Posts Tagged ‘Reviews’

WineSoc PR R08 bottle and Glass Shot

Prophet’s Rock Dry Riesling 2009 – Ned Goodwin MW Review : 94 Points

A Brave Wine An outstanding review of the Prophet’s Rock Dry Riesling 2009 from the recent Central Otago Pinot Celebration by Japan based MW Ned Goodwin. Also some interesting comments on white wines from Central Otago. 2009 Prophet’s Rock Riesling: Citrus aromas underlain by complex quince and anise notes. Wonderful minerality here. Fantastic length. This

Michael Cooper's Wine Guide 2012

Michael Cooper’s 2012 Wine Guide – Prophet’s Rock Reviews

The 20th Anniversary Edition of Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide to New Zealand Wines 2012 has just been released. Prophet’s Rock has continued its great run of reviews from New Zealand’s most acclaimed wine writer. That’s three vintages of Prophet’s Rock Pinot Noir in a row to receive a 5-Star rating from Michael Cooper. This is

Rocky Point PN 2010 Label Shot

NZ Herald – Rocky Point Punches Above Its Price Point!

The Rocky Point Pinot Noir 2010 has done extremely well in the recent New Zealand Herald VIVA magazine. In the 7th of December, 2011 Issue – I’m dreaming of a wine Christmas, the Rocky Point received the following review: Rocky Point Central Otago Pinot Noir 2010 This seriously good second label pinot from Prophet’s Rock

Posted in All, Pinot Noir, Reviews and Awards by / December 13th, 2011 / No Comments » Read More
WineSoc PR PN07 bottle and Glass Shot

Wine Orbit Reviews – All Prophet’s Rock wines score 90+ Points.

We submitted a full range of the Prophet’s Rock and Rocky Point wines both past and present to New Zealand based wine reviewer Sam Kim, publisher of the independent monthly guide WineOrbit. We were thrilled to receive the following reviews in which the entire range scored 90 points and above. You can read the reviews

Vintage 2006 Grapes in Bucket

Fantastic Wine-Pages.com Review of Prophet’s Rock Pinot Noir

U.K. wine writer Tom Cannavan has been following the Prophet’s Rock wines for some time and recently published this review from a tasting at the Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration in January, 2011. Prophet’s Rock, Pinot Noir 2006 Big, sweet, cedary nose with lots of herbs and spices. The palate has loads of substance, with

Posted in All, Pinot Noir, Reviews and Awards by / June 17th, 2011 / No Comments » Read More
Riesling 2010 880 x 380

New Zealand Herald: A Year of Gorgeous Drops.

We love Riesling and have a very special attachment to our little one hectare block at the Pisa Vineyard. We treat it the same as our top Pinot Noir in the vineyard and the results have been fantastic. Since it’s first release in 2006 the Prophet’s Rock Dry Riesling has consistently been one of the

Posted in All, Reviews and Awards, Riesling by / June 6th, 2011 / No Comments » Read More
WineSoc PR PG09 bottle and Glass Shot

Review of our 2009 Pinot Gris from Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

  The amazing run of awards and great press continues for our Prophet’s Rock Pinot Gris 2009. This is a fresh review from Auckland based wine writer Sam Kim, publisher of Wine Orbit.   Prophet’s Rock Pinot Gris 2009 Central Otago 5 Stars : 93 Points Grapes were sourced from the Pisa district, hand-harvested and

Posted in All, Pinot Gris, Reviews and Awards by / May 23rd, 2011 / No Comments » Read More
The Rock Summer 880x380

Raymond Chan Reviews Prophet’s Rock

Prophet’s Rock – European Take in Central Otago The Prophet’s Rock operation based at Bendigo produces wines that are distinctively European in character. One must taste and drink them with a perspective of a vigneron in the Rheingau, Riquewihr or in Pommard to appreciate their style. Mike Mulvey set up the label based on fruit

Prophet's Rock Pinot Gris 2009 - Winestate Wine of the Year Awards 2010, Top 5 !!

Winestate Wines of the Year 2010 – Top 5 for our Pinot Gris!

After a great run of reviews for the Prophet’s Rock wines in 2010 we were thrilled to have our 2009 Pinot Gris selected as one of Winestate Magazine’s Wines of the Year. Winestate hosted a lovely awards function in Auckland and we were lucky enough to be able to try all the Top 5 wines

Posted in All, Pinot Gris, Reviews and Awards by / February 17th, 2011 / No Comments » Read More
Kuentz-Bas Grand Cru Pfersigberg - we had the 1997 vintage of this wine at lunch.

Sue Courtney’s Feature on Prophet’s Rock @ Prime

Read Sue Courtney’s great feature on Prophet’s Rock: A Prime perspective of Prophet’s Rock Again thanks to Sven at Prime for the fantastic lunch which paired beautifully with the line up of Alsace and Prophet’s Rock wines.

Page 1 of 212»