Kremstal

Kremstal

The Austrian wine region is one of eight of the state of Lower Austria and covers 2243 hectares. It lies to the east adjacent to the Wachau Valley and is named after the river meandering through the area. The Kremstal extends north and south of the Danube and includes the city Krems The east, and these small communities south of the Danube. It is a very old vineyard, already out of the 973 are vineyards of the Diocese of Passau, testified for the Krems valley. After the devastation of the peoples of migration were bishops of Salzburg and Bavaria from the 10th Century to cultivate vineyards here. To Krems received until 16 Century more than 40 monasteries as a foundation awarded vineyards.

The French Emperor Napoleon (1769-1821) visited in 1805 prior to the occupation of Vienna, the Vineyard Göttweig and loved the area and enjoyed the wine. The famous Austrian composer and self-confessed wine lover Joseph Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) has the same pin allegedly got the inspiration for his "Mariazell Mass". Strongly associated with the area is the 1,000-year history of wine-making dynasty Moser. The Austrian wine-growing pioneer Lawrence Lenz Moser III. (1905-1978) from the community village near Krems pipe led from the year 1929, he created training system "high culture" in his vineyards, which soon became a standard.

As soil type predominates bedrock and loess, the relatively cool and humid Atlantic climate is dominated by the positive influence of the Pannonian climate. In particular, the Danube valley is deeply incised pleasant climate. In the larger and the forest district counted, the northern part is the wine-growing center Krems on the Danube with the district stone. Here lie the vineyards Kögl , Pfaffenberg (Riede Austria) , Sandpit , Steiner dog and Wieden . Other wine-producing communities are Gedersdorf, Rohrdorf with the vineyard Gebling and Senftenberg. In separated by the Danube, the southern area of ​​the vineyards are the established in 1072 Benedictine Göttweig, and the municipalities of Furth-Palt Krustetten, Hollenburg, and Oberfucha Tiefenfucha.

Known wineries are Wolfgang Aigner , Erich Berger , Walter Buchegger , Joseph Dockner , Sepp Eder , Josef Edlinger , Manfred Felsner , Forstreiter Meinhard , Geyerhof , Graf Faltl , Anton Hagen , Harald's , Lenz Moser AG , Lesehof Stagard , Michael malate , Mantlerhof , Martin Nigl , Herman Moser , Sepp Moser , Leopold Müller and Stefan , Mueller-Grossman , John Muellner , Christian Parzer , Franz Proidl , Undhof Salomon , Josef Schmid , Weber-Thiery , Franz Türk , Petra Unger , Vorspannhof Mayr , Martin Waltz , Weingut Stadt Krems , Göttweig Vineyard , Winzer Krems , Wolfgang Zeileis , Anton Zöhrer , Alois Zimmermann . Two winemakers communities Traditionsweingüter Austria and Vinovative .

In the fall of 2007, the source-controlled quality level Kremstal DAC introduced with two approved varieties. The wines may be marketed either as Kremstal DAC Grüner Veltliner or Riesling Kremstal DAC. The Blend is based on the annual survey conducted in 2009 Weingarten. Compared to the last survey in 1999, there were no significant changes. The proportion of red wines has increased to a lesser extent than in other wine-growing areas by just 5%. The two varieties Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc 1999 were not recorded in common:

Variety - Austrian Main name	in Austria, officially permitted Synonyms	Color	Hectare 2009	%-Ant 2009	Hectare 1999
Grüner Veltliner	Weißgipfler	white	1153	51.4	1210
Zweigelt	Blauer Zweigelt, Rotburger	red	293	13.1	181
White Riesling	Riesling , Rhine Riesling	white	230	10.3	186
Müller-Thurgau	Rivaner	white	146	6.5	209
White Burgundy	Pinot Blanc , Klevner , Pinot Blanc	white	43.5	1.9	?
Neuburger	-	white	43	1.9	56
Chardonnay	Morillon - Not used in NE	white	41	1.8	?
Blue Portugal	-	red	36	1.6	49
Muscatel	Muscat, Red M.	white	28	1.3	5
Early Roter Veltliner	Malmsey	white	27	1.2	36
Blueburger	-	red	25	1.1	25
Pinot Noir	Pinot Noir , Blue Spätb. red, pink.	red	22.5	1.0	15
Cabernet Sauvignon	-	red	20.5	0.9	4.5
Sauvignon Blanc	Muskat-Sylvaner	white	19.5	0.9	7
Mixed Set	-	white	18.5	0.8	39
St. Laurent	-	red	17.5	0.8	12
Merlot	-	red	16	0.7	3
Roter Veltliner	-	white	14	0.6	19.5
Welschriesling	-	white	10.5	0.5	12
Cabernet Franc	-	red	8.5	0.4	1.5
Muscat Ottonel	-	white	8	0.3	8
Roesler	-	red	6.5	0.3	0
Traminer	Gewurztraminer, T. Red, T. Yellow	white	4.3	0.2	2.3
Mixed Set	-	red	2	0.1	14
Silvaner	Grüner Sylvaner	white	1.7	0.1	2.1
Pinot Gris	Pinot Gris , Pinot Grigio	white	1.6	0.1	1.5
Goldburger	-	white	1.2	0.1	1.5
Blaufränkisch	-	red	1.2	0.1	0.7
Bouvier	-	white	0.9	-	1.8
Syrah	Shiraz	red	0.6	-	0
Scheurebe	Seedling 88	white	0.3	-	0.9
Zierfandler	Spätrot	white	0.2	-	0.3
Rathay	-	red	0.1	-	0
Rotgipfler	-	white	0.1	-	0.2
Jubiläumsrebe	-	white	0	-	0.1
And. white varieties	-	white	1.9	0.1	0.6
And. red varieties	-	red	0.8	-	0
WHITE VARIETIES			1793	79.9	1797
RED VARIETIES			450	20.1	305
TOTAL			2243	100	2102