{"id":22637,"date":"2019-01-22T10:38:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T10:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=22637"},"modified":"2019-01-22T10:38:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T10:38:11","slug":"central-otago-3-prophets-rock-cuvee-aux-antipodes-with-francois-and-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/new-zealand\/central-otago-3-prophets-rock-cuvee-aux-antipodes-with-francois-and-paul","title":{"rendered":"Central Otago (3) Prophet&#8217;s Rock Cuv\u00e9e Aux Antipodes, with Fran\u00e7ois and Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22640\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22640\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/paulpujolfrancoismillet-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/paulpujolfrancoismillet-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/paulpujolfrancoismillet-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/paulpujolfrancoismillet-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/paulpujolfrancoismillet.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Pujol and Fran\u00e7ois Millet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in 2009 Paul Pujol went to do vintage at De Vog\u00fc\u00e9 in Burgundy, with Fran\u00e7ois Millet. Later, in 2013, Paul took Fran\u00e7ois&#8217; son as an intern, and Fran\u00e7ois and his wife visited Central Otago. Since then, they have struck up a friendship and made a wine together from the Prophet&#8217;s Rock vineyard, called Cuv\u00e9e Aux Antipodes, with 2015 as the debut vintage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22638\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cuveeauxantipodes-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cuveeauxantipodes-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cuveeauxantipodes-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cuveeauxantipodes-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cuveeauxantipodes.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22639\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22639\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22639\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/francoismillet-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/francoismillet-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/francoismillet-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/francoismillet-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/francoismillet.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fran\u00e7ois Millet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22641\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/prophetsrock-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/prophetsrock-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/prophetsrock-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/prophetsrock-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/prophetsrock.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22642\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/prophetsrock2-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/prophetsrock2-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/prophetsrock2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/prophetsrock2-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/prophetsrock2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today I visited Prophet&#8217;s Rock to taste the latest vintage and interview them about this project, which has taken an interesting new turn with the addition of a Chardonnay, from the 2018 vintage. Here is the interview, where they talk about this collaboration:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ASFPM4TDSv8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<strong>Prophet&#8217;s Rock Cuv\u00e9e Aux Antipodes 2017 Central Otago, New Zealand\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nGravelly, slightly chalky edge to the brooding, sweet black fruits. Lovely concentration and intensity here: sweetly fruited with dense blackberry and black cherry with a slight reductive edge. There&#8217;s astonishing volume and amplitude here, with good structure and acidity. Still so primary with amazing fruit, structure and acidity. Grippy tannins but they work so well in the context of the wine. Such a drive and energy here. 96\/100<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prophet&#8217;s Rock Cuv\u00e9e Aux Antipodes Blanc 2018 (barrel sample)<\/strong><br \/>\nChardonnay from a leased hectare of vines in Pisa, which were planted in 2004. They took it over in 2017, and in 2018 took a crop after letting it come back for a year. 6 barrels made, one new, and the oak is from Troncais, which Francois says is very interesting for Chardonnay. Racked post malo in the same way he racks the Pinot Noir by hand from a low racking bung with the fine lees. Lovely concentration and precision this wine with meal, bread and citrus, with some peachy richness. Lively and intense with good acidity. Has depth of fruit with the oak in the background. Lovely concentration and intensity here: serious effort. &#8216;The acidity is not too obvious: it is there to give the freshness, but it doesn&#8217;t have too much strength,&#8217; says Fran\u00e7ois. &#8216;There is respect between the freshness and the fruit, and there is no heaviness.&#8217; 94-95\/100<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2009 Paul Pujol went to do vintage at De Vog\u00fc\u00e9 in Burgundy, with Fran\u00e7ois Millet. Later, in 2013, Paul took Fran\u00e7ois&#8217; son as an intern, and Fran\u00e7ois and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,9],"tags":[379,380,352,378],"class_list":["post-22637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-burgundy","category-new-zealand","tag-burgundy","tag-chardonnay","tag-new-zealand","tag-pinot-noir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22643,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22637\/revisions\/22643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}