**Wachau** is a small, prestigious white-wine region in Austria, set along a dramatic stretch of the Danube west of Vienna. Its steep terraced vineyards are among the most celebrated in Central Europe. **Wines & grapes** — It is almost entirely devoted to dry white wine from two grapes: Grüner Veltliner and Riesling. The region uses its own ripeness classification, from the light Steinfeder through Federspiel to the concentrated, powerful Smaragd. **Character** — Rocky terraced slopes, poor primary-rock soils and a meeting of warm Pannonian and cool northern air give the wines great precision, minerality and length. Grüner shows peppery, citrus notes; Riesling turns stony and stone-fruited. **Good to know** — Many of the terraces are dry-stone walled and worked entirely by hand.
Wines
- Achleiten — Schmidl
- Dürnsteiner Liebenberg Grüner Veltliner Smaragd — F.X. Pichler
- Grüner Veltliner Federspiel — Domäne Wachau
- Grüner Veltliner Smaragd — Domäne Wachau
- Grüner Veltliner Smaragd Kellerberg — Weingut Hollenbrunn
- Hefeabzug GV — Nikolaihof
- Honivogl Grüner Veltliner Smaragd — Franz Hirtzberger
- Kellerberg — Schmidl
- Kellerberg Riesling Smaragd — F.X. Pichler
- Küß den Pfennig — Schmidl
- Loibner Oberhauser Riesling Smaragd — F.X. Pichler
- Neuburger — Nikolaihof
- Oberhauser — Schmidl
- Ried Axpoint Grüner Veltliner Smaragd — Franz Hirtzberger
- Riesling Smaragd — Donabaum
- Rotes Tor Grüner Veltliner Federspiel — Franz Hirtzberger
- Steinertal Smaragd — Weingut Schmelz
- Untouched — Schmidl
- Wachauer Smaragd — Donabaum
Frequently asked questions
What wines are produced in Wachau?
Achleiten, Dürnsteiner Liebenberg Grüner Veltliner Smaragd, Grüner Veltliner Federspiel, Grüner Veltliner Smaragd, Grüner Veltliner Smaragd Kellerberg and more.
Where is Wachau?
Wachau is a wine region in Austria.