Featured on the wine list of Heston Blumenthal's Michelin 3-starred restaurant, The Fat Duck (Pinot Gris)
Winner - Air New Zealand, "Fine Wines of New Zealand" (Pinot Gris) "When we founded Prophet’s Rock in 1999, our goal was to find sites in Central Otago like no others. Two vineyards were established in the Bendigo sub-region: The Prophet’s Rock Home Vineyard and, subsequently, the Rocky Point. Both are steep and elevated, and each is distinctive – The Home Vineyard with its rare mix of soils, including schist, clay, and chalk, and Rocky Point with its stony ground and almost treacherous slopes. In the winery, though, we find our muses in the old houses of Europe. Winemaker Paul Pujol refined his trade working in France’s classical wine regions, the Languedoc, Sancerre, and, crucially, Burgundy and Alsace. His traditional aesthetic — respectful, patient, vineyard-focused – resonates in our wines, and frees them to express the unique tenor of our sites." - Prophet's Rock. The Home Block Pinot Noir burst onto the NZ wine scene when its first release, the 2005 vintage, was named in Bob Campbell's top 10 Pinot Noirs in Central Otago. Since then it has been one of the most consistently highly rated Pinot Noirs in the region. The Home Block Pinot vines yield intense fruit, winemaker Paul Pujol mustering all he has learned from his time at noted Oregon producer Rex Hill and in Chambolle-Musigny, Burgundy, to harness the power of his site. It's an Old-World-Meets-New-World style of Pinot Noir. Structured, savoury, and a killer in the cellar