Posts Tagged ‘Riesling’

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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

Metro Magazine December 2011 Top Wines For Summer

Metro Magazine – Top 100 Wines For Summer: Prophet’s Rock Scores Two!

We are thrilled that an independent line-up of wine writers, sommeliers and restaurant owners chose to include both of our white wines in Metro’s Top 100 Wines For Summer. Here are the comments: Prophet’s Rock Central Otago Pinot Gris 2010 Prophet’s Rock makes some of New Zealand’s most poised and elegant wines, and this is

Posted in All, Pinot Gris, Reviews and Awards, Riesling by / December 14th, 2011 / No Comments » Read More
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

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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

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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
Les Trois Chateaux, Alsace - Paul was here.

Old Alsace in Otago – New Zealand Herald

A great feature on Prophet’s Rock by John Hawkesby in the New Zealand Herald. “I’ve just tasted one of the world’s best dry Rieslings and it’s from Central Otago.” It’s nice to see such positive support for Riesling from Central Otago, when I moved here the quality of the Riesling simply blew me away. Thanks

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.

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The Twelve Days of Christmas – New Zealand Herald

What to give your true love on the fourth day of Christmas? Prophet’s Rock Dry Riesling of course. The 2008 continues its great run of reviews. Like us, The New Zealand Herald are hoping that 2011 is the year of Riesling! Twelve days to sample the festive spirit – Life & Style – NZ Herald

Posted in All, Reviews and Awards, Riesling by / February 10th, 2011 / No Comments » Read More