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    15 top bottles

    Oct 01, 2018 4 minutes

    1 The 28-year-old award-winner

    Neil Ellis Reserve Collection Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2016, R99.99

    The first time Neil blended this wine with me was back in 1990. It was awarded five stars in the Platter’s wine guide that year and it’s still a winner on our shelves. Neil is one of SA’s wine pioneers and he – and now his sons – have always brought a free-thinking approach to winemaking. Pair this bottle with roasts or game – and lengthy discussions about life, wine and rugby, as we always did in the cellar.

    2 The affordable Bordeaux blend

    La Motte Grand Rouge 2016, R62.99

    The 1989 Grand Rouge was my first Woolworths red blend

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