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Niederösterreich

Appellation

Niederösterreich is an appellation in Austria across 400 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
g.U. (DAC / Qualitätswein)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1999-02-19
Area
1,919,593 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
176.76 × 194.21 km
Centre
48.2223° N, 15.5790° 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
4.6 km north-west of Sankt Pölten
Nearest city
59 km west of Vienna 1,691,468 people
To the sea
333 km
Rivers nearby
Danube (22 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
134–2,016 m
Mean elevation
456 m

Measured over the whole outline on 116,591 elevation cells of about 407 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 · 400

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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