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Producer Profiles: Alphabetical Listing N-Z

My index continues here, with N-Z. For other estates, please see my A-M listing.

• Château Nairac (1/8/07) A richer style of Barsac from the Heeter family.
• Château de la Negly (7/1/04) Exceptional wines from this star of the South.
• Château Nenin (9/9/09) Pomerol as interpreted by the Delon family.
• Domaine de Nerleux (16/6/06) Fine Saumur Champigny from the Neau family.
• Château La Nerthe (22/2/07, updated 23/1/08) Good quality wines from this estate.
• Domaine de Nidolères (13/7/06) A fine selection from Pierre Escudie.
• Quinta do Noval Port (4/12/03) Aged tawnies and colheitas, and vintage Ports.

• Domaine Ogereau (13/9/07, updated 23/3/11) Leading Anjou vigneron.
• Château Olivier (15/4/04, updated 23/8/07) Solid white and red Graves.
• Willi Opitz (13/1/06) Austrian showman turning out some fabulous sweet wines.
• Clos de l'Oratoire (21/11/07) Wines from Neipperg & Derenoncourt.
• Clos de l'Origine (4/7/06) Biodynamic estate run by Marc Barriot.
• Château Ormes de Pez (26/8/04, updated 1/6/07) Value from the Cazes family.
• Tenuta Dell'Ornellaia (13/12/05) Brilliant wines from Bolgheri made by Axel Heinz.

• Domaine Les Pallières (1/3/07) Gigondas from the Brunier brothers.
• Château Palmer (2/12/04, last updated 6/5/10) Top quality Margaux.
• Château Pape-Clément (7/8/07) Superlative wines from Pessac-Léognan.
• Domaine du Paternel (9/5/05) Cassis from Jean-Pierre Santini's estate.
• Château Pavie (7/2/01, last updated 17/3/11) The wines of Valette and Perse.
• Château Pavie-Macquin (2/11/06) The wines of Thienpont and Derenoncourt.
• Peacock Ridge (29/9/05) Fine wines in the Bordeaux mould.
• Château Pech Redon (3/11/04) Good wines from La Clape.
• Domaine du Pech Rome (6/10/04) Good quality Coteaux du Languedoc.
• Château Pédesclaux (16/5/12) A Pauillac estate set for Lorenzetti revitalisation.
• Henry Pellé (5/8/04, updated 29/12/09) Leading producer in Menetou-Salon.
• Penfolds (20/8/04) The history and the wines.
• Domaine de la Pépière (15/6/10) Brilliant Muscadet from Marc Ollivier.
• Domaine des Perdrix (18/4/01) Source of some classy Nuits St Georges.
• André Perret (27/3/02) Great value Syrah and superb Condrieu from this producer.
• Perrier-Jouët (6/4/04, last updated 8/1/08) A detailed profile with tasting notes.
• Pesquera (4/4/02) Top estate of the Ribera del Duero.
• Petaluma (7/6/01) Brian Croser is a very significant figure in Australian wine.
• Château Petit Village (29/1/08) Pomerol from the AXA Millésimes team.
• Petrus (7/5/09, updated 2/12/10) Top Pomerol estate run by the Moueix family.
• Pewsey Vale (30/6/04) Top Riesling from the Eden Valley.
• Château Peyrabon (29/4/04, updated 23/1/08) Wines from Patrick Bernard.
• Domaine Peyre Rose (1/3/04) Fantastic although tannic wines here.
• Château de Pez (7/12/11) St Estèphe from the Rouzaud stable.
• Pfaffl (16/3/07) Wines from the Weinviertel.
• Château Phélan-Ségur (10/3/05, last updated 4/1/12) Top quality St Estèphe estate.
• Château de Pibarnon (26/3/03, updated 1/11/05) Classic Bandol from a top estate.
• Château Pibran (19/9/07) Leading Pauillac Cru Bourgeois estate.
• Domaine Pichard (13/6/05) Good Madiran from Auguste Vigneau.
• Château Pichon-Baron (26/2/04, last updated 1/6/11) AXA's second growth star.
• Château Pichon-Lalande (6/3/07, last updated 8/6/11) A true super-second.
• Pieropan (28/4/03, updated 27/8/08) Fantastic Soave from this master of the region.
• Château Pierre-Bise (18/9/03, last updated 9/3/11) A leading Anjou domaine.
• Le Pin (13/6/08) A full profile after my visit to Le Pin.
• François Pinon (5/8/08) Excellent Vouvray from this ex-psychoanalyst.
• Pio Cesare (3/3/05) Lovely, stylish Barolo from Pio Boffa.
• Jo Pithon (20/7/04, updated 13/3/09) A profile of the domaine, pre-Fournier.
• Pithon-Paillé (10/3/09, updated 1/9/10) Jo Pithon's new venture with stepson Jo Paillé.
• Planeta (2/3/05) Stylish wines from Sicily.
• Poggio Antico (23/12/02) Good Chianti estate.
• Château La Pointe (29/7/09, updated 3/8/11) One of Pomerol's largest estates.
• Poliziano (20/1/03) Fantastic Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 'Asinone'.
• Pol Roger (17/3/05) Top quality across the board from a leading house.
• Pommery (16/3/05) Patchy quality, but some good wines at the upper end.
• Prince Poniatowski (16/11/06, updated 18/8/09) Mature Vouvray from Polish royalty.
• Château Pontet-Canet (24/9/03, last updated 3/6/10) The wines of the Tesserons.
• Château Potensac (26/6/02, updated 8/8/07) A property that excels under the Delons.
• Château Pouget (11/5/05) Minor fourth growth Margaux.
• Château Poujeaux (9/3/05, updated 27/7/07) One of the top cru bourgeois estates.
• Prà (7/4/03) More lovely Soave.
• Château Preuillac (27/2/07) Quality and value from Jean-Christophe Mau.
• Prieure de St Jean de Bebian (16/2/04) Ageworthy wines from Chantal Lecouty.
• Château Prieuré-Lichine (4/5/07) A famous Margaux estate.
• Domaine de la Prose (15/12/04) Good wines from St Georges d'Orques.
• Joh. Jos. Prüm (29/4/02, updated 17/4/07) A leading Mosel estate.
• Prunotto (16/6/03) Good wines from Piedmont.
• Le Pupille (10/2/03) From Tuscany's coastal region.
• Thierry Puzelat (25/8/09) And the wines of Clos du Tue-Boeuf.

