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 outline of listed communes
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

Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)88%

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

Communes · 8

Aggsbach
Bergern Im Dunkelsteinerwald
Dürnstein
Mautern An Der Donau
Mühldorf
Rossatz-Arnsdorf
Spitz
Weißenkirchen In Der Wachau

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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