For more than 20 years Noble One, which was created by a youthful Darren De Bortoli in 1982, has been regarded as Australia's benchmark dessert wine. Darren, a great fan of French Sauternes recognised the potential to make a dessert wine from grapes affected by botrytis cinerea or Noble Rot in the Riverina, where the family wine company is based. The wine created a sensation when it was released and has become one of world's most highly awarded and sought after wines.