Why this wine matters
More than a famous label.
The 2024 is inspired by German Beerenauslese and uses fruit from some of Marlborough’s oldest Riesling vines, planted in the early 1980s.
Framingham · Marlborough
Noble Riesling
Noble Riesling · apricot · marmalade · lemon curd · botrytis · vivid
Framingham Noble Riesling gives the 366 a proper dessert wine without pushing the budget into prestige territory.
Country
New Zealand
Region
Marlborough
Appellation
Marlborough
Grapes
Riesling
Style
Sweet
Realistic spend
£21–£28
Budget band: £20–£35
Best moments
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A concentrated sweet Riesling for dessert, Christmas and gift occasions.
How it is made
The decisions behind the style.
Late-harvest parcels and botrytised bunches are hand-picked over an extended period, producing a concentrated sweet wine balanced by naturally high Riesling acidity.
What does it taste like?
The shape of the wine.
Orange citrus, apricot, marmalade and lemon curd are concentrated and rich but kept vivid by high acidity and low alcohol.
Body4/5
Acidity5/5
Tannin0/5
Sweetness5/5
Oak influence0/5
Freshness4/5
Aroma5/5
Serve it well
Serve around 8–10°C.
If this wine were human…
The intriguing dinner guest
If Noble Riesling were human, it would be easy to meet, harder to sum up.
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Does any of this sound suspiciously familiar?
Easy to meet, harder to sum up. You like confidence, but not the sort that needs to keep announcing itself.
At dinner, you are the person who quietly improves the seating plan without ever admitting there was a seating plan. Secretly, you like old-fashioned things when they are done with enough confidence to feel modern again.
In short: easy to meet, harder to sum up. noble riesling energy, translated into a person.
Purely for fun — this is the wine’s fictional personality, not a psychological reading of yours.
What to eat with it
And the cheese?
No dead ends.
Start with this wine and move straight into cheese, or build a whole tasting around it.
Keep exploring
There are 365 more wines where this came from.
Research sources
This profile is researched against producer or similarly authoritative material. Vintage-specific details are kept separate from the permanent wine identity.