• Castello di Querceto (20/1/09) Distinctive cru IGTs from Alessandro François.

• Domaine Rabiega (6/7/05) The closest thing to Swedish wine.
• Olga Raffault (25/9/07, updated 3/9/08) Fine Chinon, particularly from Les Picasses.
• Ramos Pinto (31/8/06) A nice range of Ports made in a traditional style.
• Château Rauzan-Gassies (22/1/09) Wines from the Quié family.
• Château Rauzan-Ségla (21/11/01, last updated 7/3/12) A Chanel château.
• Domaine de Ravanes (27/9/04) High quality indeed from Marc Benin.
• Domaine Ray-Jane (11/10/05) The wines of Raymond & Alain Constant.
• Château Raymond-Lafon (22/9/10, updated 22/2/12) Top quality from the Meslier family.
• Château de Rayne-Vigneau (26/7/07) In part a revitalised property.
• Domaine de la Rectorie (6/12/04) Fine wines from Marc Parcé.
• Redmetal Vineyards (22/11/05) Merlot dominated wines from Hawkes Bay.
• Château Revelette (28/2/05) The wines of Peter Fischer.
• Pascal & Nicolas Reverdy (23/5/06, updated 27/7/10) Top flight Sancerre.
• Domaine Richeaume (4/4/05) Super wines from Henning Hoesch.
• Ridge Vineyards (16/10/02, updated 28/3/07) Monte Bello and more.
• Château Rieussec (28/7/04, updated 19/4/07) Top Sauternes Premier Cru.
• Château Rives-Blanques (21/9/06, updated 20/10/09) Top quality Limoux.
• Château de la Rivière (29/1/02) Fronsac is a source of great value claret.
• Clos Roche Blanche (1/12/09) Cult Touraine wines from Barrouillet & Roussel.
• Domaine des Rochelles (11/9/07) Fine Anjou from the Lebretons.
• Le Rocher des Violettes (4/10/11) Montlouis and Touraine from Xavier Weisskopf.
• Domaine des Roches Neuves (18/4/06, updated 9/11/10) The wines of Thierry Germain.
• Roederer (29/6/04) I taste the most recent vintage releases.
• Rolly Gassmann (13/8/01) Great wines at all quality levels here.
• Château Rol Valentin (5/8/03) My assessment is thwarted by TCA.
• Massimo Romeo (27/1/03) Decent Vino di Montepulciano here.
• Domaine la Roquette (5/6/07) Run by the Bruniers of Vieux Télégraphe.
• Rosemount Estate (3/10/01) Profile and tasting of all levels from this producer.
• Rene Rostaing (31/3/05) Exalted producer of Côte-Rôtie.
• Clos Rougeard (9/10/08) The wines of the Foucault brothers.
• Château de la Roulerie (18/5/10) The wines of Philippe Germain.
• Wilfrid Rousse (20/12/05) Chinon vigneron with a fine taste in weathervanes.
• Château Rousseau de Sipian (22/6/05) Good value Médoc.
• Ruinart (16/2/05) The oldest of all Champagne houses.

