Appellation · Austria
Weinviertel
Austria’s largest wine region and the first to receive DAC status, for peppery Grüner Veltliner.
About Weinviertel
Weinviertel DAC was created in 2002 as the first Austrian appellation to tie a name to a specific style — in this case, dry, peppery Grüner Veltliner without obvious oak.
What the name means
- Legal name
- Weinviertel DAC
- Type
- Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC)
- Set by
- Österreichische Weinmarketing / national wine law
- Recognised
- 2002
- 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.
Austria’s first DAC, and the template for the origin-typical system that followed.
Grapes
Wines from here
Rules worth knowing
Confirmed in the EU register
Weinviertel is registered as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), file number PDO-AT-A0206, protected at EU level since 1996.
Article 107 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Specification published: Official Journal C 298, 8.9.2020 · 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.
Sources
Sources consulted
- Austrian Wine Marketing Board — Österreich Wein Marketing