Austria · g.U. (DAC / Qualitätswein)
Kärnten
Appellation
Kärnten is an appellation in Austria across 132 communes. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.
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Key facts Type g.U. (DAC / Qualitätswein) Category Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine Protected since 2004-04-14 Area 954,258 ha registered outline Extent N–S × E–W 83.92 × 183.82 km Centre 46.7541° N, 13.9405° 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 Where it is Nearest town 17 km north-east of Villach Nearest city 31 km north-west of Klagenfurt am Wörthersee 100,316 people To the sea 112 km Rivers nearby Drau (15 km) Lakes nearby Wörthersee (17 km) Same latitude Columbia Valley (United States), Vin du Québec (Canada)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 342–3,456 m Mean elevation 1,174 m Measured over the whole outline on 218,626 elevation cells of about 210 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.
Bedrock Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)61% Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)19% Mixed sedimentary rocks14% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 132 Show all 132 Afritz Am See Albeck Althofen Arnoldstein Arriach Bad Bleiberg Bad Kleinkirchheim Bad Sankt Leonhard Im Lavanttal Baldramsdorf Berg Im Drautal Bleiburg Brückl Dellach Dellach Im Drautal Deutsch-Griffen Diex Ebenthal In Kärnten Eberndorf Eberstein Eisenkappel-Vellach Feistritz An Der Gail Feistritz Im Rosental Feistritz Ob Bleiburg Feld Am See Feldkirchen In Kärnten Ferlach Ferndorf Finkenstein Am Faaker See Flattach Frantschach-Sankt Gertraud Frauenstein Fresach Friesach Gallizien Gitschtal Glanegg Globasnitz Glödnitz Gmünd In Kärnten Gnesau Grafenstein Greifenburg Griffen Großkirchheim Gurk Guttaring Heiligenblut Am Großglockner Hermagor-Pressegger See Himmelberg Hohenthurn Hüttenberg Irschen Kappel Am Krappfeld Keutschach Am See Kirchbach Klagenfurt Am Wörthersee Kleblach-Lind Klein Sankt Paul Krems In Kärnten Krumpendorf Am Wörthersee Kötschach-Mauthen Köttmannsdorf Lavamünd Lendorf Lesachtal Liebenfels Ludmannsdorf Lurnfeld Magdalensberg Mallnitz Malta Maria Rain Maria Saal Maria Wörth Metnitz Micheldorf Millstatt Am See Moosburg Mölbling Mörtschach Mühldorf Neuhaus Nötsch Im Gailtal Oberdrauburg Obervellach Ossiach Paternion Poggersdorf Preitenegg Pörtschach Am Wörthersee Radenthein Rangersdorf Reichenau Reichenfels Reißeck Rennweg Am Katschberg Rosegg Ruden Sachsenburg Sankt Andrä Sankt Georgen Am Längsee Sankt Georgen Im Lavanttal Sankt Jakob Im Rosental Sankt Kanzian Am Klopeiner See Sankt Margareten Im Rosental Sankt Paul Im Lavanttal Sankt Stefan Im Gailtal Sankt Urban Sankt Veit An Der Glan Schiefling Am Wörthersee Seeboden Am Millstätter See Sittersdorf Spittal An Der Drau Stall Steindorf Am Ossiacher See Steinfeld Steuerberg Stockenboi Straßburg Techelsberg Am Wörther See Trebesing Treffen Am Ossiacher See Velden Am Wörthersee Villach Völkermarkt Weitensfeld Im Gurktal Weißensee Weißenstein Wernberg Winklern Wolfsberg Zell Sources EU register of geographical indications
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