Ernie Els Signature 2008

Professional Ratings

• 93 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  The 2008 Signature is a blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, and 5% each of Malbec, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. It has a well-defined bouquet with blackberry, cassis, espresso and dried herbs. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine, supple tannins. It has impressive focus and delineation with crisp acidity and bright blackberry, orange zest and apricot on the finish. This is a great wine.
• 92 Wine Spectator
  This is rather toasty, exhibiting lots of dark cocoa and espresso up front, but with a very solid core of cassis and dark plum fruit for balance. Notes of singed bay mingle with smoky black tea on the finish, which smolders nicely. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Cabernet Franc.
• 92 Wine Enthusiast
  This is a dark, dense and brooding Bordeaux-style blend, comprised of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, 5% Malbec and 5% Cabernet Franc. Notes of cocoa, cigar tobacco and leather jazz up the black-fruit core of cassis, black plum and berry. The palate is full and gripping, with firm tannins that hang on tightly through the long and slightly smoky finish. Drink after decanting now, or enjoy through 2018.