Smokkelman (or the smuggler) is a multi-vintage blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah, which offers the holy trinity of style, content and value. The anti-mainstream, hipster-friendly label and the wax seal are normally attributes of a wine that sells for a higher price, but this wine retails at a price that makes it available to the common man, meaning that it won’t be of interest to any satchel-carrying Shoreditch bro on his way to getting his banjo restringed.

The Syrah comes from the same plot that supplies Duncan Savage (Savage Wines) and Reenen Borman (Boschkloof) with grapes, while the Cabernet Sauvignon was smuggled in from a prestigious producer’s cellars on the famous Heldeberg Mountain (only the Smokkelman knows who it is!). It pours a deep, inky crimson colour and has rambunctious, bawdy flavours of red-fleshed plums, black cherry yoghurt (i.e. creamy as well as tangy), hand-squashed blackberries and smoky spices. Perfect for barbecues or noisy parties, but absolutely not for drinking while listening to the latest vinyl by Fontaines DC. 13% alc. The Cabernet Sauvignon was aged for 2 years in old barrels. Drink now-2030.