Wachau Flashcards
Where is the Wachau located exactly?
Westernmost region of Niederosterreich, between Melk and Krems on the banks of the Danube
On which side of the river are the majority of the Wachau’s best vineyards?
Northern banks
What is the soil of the Wachau?
Loess and gfohler (gneiss)
Alluvial sand on lower vineyard sites
What are the requirements for Steinfeder?
min 15º KMW
Max 11.5% abv
What are the requirements for Federspiel?
min 17º KMW
11.5-12.5% abv
What are the requirements for Smaragd?
Min 19º KMW
min 12.5% abv
When was the Vinea Wachau association founded?
1983
What are the requirements of the Codex Wachau?
- most be 100% grown and bottled in Wachau
- No Additives (chaptalization or other enrichment)
- No concentration
- No aromatization (no barrique or wood chips)
- No fractionation
- No manipulation of Nature (includes mandatory hand harvesting)
What percent of the Wachau is GV? Rsl?
GV: 54%
Rsl: 17%
What are the villages of Wachau, West to East
Viessling Spitz Wosendorf Joching Wiessenkirchen Durnstein Unterloiben/Oberloiben Mautern
Name two producers located in Unterloiben
Emmerich Knoll
Alzinger
Name two producers in Spitz
Veyder-Malberg
Franz Hirtzberger
Where is FX Pichler located?
Oberloiben
Name two producers in Weissenkirchen?
Jager
Prager
Where is Nikolaihof located?
Mautern
What are the vineyards of Spitz?
Axpoint Singerriedel Offenberg Setzberg Burgberg
What are the vineyards of Weissenkirchen?
Achleiten Klaus Hinter der Burg Hinter Seiber Steinriegl
What are the vineyards of Wosendorf?
Kollmutz
Hochrain
What are the vineyards of Joching?
Stein am Rain
Pichlpoint
Kollmitz
Postaller
What are the vineyards of Durnstein?
Hollerin
Kellerberg
Hohereck
Superin
What are the vineyards of Unterloiben and Oberloiben?
Loibenberg Schutt Muhlpoint Klostersatz Steinertal
What are the vineyards of Mautern?
Silberbichl
Im Weingebirge
