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Oberösterreich

Appellation

Oberösterreich is an appellation in Austria across 400 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
g.U. (DAC / Qualitätswein)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
1,198,489 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
144.97 × 166.66 km
Centre
48.1174° N, 13.6240° 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
14 km south-east of Ried im Innkreis
Nearest city
53 km west of Linz 204,846 people
To the sea
259 km
Rivers nearby
Traun (17 km)
Lakes nearby
Attersee (18 km) · Traunsee (25 km)
Same latitude
Puget Sound (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
226–2,793 m
Mean elevation
608 m

Measured over the whole outline on 289,125 elevation cells of about 204 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 · 400

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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