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Carnuntum

Appellation

Carnuntum is an appellation in Austria across 33 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
g.U. (DAC / Qualitätswein)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
70,217 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
31.99 × 51.64 km
Centre
48.0330° N, 16.6298° E
Grapes
Blauburger, Blauer Burgunder, Blauer Portugieser, Blauer Wildbacher, Blaufränkisch, Bouvier, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Frühroter Veltliner, Furmint, Gelber Muskateller, Goldburger, Grauer Burgunder, Grüner Veltliner, Jubiläumsrebe, Merlot, Muskat Ottonel, Müller Thurgau, Neuburger, Roesler, Roter Vetliner, Rotgipfler, Ráthay, Sankt Laurent, Sauvignon Blanc, Scheurebe, Sylvaner, Syrah, Weißer Riesling, Welschriesling, Zierfandler, Zweigelt
Other grapes
Traminer, Weißer Burgunder
Max yield
67.5 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
11 km west of Bruck an der Leitha
Nearest city
27 km south-east of Vienna 1,691,468 people
To the sea
343 km
Rivers nearby
Moson-Danube (0.9 km) · Danube (12 km)
Lakes nearby
Neusiedl (17 km)
Same latitude
Puget Sound (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
132–476 m
Mean elevation
189 m

Measured over the whole outline on 67,851 elevation cells of about 102 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 33

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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