Appellation · Austria
Wagram
A broad loess terrace north of the Danube, and the source of Austria’s fullest, most powerful Grüner Veltliner.
Full-bodied dry Grüner Veltliner with yellow apple, spice and a broad texture — riper and rounder than Wachau or Kamptal.
About Wagram
Wagram is a long terrace of deep loess north of the Danube, east of Kremstal, and became a DAC in 2021.
The loess is genuinely deep — in places tens of metres — and it produces a fuller, broader, spicier Grüner Veltliner than the thin primary-rock soils of the Wachau.
The region is also known for Roter Veltliner, an unrelated and rare variety grown almost nowhere else.
What the name means
- Legal name
- Wagram DAC
- Type
- Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC)
- Set by
- Österreichische Weinmarketing / national wine law
- Recognised
- 2021
- Regulates
- Origin, plus grape varieties, maximum yields, minimum ageing.
An origin-typical designation: the wine must be made from the varieties and in the style the district is known for, in a defined regional / village / single-vineyard hierarchy. Austrian wines from the same place that fall outside the DAC style are labelled under the wider federal state instead.
Grapes
Wines from here
Soil and geology
- Underlying geology
- Deep wind-blown loess, in places tens of metres thick
- Soils
- Loess — a fine, calcareous, wind-deposited silt
- Drainage
- Moderate
- Water holding
- High
What it does to the vine. Loess holds water well and is easy for roots to penetrate to considerable depth. Vines are consequently well supplied through the summer and crop generously, which is why Wagram Grüner Veltliner is broader and rounder than the primary-rock wines of the Wachau.
WineHQ describes soil in terms of what it demonstrably does — drainage, heat retention, water supply, rooting depth — and not in terms of flavours it is said to transmit. Vines take up ions, not aromas, and no mechanism has been demonstrated by which a mineral in the ground is tasted in the glass. See soil and drainage.
Rules worth knowing
Confirmed in the EU register
Wagram is registered as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), file number PDO-AT-A0233, protected at EU level since 2009.
Article 107 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Specification published: Official Journal C, C/2025/3581, 2.7.2025 · Official Journal
Only the rules that change what to expect in the glass or on the label. WineHQ does not reproduce production specifications, and each entry carries the date it was last checked because appellation rules change.
The designation is confirmed above. WineHQ has not read this appellation’s production specification, so it publishes no yields, ageing minima or permitted-variety lists for it — those come from the document linked above, not from a summary of it.
What to eat, and how to serve it
Derived from this region’s signature styles. Each is listed separately, because a region does not have one serving temperature.
Where to go next
Places worth trying if you like this one — neighbours, rivals, and the obvious step across.
- Kremstal — A Danube DAC between the Wachau and Kamptal, with both loess and primary-rock vineyards.
- Traisental — Austria’s smallest DAC, on limestone conglomerate south of the Danube, making sharply defined Grüner Veltliner.
- Vienna — The only capital city in the world with a significant commercial vineyard inside its boundaries, and its own field-blend appellation.
Sources
Sources consulted
- Austrian Wine Marketing Board — Österreich Wein Marketing