NERO SPARKLING SHIRAZ NV

NERO Sparkling Shiraz NV
The Sunday Times
FOOD & WINE
January 2, 2000 p.16
“ TOP DROPS”

The Conti family is part of WA’s wine history.

And Paul Conti has been the second generation family representative of that history since the early 50s. Back then, Paul ploughed vineyard furrows behind a draught horse called Mary. Another family pet that was important to the Contis was NERO the cat, a Burmese-Siamese cross that was good at warding off rats and tiger snakes from the family property in Woodvale.

The Contis have named their sparkling shiraz Nero, in honour of the feline security guard, and it is not a bad drop at all. It is a wine that is about ripe shiraz grapes treated with Italian respect. The nose overflows with ripe shiraz fruit and there is just luscious ripe berry fruit on the palate.