Map via www.austrianwine.com
The Carnuntum wine growing region— located in Austria’s Niederösterreich (state of Lower Austria)—has been promoted to Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC) status! With this new announcement, effective today (October 1, 2019), Austria has a total of 14 DAC wine-producing regions—described by the Austrian Wine Marketing Board as areas with “specific protections in place for regionally typical wines.”
Wine produced under the Carnuntum DAC will fall under three distinct quality levels, to include the following:
- Gebietswein (regional wine)
- Ortswein (wine from a specific village)
- Riedenwein (single-vineyard wine)
The Carnuntum DAC will produce both red and white wines in accordance with the following standards:
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The Heidentor (Heathens’ Gate) archway, built during the Roman Empire, is a symbol of the locality of Petronell-Carnuntum as well as the Rubin Carnuntum wine producers.
All wines must be dry
- Red wines must have a minimum of 12% abv
- White single-variety wines (monovarietals) may be 100% Chardonnay, Weissburgunder, or Grüner Veltliner
- Red monovarietals may be 100% Zweigelt or Blaufränkisch.
- Blended wines must contain a minimum of 67% (two-thirds) preferred grape varieties (Chardonnay, Weissburgunder [Pinot Blanc], Grüner Veltliner, Zweigelt, or Blaufränkisch). The remainder may contain any other grapes approved for cultivation in the region.
Red wines are particular specialty of the Carnuntum region, as witnessed by the 25 members of red-wine-specialty group known as Die Rubin Carnuntum Weingüter. The Zweigelt–based red wines of the Rubin Carnuntum wine growers’ society will continue to be produced and promoted under the new rules of the Carnuntum DAC .
References/for more information:
- https://www.austrianwine.com/press-multimedia/news/news-1/article/carnuntum-is-the-newest-dac-winegrowing-region?fbclid=IwAR3ZJ3J_vfnNGVE6leGoQmuMXGHrW4lI4i5rG0lorOlpjDGtIb2tqUns7b4
- https://www.carnuntum.com/en/
- Maps of Carnuntum: https://www.austrianwine.com/press-multimedia/maps/maps-of-the-wine-growing-regions/carnuntum
- https://www.austrianwine.com/our-wine/wine-growing-regions/niederoesterreich-lower-austria/carnuntum
- Verordnung-Regulations-for the Carnuntum DAC
- Click here for SWE’s updated wine map of Austria
Post authored by Jane A. Nickles…your blog administrator: jnickles@societyofwineeducators.org