Minimum order of 1 case or 6 bottles (Mixed or straight)
Fresh lifted aromatics and classic botrytis notes of orange marmalade, citrus and honey make this beloved Noble Riesling the award-winning wine it is. Complex, rich, elegant, and sweet, "Noble Rot" has been a long tradition at Brown Brothers, made in honour of our family's matriarch with handpicked grapes from our Milawa vineyards.
A dessert-lover's drink of choice, enjoy this wine with vanilla bean and salted caramel semifreddo, or a baked lemon cheesecake. For something savoury and light pair with blue or washed-rind cheeses, sliced pear, and crackers.
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97 points
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2x Trophy
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5x Gold
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10x Silver
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13x Bronze
Awards
2022 Royal Adelaide Wine Show
Bronze Medal
2021 Royal Adelaide Wine Show
Silver Medal
2023 Royal Adelaide Wine Show
Bronze Medal
2022 Royal Hobart Wine Show
Silver Medal
2021 Royal Hobart Wine Show
Bronze Medal
2023 Royal Hobart Wine Show
Silver Medal
2023 Rutherglen Wine Show
Gold Medal
2021 Rutherglen Wine Show
Bronze Medal
2022 Rutherglen Wine Show
Gold Medal
2023 Royal Sydney Wine Show
Silver Medal
2023 National Wine Show
Silver Medal
2022 KPMG Sydney Royal Wine Show
Gold Medal
2022 KPMG Sydney Royal Wine Show
Trophy
2022 Perth Royal Wine Awards
Bronze Medal
2023 Victorian Wine Show
Trophy
2023 Victorian Wine Show
Gold Medal
2021 Victorian Wine Show
Bronze Medal
2022 Victorian Wine Show
Gold Medal
2021 Royal Queensland Wine Show
Silver Medal
2023 Royal Queensland Wine Awards
Bronze Medal
2022 Royal Queensland Wine Awards
Bronze Medal
2022 Royal Melbourne Wine Awards
Bronze Medal
2022 National Wine Show of Australia
Bronze Medal
2024 National Wine Show of Australia
Bronze Medal
2023 Canberra International Riesling Challenge
Silver Medal
2022 Canberra International Riesling Challenge
Bronze Medal
2021 Sydney Royal Wine Show
Bronze Medal
2021 Sweet Wine Challenge
Silver Medal
2023 Melbourne Royal Wine Awards
Silver Medal
2023 North East Victorian Wine Challenge
Silver Medal
Notes
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95 Points
Jeni Port, 2023 Halliday Wine Companion • 03/08/2022Hand-picked botrytis-affected riesling fruit from King Valley, given 24 hours' skin contact. Year after year, this wine is incredibly consistent in style and quality. Deep golden hues with the scent of dried apricot, orange marmalade, cumquat, orange peel and dried fig. The palate is dense and sticky, beautifully balanced and textural and deliciously layered in concentrated citrus. Stunning!2023 Sweet Wine of the Year
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2023 Victorian Wine Show • 09/11/2023
Best Other Table White sponsored by Enartis
Awards/Critic Notes
95 Points
Jeni Port, 2023 Halliday Wine Companion • 03/08/2022
Hand-picked botrytis-affected riesling fruit from King Valley, given 24 hours' skin contact. Year after year, this wine is incredibly consistent in style and quality. Deep golden hues with the scent of dried apricot, orange marmalade, cumquat, orange peel and dried fig. The palate is dense and sticky, beautifully balanced and textural and deliciously layered in concentrated citrus. Stunning!2023 Sweet Wine of the Year
2023 Victorian Wine Show • 09/11/2023
Best Other Table White sponsored by Enartis
97 Points
Ray Jordan - Winepilot • 14/03/2022
One of the most famous of all Australian stickies. In fact, it was John Brown Senior who in 1962 made Australia’s first commercial botrytis style wine. All manner of engaging fruit on the nose. Mandarin, citrus and orange peel with a little fig and honey richness. The palate has a bright almost shimmering mouthfeel with layers of intense, ripe, sweet fruit but balanced with a crisp acidity that holds it neatly together. The palate lingers initially with that glorious sweetness but then with a drying acidity that completes a lip-smacking feel. Half a bottle is simply not enough. It’s traditionally a dessert wine but try it with pâté earlier in your meal. Marvellous, as one cricket commentator may have uttered.
95 Points
Jeni Port - Winepilot • 14/03/2022
Noble riesling has been grown and made at Milawa since 1962, a vintage during which the then winemaker, John Graham Brown, remembers seeing a cloud of mould spores erupting from riesling fruit as it entered the crusher. It was botrytis and he was probably the first Aussie winemaker to see that the mould could be good, very good, for his riesling, turning it sweet and divinely drinkable. The 2019 Noble riesling is golden in colour, viscous and sweet on the tongue with the kind of botrytis-complex intensity that makes wine writers with sweet tooths go weak at the knees. Where to start? The aromas are fragrant, floral and honeyed in dried apricot, cumquat, lime marmalade and almond. The palate is dense and beautifully balanced, built around layers of texture and sweet, citrus and dried fruit flavours. The trick with sweet wines is knowing how to manage acidity, making for a clean, bright finish.
The wine was bottled with a residual sugar level of 165g/L.
| Vineyard Region | King Valley |
| Wine Analysis | Alc/Vol: 10.5% |
| Colour | Bright, thick, golden yellow. |
| Aroma | The nose has fresh lifted aromatics and classic botrytis characters like orange marmalade, citrus and honey. |
| Palate | All these aromas follow through to the palate which is concentrated and complex with a silky mouthfeel. The high natural acidity balances the residual sweetness to provide a refreshingly clean finish. |
| Peak Drinking | Until 2030 |
| Growing Conditions | This wine can be challenging to make, however, there lies beauty in its complex and nuanced style. the 2019 vintage was particularly challenging due to early botrytis development following rain; each grape must be carefully picked and harvested at the optimal time - and in the right climatic conditions - to ensure the perfect balance of sweetness and acidity. Fruit for the 2019 vintage was handpicked from mid-April to early June, between 19 and 20 baumé with significant botrytis development. |
