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Wachau

Appellation

Wachau is an appellation in Austria across 8 communes. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

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Key facts

Type
g.U. (DAC / Qualitätswein)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
19,229 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
17.11 × 24.82 km
Centre
48.3556° N, 15.4252° 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
15 km west of Krems an der Donau
Nearest city
72 km north-west of Vienna 1,691,468 people
To the sea
318 km
Rivers nearby
Danube (1.2 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation
193–920 m
Mean elevation
439 m

Measured over the whole outline on 74,943 elevation cells of about 51 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 · 8

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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