Carnuntum is a wine area within Lower Austria, closer to the Pannonian Plain. Zweigelt and Blaufränkisch gain riper cherry fruit and rounder tannin here. The area's wine history reaches back to Roman viticulture.
Elsewhere in Lower Austria
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- Kamptal20 producersCool Waldviertel air, loess and rock terraces shape Kamptal's peppery, high-acid Grüner Veltliner and taut Riesling. The area also produces red wines.
- Kremstal6 producersKremstal pairs spicy, ripe Grüner Veltliner with lighter, mineral Riesling.
- NiederösterreichNo producers listed yetNiederösterreich is Lower Austria in German. It names the larger wine-growing area, not a sub-region within it.
- SalzburgNo producers listed yetSalzburg is a separate Austrian wine-growing area in the Bergland wine-growing region. It is not a sub-region of Lower Austria.
- Thermenregion1 producerIn Thermenregion, indigenous varieties sit alongside fuller styles of white and red wine.
- Traisental2 producersTraisental centres on Grüner Veltliner and Riesling, giving its wines a white-variety identity.
- Wachau12 producersIn Wachau, steep Danube terraces of gneiss and loess shape Riesling and Grüner Veltliner, with concentrated fruit, acidity and stony tension.
- Wagram7 producersWagram's loess soils support ripe, structured Grüner Veltliner and distinctive Roter Veltliner.
- Weinviertel8 producersIn Lower Austria's Weinviertel, broad loess hills give Grüner Veltliner a lighter, crisp, pepper-driven character.
- Wien4 producersWien, or Vienna, is a separate wine-growing area in the Weinland wine-growing region, rather than a sub-region of Lower Austria.
Producer profiles
Producers in Carnuntum
- Weingut Dorli MuhrBlaufränkisch-led wines from Prellenkirchen’s dry, windy Spitzerberg, where limestone, sandy ground and low rainfall shape distinct site bottlings.
- Weingut Franz NetzlA six-generation Göttlesbrunn estate in Carnuntum, where organic vineyard work, loess-rich Zweigelt sites and structured red blends shape the range.
- Weingut Markus AltenburgerMarkus Altenburger farms 17 hectares in Jois organically, with Blaufränkisch at the centre of the range.
- Weingut Philipp GrasslA third-generation Göttlesbrunn family estate focused on Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch and St.
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- Weingut TafernerA 25-hectare organic and sustainable family estate in Göttlesbrunn, Carnuntum, working hillside vineyards from regional Zweigelt to Ried Haidacker.