Very best value SA Merlot at under R100 a bottle in 2012

SOUTH AFRICAN Merlot that has been highly recommended this year by one or more of the expert tasting panels around the world AND which costs less than R100 a bottle – with prices given ex-cellar, or approximate retail if the cellar is closed to the public:

ANURA Reserve 2009 – R95
BILTON 2008 – R89
BOLAND CELLAR Reserve No 1 2009 – R77
CLOS MALVERNE 2010 – R76
DE GRENDEL 2009 – R90
DIEMERSDAL 2011 – R67
DIEU DONNE 2009 – R95
DU TOITSKLOOF 2011 – R40
EIKENDAL 2009 – R94
FLAGSTONE Poetry 2010 – R49
GOEDVERWACHT’S Crane Red 2012 – R25
LA BRI 2010 – R90
LOURENSFORD 2011 – R90
MURATIE Alberta Annemarie 2008 – R95
NEDERBURG The Winemaster’s Reserve 2010 – R72
SWARTLAND WINERY 2011 – R40
UITKYK’S Flat Roof Manor 2010 – R45
UNIWINES’ Palesa 2011 – R35
VREDENHEIM 2010 – R42
WATERSTONE’S Africa Five 2011 – R29
For ‘virtual visits’ to these good-value cellars, click on the links above.

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