Noble One, De Bortoli Half Bottle

Darren De Bortoli created Noble One at our family winery in 1982, to this day it is still one of the most awarded wines in history. More than four decades after this pioneering Botrytis Semillon took the world by storm, internationally acclaimed Noble One remains the benchmark of Australian ‘Botrytis’ dessert winemaking.

An explosion of honey, tropical fruits, cumquats, candied orange peel with scents of vanillin and a whisper of spice. A succulent display of rich Botrytis fruit with neatly balanced sweetness and acidity.

Constant monitoring of the vineyards determines when to harvest the fruit. The fruit is crushed into tank overnight to soak to allow the fruit to fully extract all flavour and sweetness before pressing and then clarifying. Daily monitoring of the ferment in tank is required to ensure the ferment finishes with the optimal balance of flavour, sweetness and alcohol. Following clarification, the wine was matured in 30% new French oak barriques, 60% one and two-year-old barriques with 10% left in tank for freshness when blending.