• Domaine St Andrieu (1/12/04) Good wines from Montpeyroux.
• Château St-Jean D'Aumières (20/5/05) Exemplary wines from Paul Tori.
• Château St Martin de la Garrigue (22/3/04) Top Pinet estate.
• Château St-Pierre (4/9/00, updated 21/2/07) An often overlooked St Julien estate.
• Domaine Ste Anne (2/11/04) Superb source of top-flight Côtes du Rhône.
• Sandeman Port (11/12/03) Some lovely tawnies and young vintage Ports here.
• Sanford (20/9/05) Top Californian Pinot Noir from the Santa Rita Hills AVA.
• Tenuta San Guido (5/2/08) Home to Sassicaia and Guidalberto.
• La Ferme de la Sansonnière (23/11/06, updated 28/4/09) The wines of Mark Angeli.
• Antoine Sanzay (3/3/09) An up-and-coming Saumur-Champigny vigneron.
• Domaine Sarda Malet (3/1/05) Lovely wines from Jérôme Malet.
• Horst Sauer (30/8/05) Tasting and profile of Franken's leading winemaker.
• Frantz Saumon (27/10/11) Super, minerally Montlouis from a onetime forester.
• Schlumberger (3/1/02, updated 25/1/07) One of Alsace's largest family-owned estates.
• Gutsverwaltung von Schubert-Grünhaus (11/2/02, updated 30/11/06) Top Ruwer estate.
• Selbach-Oster (8/4/02) Good quality and value from here.
• Château Sigalas-Rabaud (1/6/06) Lovely wines with the help of Cordier.
• Château Simone (18/4/05) Historic Provence estate.
• Château Siran (24/4/08) An admirable Cru Bourgeois estate.
• Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte (16/5/06, updated 26/8/09) An estate restored to greatness.
• Château Sociando-Mallet (17/5/02, updated 12/3/08) Top quality from Jean Gautreau.
• Château Soucherie (16/8/11) Anjou and Savennières in a polished, modern style.
• Speri (24/3/03) A source of firm Amarone and Recioto.
• La Spinetta (29/9/03) Home to the delicious Le Pin.
• Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (20/5/04) Cask 23 and more from Warren Winiarski.
• Château Suduiraut (29/7/04, last updated 9/1/08) Success from another AXA property.

