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De Bortoli Noble One Semillon 375ml 2021

A$40.00
AvailabilityIn stock
Volume375ml
VarietiesSemillon
Region/CountryAustralia, New South Wales , Riverina
Rating96 points
Sizes
375ml (Demi/Half Bottle)500ml (Jennie/Half Liter)
Description

A long history of growing Botrytis Semillon fruit for this wine has led them to two growers who excel in producing amazing fruit each year. Apart from their Estate vineyards, fruit is sourced from a grower who has been growing Botrytis Semillon for Noble One for almost 40 years.

Once the fruit is harvested and crushed, it is left in tank overnight before pressing to further extract flavours and sugars. Then after clarification the juice is fermented in tank with constant monitoring and when the ideal balance of sweetness, acidity and alcohol is achieved, the ferment is stopped, clarified, stabilised then matured in either French oak barriques or tank for 12 months.

A season of two halves, rain in January and early February triggered the Botyrtis in the vineyards but no further rain until Easter in late March kept the spread of Botrytis subdued. Then heavy rain fell on Easter Monday and the late autumn warmth in the air spread Botrytis quickly through the vineyard and then in haste, harvest began in the first week of April as the Botrytis thrived in these conditions.

Ratings
Score97 points
ReviewerStuart Knox
Review
A rich golden straw hue in the glass. Heady on the nose, mango, cumquat and cooking toffee aromatics. A symphony of golden tropical fruits with balancing citrus peel freshness at the top end. Deeper down we find butterscotch and figs all being lifted by powerfully focused acidity and a pithy sense of grip that ensures prodigious length and a finish that astounds with its remarkable sense of vitality.
Score96 points
ReviewerShanteh Wale
Review
Fresh Kensington mango cheek, lemon verbena and yellow wattle blooming in abundance. Candied pineapple and fresh apricot. Tangerine skin, lemon curd and yuzu. Lusciously sweet and supremely well balanced by nougatine oak and almond shell. Orange blossom honey sweetness with lovely, grainy, pithy grip and a dried apple flesh. A school toffee nostalgia coupled with the wisdom that this wine will live for decades. An icon. 375ml.
Specifications
ClosureScrew Cap
Serving temp8-10 °C
Alcohol10%
Cellar UntilUntil 2043
Food Pairing

Whilst Noble One as a dessert wine pairs well with Mille-feuille or a Coconut Panna Cotta with tropical fruits, be daring and try Noble One with carpaccio of salmon with a spring dressing and feta or throw some prawns on the barbecue with a sweet citrus glaze.

Tasting Profile
palate

Vibrant and seductive with layers of flavour, a medley of candied citrus fruit, honey drenched apricots with nougat nutty vanillin oak lusciously textured yet with enough acidity to balance the sweetness.

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