De Bortoli Noble One 2006 375ml
A rich, round, bordering on fleshy, basket of tropical fruit flavours plus a dash of honey: oak totally absorbed: acidity spot-on." 94 points James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2008
Darren De Bortoli developed Noble One during the 1980s with the first successful vintage being the 1982 Botrytis Semillon Sauternes. It created an immediate sensation in the wine world winning a clutch of trophies and medals both in Australia and at prestigious international wine shows. Since 1990 as a result of a bilateral trade agreement between Australia and European Economic Community countries in which Australia agreed to phase out the use of geographic regions and expressions on wines labels, the wine has been designated Noble One and has become the benchmark Australian dessert wine.
Since its release Noble One has been awarded over 76 Trophies and 287 Gold Medals.
"The undisputed King of the Stickies"
James Halliday, Top 100 Weekend Australian, December 2001
De Bortoli makes a brilliant sweet botrytised semillon that is as great as the best Sauternes from Bordeaux"
Oz Clark, Essential Wine book 1996
"Without doubt it is in the class of the best French sauternes, and one of Englands finest wine judges confided to us that he kept a stock in his cellar "for my own enjoyment and to confound my friends.'"
Winewise, 1990.
"I have no problems in placing the De Bortoli sauternes alongside Penfolds Grange Hermitage, the great north-east Victorian fortified mucats and tokays, the 20-year-old Lindemans semillons, the similarly aged Leo Buring Rhine rieslings, and the best Petaluma chardonnays, as Australia's greatest winestyles."
James Halliday, Top 100, Weekend Australian, December 2001
"This wine single-handedly changed the way Australians thought about sweet white table wines, introducing botrytis cinerea to the mainstream winemaking..."
Australia's Top 20 Benchmark Wines, WINE Magazine, Dec/Jan 1999/2000
The undisputed king of the world of stickies since it was first made in 1982. A classic wine, without question the foremost example of barrel-fermented, wood-matured Botrytis Semillon in Australia. Every vintage made has won at least one trophy and innumerable gold medals. James Halliday
Originally a commercial winemaker, this producer has become an innovator at the top end: firstly, through the creation of Noble One Botrytis Semillon, a richly exotic, sweet, dessert wine that has set the pace for well over 15 years; and, secondly, through investment in Victoria’s Yarra Valley. De Bortoli remains a family venture. The De Bortoli Noble One is the only dessert wine in Langton’s Classification. These are beautifully made wines with intense honeyed apricot aromas and a luscious sweet, highly viscous, but beautifully balanced and uncloying palate. Andrew Caillard MW
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