• Domaine de la Taille aux Loups (5/5/09, updated 8/9/10) The wines of Jacky Blot.
• Château Taillefer (29/6/06, updated 8/2/07) Solid Pomerol from the Moueix family.
• Taittinger (15/3/05) Good quality from this Champagne house.
• Château Talbot (21/5/00, last updated 16/1/08) Multiple vintages tasted and assessed.
• Joël Taluau (14/3/06) Leading domaine of St Nicolas de Bourgueil.
• Tardieu-Laurent (29/3/04, updated 22/1/08) I meet Michel Tardieu and taste the wines.
• Tarras Vineyards (11/11/09) Central Otago Pinot Noir.
• Taylor's (2/7/03, updated 1/5/08) A great estate, and many great wines.
• Tedeschi (28/3/06) Lovely Amarone here.
• Domaine Tempier (21/8/02, updated 20/11/08) Bandol's benchmark domaine.
• Château du Tertre (12/9/06) A property on the up in recent vintages.
• Château Teyssier (9/7/03) Value and quality from this St Emilion Grand Cru.
• Toolangi (15/6/04) A unique approach to winemaking in the Yarra Valley.
• Château La Tour Blanche (23/1/07, updated 30/1/08) A revitalised Sauternes estate.
• Château La Tour Carnet (8/6/07) Fine Haut-Médoc from Bernard Magrez.
• Château La Tour de By (14/6/07) An old favourite for some in the Médoc.
• Château La Tour Figeac (12/6/08) Wine from the Rettenmaiers.
• Tour des Gendres (29/8/05) Top Bergerac estate run by Luc de Conti & family.
• Château de Tracy (5/8/04) Good source of Pouilly-Fumé.
• Domaine Trevallon (3/5/05) A leading domaine, run by Eloi Durrbach.
• Clos Triguedina (27/1/05) Ancient and respected family-owned domaine in Cahors.
• Trimbach (21/4/04, updated 4/9/08) Brilliant wines from this star of Alsace.
• Château Tronquoy-Lalande (28/3/12) An estate revitalised by Bouygues investment.
• Château Troplong-Mondot (24/10/07, updated 16/6/11) Turbo-charged St Emilion.
• Château Trotanoy (11/6/09) Top quality Pomerol from the Moueix stable.
• Château Trottevieille (5/12/07) St Emilion from the Castéja family.
• Cave Vinicole de Turckheim (13/11/01) One of France's better co-operatives.

• Clos Uroulat (19/9/05) Top Jurançon estate run by Charles Hours.

• Domaine Vacheron (5/8/04, updated 27/2/09) Biodynamic Sancerre.
• Valdespino (14/12/04) I taste a range from this producer.
• Valdivieso (24/1/02) The full Valdivieso range including Caballo Loco.
• Château de Valflaunes (29/12/03) Good value wines from Pic St Loup.
• Domaine Vaquer (1/11/04) Long established domaine of quality.
• Château Vaugelas (12/7/04) Good Corbières with the help of Georges Pauli.
• Vega Sicilia (23/12/03) A tasting of Unico and Valbueno from Spain's first growth.
• Noel Verset (16/3/04) I taste the wines of this grand old man of Cornas.
• Quinta do Vesuvio (13/4/05) Excellent single quinta Port from the Symingtons.
• Veuve Clicquot (1/2/07) The house of La Grande Dame.
• Château La Vieille Cure (29/1/02, updated 12/8/09) A leading estate in Fronsac.
• Vietti (11/4/06) Great Barolo and Barbera from this historic domaine.
• Vieux Château Certan (21/3/02, last updated 3/2/10) A stunning Pomerol estate.
• Domaine du Vieux Relais (29/3/04) Delicious examples of Costieres de Nimes.
• Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe (1/3/06, updated 29/5/07) Wines from the Bruniers.
• Les Vignerons du Val d'Orbieu (4/8/04) Producers of La Cuvée Mythique.
• Domaine de Villargeau (25/9/08) Nice wines from the Coteaux de Giennois.
• Château de Villeneuve (27/1/09, updated 24/11/10) The wines of Jean-Pierre Chevallier.

• Warre's (9/12/03, updated 8/5/07) Another top quality Symington estate.
• Domaine Weinbach (25/1/05, updated 17/9/08) The wines of the Faller sisters.
• Wunsch & Mann (11/12/01) Decent wines here.
• Wynns (4/4/05) Coonawarra giant.

• Château d'Yquem (26/9/06) Sauternes' only Premier Cru Supérieur.

• Zenato (24/2/03) More good value Amarone and Valpolicella Ripassa.
• Zind Humbrecht (7/5/03) Top flight Alsace producer, in a big and opulent style.

For other estates, please see my A-M listing. Alternatively, find a profile through the following regional or alphabetical listings:

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