Niederosterreich Flashcards
What is the Pannonian Plain?
A former seabed stretching from eastern Austria through Hungary and beyond, characterized by Loess soils and a continental climate.
What are the 8 subzones of Niederösterreich?
Kremstal Kamptal Traisental Wagram Weinveirtel Carnuntum ThermenregionWachau
Which grapes are permitted to carry the Erste Lage designation?
Riesling
Grüner Veltliner
Where is Roter Veltliner mostly produced?
Wagram
What is the previous name of Wagram, and when did it change?
Donauland (2007)
Where is the Klosterneuberg institute located?
Eastern Wagram
Weinviertel: Geology and Climate
Very, very large region, encompassing a number of different microclimates. Loess throughout
West: dry, Molasse, sand, gravel, clay silt
Central: hard limestone, calcareous sandstone, marl
East: limestone, unconsolidated calcareous rock
Wagram: Geology
Loess over marine deposits and river gravels
Reichersdorf: Erste lagen and varieties
Alte Setzen: Grüner
Getzersdorf: Erste lagen and varieties
Berg: Grüner, Riesling
Inzersdorf-Getzersdorf: Erste lagen and varieties
Rothenbart: Riesling
Zwirch: Grüner
Where is Markus Huber located? What are his key vineyards?
Reichersdorf (Traisental)
Reichersdorfer Alte Setzen
Getzersdorfer Berg
Where is Ludwig Neumayer located? What are his key vineyards?
Inzersdorf (Traisental)
Inzersdorfer Rothenbart
Inzersdorfer Zwirch
Erste Lagen-holding vineyards of the Traisental
Reichersdorf, Getzersdorf, Inserzdorf
Traisental: Climatological influences
Warm wind from the Pannonian Plain
Cool wind from the Alps
Large diurnal shift
Traisental: Geology
Narrow terraces of gravelly, calcareous soils
Where is Stadt Krems located?
What is unusual about its ownership? What are its key vineyards?
Krems; the winery is owned by the city (founded originally in 1452 to provide for the hospital).
Kremser Grillenparz
Kremser Wachtberg
Where is Nigl located? What are his key vineyards?
Senftenberg (Kremstal). Senftenberger Hochäcker Senftenberger Pelligen Senftenberger Piri Rehberger Goldberg (not Erste Lage)
Where is Stein? What are its most famous vineyards?
Kremstal, across the river from Mautern (Wachau).
Steiner Pfaffenberg (bottled by Knoll)
Steiner Kögl
Steiner Gaisberg
Kremstal: Climatological influences
Cool, humid northern breezes from the Waldviertal
Warm, dry, eastern winds from the Pannonian Plain
The Danube and smaller Krems tributary
Kremstal: Soils
In the west (Stein, Krems, Senftenberg), similar to the Wachau with weathered bedrock soils.
East of the Krems river, deeper loess terraces produce a more opulent style of wine.
Langenlois: Erste Lagen and Varieties
Dechant: Grüner Käferberg: Grüner Kittmannsberg: Grüner Loiserberg: Riesling, Grüner Schenkenbichl: Grüner Seeberg: Riesling Spiegel: Grüner Steinhaus: Riesling, Grüner Steinmassl: Riesling Thal: Grüner
Zöbing: Erste Lagen and Varieties
Gaisberg: Riesling
Kogelberg: Grüner, Riesling
Heiligenstein: Riesling
Kammern: Erste Lagen and Varieties
Gaisberg (shared): Riesling
Grub: Grüner
Lamm: Grüner
Renner: Grüner
Strauss im Strassertal: Erste Lagen and Varieties
Gaisberg (shared): Riesling, Grüner
Ofenberg: Grüner
Wechselberg Spiegel: Riesling
Engabrunner: Erste Lagen and Varieties
Stein: Grüner
Which 3 villages share Gaisberg?
Zöbing, Kammern, Strauss im Strassertal
Erste Lagen-holding villages of the Kamptal
Langenlois Zöbing Kammern Strauss im Strassertal Engabrunner
Where is Schloss Gobelsburg? What are its most important vineyards?
Gobelsburg Zöbinger Heiligenstein Kammerner Gaisberg Kammerner Renner Kammerner Lamm
Where is Bründlmayer? What are his most famous vineyards?
Langenlois (Kamptal)
Langenloiser Steinmassel
Zöbinger Heiligenstein
Where is Brandl located? What are his most famous vineyards?
Zöbing (Kamptal)
Zöbinger Heiligenstein
Zöbinger Kogelberg
Where is Hirsch located? What are his most famous vineyards?
Kammern (Kamptal)
Kammerner Gaisberg
Kammerner Lamm
Zöbinger Heiligenstein
Where is Hiedler located? What are his most famous vineyards?
Langenlois (Kamptal) Langenloiser Steinhaus Langenloiser Thal Langenloiser Kitmannsberg Kammerner Gaisberg Zöbinger Heiligenstein
Where is Bernhard Ott located? What are his most famous vineyards?
Wagram
Feuersbrunner Spiegel
Feuersbrunner Rosenberg
Engabrunner Stein (Kamptal)
Kamptal: Climatological influences
Cool, humid northern breezes from the Waldviertal
Warm, dry, eastern winds from the Pannonian Plain.
Large diurnal shift.
The Kamp River (tributary of the Danube) flows through the region.
Kamptal: Geology
Highly varied; loess to gravel to sandstone to conglomerates.
Generally, northern sites with steep slopes of gneiss and schist produce riesling, and southerly, lower elevation vineyards bear deep loess and loam.
Heiligenstein is sandstone and volcanic conglomerates.
What is the main produce of Carnuntum?
Red wine, particularly of Zweigelt
Where is Muhr-van der niepoort located?
Spitzerberg (Carnuntum)
Where is Gerhard Markowitsch located?
Göttlesbrunn (Carnuntum)
Carnuntum: Climatological influences
Continental, heated by the Pannonian Plain, moderated by the Danube and Neusiedlersee
All vineyards are south of the Danube
What are the three principal hilltops of Carnuntum, and what are their soils?
Leithagebirge, Arbesthaler Hügelland, Hainburger Berge
Loam, loess, sandy gravels
What is Gumpoldskirchen?
The town in Thermenregion where Spätrot-Rotgipfler originates
What is the synonym for Zierfandler?
Spätrot
What are the varietal wines of Stadlmann?
Rotgipfler Tagelsteiner
Zierfandler Mandel-Höh
Thermenregion: Climate
Continental, very dry, huge amounts of sunshine.
Thermenregion: Soils
Loam, with gravel, sand, and marine sediments
Well draining
Influenced by sulphurous springs
What districts contain the Erste Lage sites elevated by Österreichischen Traditionsweingüter in 2010?
Kamptal, Kremstal, Traisental, Wagram
What are the Erste Lage bearing villages of the Wagram?
(West to east) Feuersbrunn Fels am Wagram Kirchberg Grossweikersdorf
What are the Erste Lage sites of Feuersbrunn?
Rosenberg: Gruner (Ott)
Spiegel: Gruner (Ott)
What are the Erste Lage sites of Fels am Wagram?
Brunnthal: Gruner (Leth)
Scheiben: Gruner (Leth)
What are the Erste Lage sites of Kirchberg?
Schlossberg: Gruner (Fritsch)
What are the Erste Lage sites of Grossweikersdorf?
Mordthal: Riesling and Gruner (Fritsch)
