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Salzburg

Appellation

Salzburg is an appellation in Austria across 119 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
715,892 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
121.3 × 144.47 km
Centre
47.4951° N, 13.2926° E
Grapes
Blauburger, Blauer Burgunder, Blauer Portugieser, Blaufränkisch, Bouvier, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Frühroter Veltliner, Furmint, Goldburger, Grauer Burgunder, Grüner Veltliner, Jubiläumsrebe, Merlot, Muskat Ottonel, Müller Thurgau, Neuburger, Roesler, Rotgipfler, Ráthay, Sankt Laurent, Sauvignon Blanc, Scheurebe, Syrah, Traminer, Weißer Riesling, Welschriesling, Zierfandler
Other grapes
Blauer Zweigelt, Grüner Silvaner, Roter Muskateller, Weißer Burgunder

Where it is

Nearest town
10 km north-east of Bischofshofen
Nearest city
39 km south of Salzburg 157,245 people
To the sea
191 km
Rivers nearby
Salzach (7.4 km) · Enns (15 km)
Same latitude
Rocky Reach (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
380–3,376 m
Mean elevation
1,399 m

Measured over the whole outline on 42,424 elevation cells of about 413 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 · 119

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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