Wiener Gemischter Satz

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The climate of the wine-growing region Vienna is influenced from the west by oceanic and from the east by continental conditions (a transitional climate), and winters are comparatively mild relative to other parts of Austria.
• The mild winters manifest in lower precipitation levels and longer dry periods compared to other parts of Austria.
• In the northern vineyard sites of Vienna, calcareous soils predominate, with interlayered bands of loam and loess soils.
• In the south of Vienna, rendzinas, brown earths, and chernozem soils are mainly found, though here too with inclusions of limestone and gravel.

• In Vienna, several grape varieties are planted together in a single vineyard and harvested simultaneously, rather than following the single-variety farming practices common elsewhere in Austria.
• This cultivation practice of simultaneously harvesting varieties at differing stages of ripeness developed exclusively in Vienna and is no longer found elsewhere in Austria, with the knowledge being passed down through generations.
• It is generally assumed that the planting of different varieties together in a single vineyard was originally introduced as a means of risk mitigation, since each variety responds differently to frost, heat, or humidity.

• The strongly varying soil conditions across a very small geographical area lead to differing rates of grape ripening and thus to differing flavour profiles within one and the same variety.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

All appellations in Austria

Sources

• Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-AT-02593
• Official trade body site — Wiener Wein