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Burgenland

Appellation

Burgenland is an appellation in Austria across 172 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
g.U. (DAC / Qualitätswein)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1999-02-19
Area
396,546 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
142.35 × 87.66 km
Centre
47.4764° N, 16.4893° 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

Where it is

Nearest town
10 km north of Kőszeg
Nearest city
29 km north of Szombathely 78,025 people
To the sea
288 km
Same latitude
Rocky Reach (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
113–858 m
Mean elevation
260 m

Measured over the whole outline on 23,843 elevation cells of about 413 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

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

Communes · 172

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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