseberry. Lees-built roundness supports tangy citrus and oyster shell, iodine and seaweed add bite. Thyme-tinged salinity and...

Pretty stone fruit, yellow apple and citrus, creamy lees texture and grassy herb notes. Lively freshness keeps the ripe profile bright, white pepper and gentle...

Restrained yet vivid nose, ripe citrus, green apple and tarragon over chalky stone notes. Lees contact lends gentle roundness; sea-spray salinity and bright, tingly acidity....

Yellow apple and ripe citrus aromas. Lime zest and orchard fruit, with bay leaf and light lees creaminess adding shape. Oyster-shell salinity and a crisp...

Wildflower honey and preserved lemon, grassy herb and fennel seed. Palate shows lemon rind, inner sweetness and gentle oily texture, a sea-spray touch keeping it...

Zingy lemon, petrichor and lemon verbena. Full, silky palate shows citrus and white peach, thyme and bay adding savour. A stony and saline lick define...

Grapefruit peel, peach and jasmine, with a flinty-fermenty edge. Intense, textured palate, citrus and green apple meet wet stone and crushed oyster shell, peppery herb...

Lime, grapefruit and lemon leaf nose. Chalky texture and flinty petrichor evoke sea spray and shells, hints of toast and bitter oils add grip, tarragon...

Light-framed yet intense, ripe mango, nectarine and peach meeting salty umami tones, citrus and white peach brightness. Elegant, classic oyster-shell salinity. Persistent finish invites another...

Almond and orange blossom, candied citrus, lush lychee, pear and ripe stone fruit aromas. Creamy viscosity adds plushness, shaped by tarragon, bay and salty freshness....

Salted lemon, lime cordial and delicate blossom notes. Taut, racy palate shows white peach, thyme and stony iron notes, lifted by oyster-shell salinity and tingly...