Open Wine Atlas
All places › Austria › Kärnten
Austria · g.U. (DAC / Qualitätswein)

Kärnten

Appellation

Kärnten is an appellation in Austria across 132 communes. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

Open Kärnten on the map →

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type
g.U. (DAC / Qualitätswein)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
954,258 ha outline of listed communes
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

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

Communes · 132

Show all 132

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

Open Kärnten on the map →