De Bortoli Noble One Botrytis Semillon 2022 is one of Australia’s most celebrated and awarded dessert wines — a rich, succulent, and beautifully balanced expression of Riverina Botrytis Semillon crafted by Winemaker Julie Mortlock from De Bortoli’s own vineyards and long-term grower fruit. The 2022 vintage saw one of the earliest harvests on record, beginning 24 March, with early summer rain kicking off exceptional Botrytis development throughout the vineyard. An explosion of honey, tropical fruits, cumquats, and candied orange peel on the nose, with scents of vanillin and a whisper of spice; a succulent display of rich Botrytis fruit with neatly balanced sweetness and acidity on the palate. Matured in 30% new French oak barriques, 60% one and two-year-old barriques, and 10% tank for freshness. 96 Points, Halliday Wine Companion. Six Trophies. Nine Gold Medals. A wine with a very long future — and definitely the vintage to collect.
Tasting Notes
Appearance
Deep, luminous gold — the rich, inviting colour of a Riverina Botrytis Semillon from one of the earliest harvests on record, with the depth and intensity that exceptional Botrytis development and careful French oak maturation deliver.
Aroma
An explosion of honey, tropical fruits, cumquats, and candied orange peel, with scents of vanillin and a whisper of spice — marigold flowers, honeysuckle, loquat fruit, golden-hued plums, and pineapple turnover, with shortbread and baked madeleine biscuits from the new oak singing behind the ripe fruit. A bouquet of extraordinary complexity and generosity.
Palate
A succulent display of rich Botrytis fruit with neatly balanced sweetness and acidity — the long, stretched acidity making for a succulence and elegance that carries the wine far beyond the ordinary. Rich, complex, and deeply satisfying, with the power to take its avid drinkers into the far reaches of pleasure.
Pairs With
Although generally considered a dessert wine, be daring — pan-fried foie gras with caramelised pears and figs, roast quail with a sticky balsamic glaze, sorbet, or poached pears in honey are all exceptional companions. Or simply pour a glass of Noble One. It is dessert in itself. 10% ABV. 375ml.
Awards
Trophies
- Sweet White Trophy — National Capital Wine Show 2026
- Best Sweet White — Brisbane Wine Show 2025
- Best Sweet White — Cowra Wine Show 2025
- Best Sweet Dessert Wine (Unfortified) — Hobart Wine Show 2025
- Trophy — Riverland Wine Show 2025
- Trophy — Rutherglen Wine Show 2025
Gold Medals
- National Capital Wine Show 2026
- Winewise Championship 2026
- Adelaide Wine Show 2025
- Brisbane Wine Show 2025
- Cowra Wine Show 2025
- Hobart Wine Show 2025
- Riverland Wine Show 2025
- Rutherglen Wine Show 2025
- Australian Sweet Wine Awards 2024
Reviews
Halliday Wine Companion — 96 Points | August 2025
“A reticent wine on the nose, this was a very good vintage for botrytis, so hold space for what is to come with time in the bottle. Marigold flowers, honeysuckle and loquat fruit. Golden-hued plums and pineapple turnover. There is a shortbread and baked madeleine biscuits thanks to the use of new oak but it sings a chorus behind the ripe fruit, which sits in front. Acidity is long and stretched at the seams which makes for a succulence. A very elegant wine with the power to take its avid drinkers into the far reaches of pleasure. This is a wine with a very long future and definitely the vintage to collect.”
