Prophet’s Rock Pinot Gris

Pinot Gris has always been a strong focus for Prophet’s Rock. Aromatic whites to the same high standard in the vineyard as the top Pinot Noir and take time through all aspects of production to ensure that the wine released is the best reflection of the site it can be. The grapes for this wine are hand-picked from our estate vineyards with the predominate source being the Rocky Point Vineyard. This site has warm free-draining, predominantly schist soils with some of the steepest planted blocks in Central Otago. Extensive canopy and crop management is carried out during the growing season to ensure the grapes attained full physiological ripeness with great concentration, aromatics, and flavour. Yields on all sites are kept very low . The handpicked fruit is 100% whole-bunch pressed over 5-6 hours and fermented using only indigenous ‘wild’ yeast in old barrels. Fermentation typically takes 3-4 months and the finished wine is then aged without racking on gross lees until bottling just before the following vintage. The wine is bottled under Diam cork. Cellar with confidence for 10+ years. Only 1652 cases were made.