TN: De Bortoli Black Noble

n4sir · Post by **n4sir** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:24 pm

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 doesnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t quite live up to the nose, porty, buttery and yet a little tired and short. Maybe itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s not a good bottle.

Cheers,
Ian

hmmm · Post by **hmmm** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:02 am

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?

Waiters Friend · Post by **Waiters Friend** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:53 am

A different style entirely. Noble One is still a moderately alcoholed table wine - Black Noble is fortified.

ross67 · Post by **ross67** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:01 am

Is this a cd job Ian or RRP?

ross

Joe Cz · Post by **Joe Cz** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:29 am

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.

jeremy · Post by **jeremy** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:39 am

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 :lol:

. Would like more people to try it. It is unique.

n4sir · Post by **n4sir** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:06 pm

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

jeremy · Post by **jeremy** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:57 pm

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 :twisted:

ross67 · Post by **ross67** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:18 pm

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