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Südsteiermark

Appellation

Südsteiermark is an appellation in Austria across 22 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
g.U. (DAC / Qualitätswein)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
53,832 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
34.22 × 34.57 km
Centre
46.7696° N, 15.4752° 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
5 km west of Leibnitz
Nearest city
33 km south of Graz 303,270 people
To the sea
178 km
Rivers nearby
Mur (7.6 km) · Drau (21 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
234–855 m
Mean elevation
348 m

Measured over the whole outline on 197,128 elevation cells of about 52 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 · 22

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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