Paul Conti Wines Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 (6 Bottles)

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Red and black berry fruit with hints of regional mint and quality dusty oak. A stylish medium-bodied, soft and juicy cabernet sauvignon with a medley of back forest fruits, olives and violet characters. Ripe and lingering with a persistent, gravelly finish – a classic Margaret River style.

Grown on our Miamup Road vineyard in Margaret River. This wine exhibits red and black berry fruits with hints of regional mint and quality dusty oak. A stylish medium-bodied cabernet sauvignon with back forest fruits, olives and violet characters; rounded-out by a ripe and lingering, but persistent, gravelly finish.

A classic Margaret River style from a particularly good vintage.

Halliday 2021 Wine Companion:  91 points – Highly recommended – Drink to: 2024

“A smidgeon of malbec in the blend promotes some floral lift and a glossy sheen of blue fruits nestled amid cabernet’s currant, sage and green olive. This is straight shooting regional cabernet, highly reflective of place, and with that, rewarding.”

Vineyard
Cabernet sauvignon grown on our Miamup Road vineyard, Cowaramup was given extensive attention to soil nutrition. Refined viticultural practices has resulted in fruit rich is red berry fruit flavours rather than the herbal green flavours associated with many Margaret River cabernet sauvignons. We also used a very portion of cabernet fruit grown on the Grace & White vineyard which, with its gravelly loam soils, imparts a desireable, grainy, tannin character. A small percentage of malbec grown on our Miamup Road vineyard, is used in the final blend.

Harvest
Entirely hand-harvested with the majority of fruit coming from our Miamup Road vineyard on 27 March 2018 – an ideal summer posing excellent conditions for red fruit ripening. A particularly good year. A lovely, medium-bodied varietal cabernet.

Winemaking
The fruit was cooled overnight before de-stemming and crushing. Fermentation began cool in 4 tonne open fermenters and hand plunged 4-5 times per day at a relatively moderate 24 degrees celcius over an 8-day period. Following fermentation a small amount was transferred to new French oak to complete malolactic fermentation. A decision to blend a small amount of malbec before bottling was intended to add depth and weight.

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About Paul Conti Wines

From humble beginnings in 1948, Paul Conti Wines has become one of WA’s most reputable and respected boutique, family-owned wineries. Located only 30 minutes north of Perth, the Woodvale property, which now houses a modern winery and restaurant, was the original homestead of Carmelo (aka Charlie) and Rosa Conti who, in 1927, immigrated to Australia from a small town in their homeland of Sicily.

The Conti’s raised eight children in the beautiful stone house which has since been converted into a fine dining restaurant, however the property was once the hub of a rural self-sufficient lifestyle. Based on black, fertile swampy soils the conditions were ideal for growing vegetables, planting an orchard and of course nurturing vines.

Cheese and milk, (thanks to the resident cow), pasta, sausages and of course wine were all produced at the property. Today, small historic reminders remain with the old fruit and olive trees still growing strong.

In 1948, Charlie began expanding the modest vineyard to cater to a growing domestic market. The original cellar located directly beneath the family home and which remains today, was dug out by two of the Conti brothers by horse (a stubborn creature, but fondly remembered as Mary) and scoop.

It was from this time onward that a then, young Paul learnt the traditional art of wine making and decades later, became an industry pioneer in his own right.

“It has always been our mission to produce full flavoured, elegant wines that reflect the unique qualities of the regions where our fruit is grown.” Paul Conti.

From 1968 Paul began upgrading the small winery and became the first vigneron to produce premium bottled wine from Tuart soils (a direct result of Tuart trees grown along the coastal strip where the vineyards are located). Early success was achieved with his award winning Mariginiup Hermitage [now called shiraz], an exclusive wine still made from the original vines planted on the Mariginiup vineyard in 1958.

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