Wine region
Neuchatel
Neuchatel is a wine region in Switzerland, home to 8 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.
On this page
Neuchatel's 8 wineries make roughly equal white and red wine; Chardonnay is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry AOC designation.
Most common single-grape wines
When Neuchatel wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:
- Chardonnay
- 3 single-grape wines
- Sauvignon Blanc
- 2 single-grape wines
Wine profile
Neuchatel is roughly split, making substantial white (49%) and red (46%) wine.
37 distinct Neuchatel wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- White18 · 49%
- Red17 · 46%
- Rose2 · 5%
Types: Still.
Representative Neuchatel wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Domaine de la Rochette — Les Chanez
- Domaine Nicolas Ruedin — Les Maladieres
- Domaine Nicolas Ruedin — Valentin Chasselas
- La Maison Carree — Auvernier Chasselas sur Lie
- Domaine de la Rochette — Les Virgas
- Domaine Nicolas Ruedin — Valentin Pinot Noir
- Domaine de la Rochette — Les Chypres Pinot Noir
- Montmollin — Extra Muros
Quality designations
Wines here carry AOC status — a controlled quality designation.
- AOCFrance's protected-origin designation (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée) — controls where and how a wine is made.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How to choose a good Neuchatel wine
Look for the AOC designation — it signals a controlled-origin Neuchatel wine.
FAQs
- How are wineries and producers selected for Neuchatel?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Neuchatel wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Neuchatel?
- The current regional catalogue contains 37 linked wines from 8 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.