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DE BORTOLI’S iconic Noble One dessert wine is celebrating 40 years of continued success.
Since its first release in 1982, Noble One has been awarded over 182 trophies and 505 gold medals globally.
It is one of the most awarded wines in history.
Darren de Bortoli created Noble One at the family winery at Bilbul, in the Riverina region of New South Wales in 1982.
Today the “sticky” remains the benchmark of Australian botrytis dessert winemaking.
“It feels like only yesterday that Dad and I were asking the local growers to allow their grapes to go rotten,” Darren recalls.
“They thought we were both mad, yet here we are celebrating 40 years of Noble One and what a journey it has been.
“One of my favourite memories from the early days of Noble One was being awarded the trophy for best sweet wine in the world at the International Wine and Spirit Awards in 1984 by Madame Odette Pol Roger. At the time it was like a dream.”
One fascinating fact about Noble One is that there is no sugar added into the wine, the sweetness is all natural and comes solely from the semillon grapes.
This makes it an ideal wine for pairing with blue cheese and patés, with the salty/savoury characters of the dishes balanced out with the natural sweetness of the wine. Visit www.debortoli.com.au/