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TN: De Bortoli Black Noble
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:24 pm
by n4sir
De Bortoli Black Noble (375ml): Dark tawny with a cherry red tinge and olive hue. Lifted, buttery nose with biting, volatile and yet sweet notes. Sweet/dry palate that doesn’t quite live up to the nose, porty, buttery and yet a little tired and short. Maybe it’s not a good bottle.
Cheers,
Ian
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:02 am
by hmmm
Which vintage was this one?
i have never had a black nobel but have always been intrigued by it, how does it compare against the nobel?
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:53 am
by Waiters Friend
A different style entirely. Noble One is still a moderately alcoholed table wine - Black Noble is fortified.
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:01 am
by ross67
Is this a cd job Ian or RRP?
ross
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:29 am
by Joe Cz
Unless the stuff you get over there is different from here in the States, Black Noble is a nonvintage product. Here's my note from last October:
A unique dessert wine made from botrytized Semillon that's then fortified and aged for an average of eight years in barrel, this is a dark, coffee-brown wine, with a hint of green to its rim. Aromas are slightly nutty and molasses-like, with raisiny, almost Muscat-like flavors. Full-bodied and rich, it finishes long and sticky. 90 points.
Could be a different batch, could just be different takes on the same wine. I have it recorded as 200 g/l residual sugar, so pretty sweet stuff.
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:39 am
by jeremy
Wow. First time I've read tasting notes on this. I really enjoy it in a hedonistic way and don't find it all short...so it may be the bottle or it may be me
. Would like more people to try it. It is unique.
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:06 pm
by n4sir
I bought the bottle at auction - looked in very good condition (perfect fill level, no seepage) but there's the distinct possibility it may just have been too old. Unfortunately there's precious little on the bottle to indicate how old it is, just a batch/log stamping of 6060 below the capsule (it also unusually has a duplicate "by De Bortoli 375ml" bottom label).
Cheers,
Ian
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:57 pm
by jeremy
Frustrating. NV wines of all sorts should carry some sort of date, like the Hiedsieck (spelling?) Mis En Cave. Might help us differentiate between bad bottle and different palates...
Still I understand that this is solero sytem semillon and being perverse by nature, it excites me
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:18 pm
by ross67
jeremy wrote:Frustrating. NV wines of all sorts should carry some sort of date
What is the real reason for deciding to NV some and not others??
ross