'There was a bombshell at the tasting. English fizz won.' (Jancis Robinson)

Competition winner £110 a case in bond (equivalent to £25.15 a bottle inc duty & VAT)

As I suspect will be reported in tomorrow's FT (and confidential until now), on Monday 28 September Jancis Robinson took part in a panel tasting of a dozen wines organised by Noble Rot magazine. Eight of the wines were Champagnes and four were English sparklers. All of them were chosen because they were favourites of the magazine's Dan Keeling and Mark Andrew and because they retail around the same price - roughly £30-40 a bottle. The wines were served blind in four flights of three wines each, from Zalto Universal glasses. The other tasters were Neal Martin of erobertparker.com, Jamie Goode of wineanorak.com, Kate Spicer of The Sunday Times, (French) sommeliers Raphael Rodriguez of Fera, Xavier Rousset ex 28-50 and Fred Sirieix of Galvin, Ruth Spivey of Wine Car Boot, chefs Stephen Harris of The Sportsman and Mikael Jonsson of Hedone, and cheese expert Patricia Michaelson.

When the scores were totted up, the surprise winner was Hambledon Vineyard Classic Cuvee. We're delighted to have secured a substantial parcel of this fine English sparkler, a blend of 70% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Meunier and 10% Pinot Noir from a 20 hectare Hampshire vineyard planted on chalk soils on the edge of the South Downs. /AR

'Tasted blind. Scored overall highest of the 12 wines in the line-up by 3.5 points. Pale straw gold with a tiny bead. Lots of savour and even a hint of oak. Dense and tense. Really tart but impressive. This could be a very good English with all that acidity. It has masses of fruit and the start of some complexity. Is this Nyetimber's top bottling? Bracing! Like a seaside walk. Could be a very good English.' - Jancis Robinson, jancisrobinson.com

Offered subject to remaining unsold; available mid-November