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