This very old variety is a crossing of Roter Veltliner x Sylvaner, and is regarded as being typically Austrian. In recent years, it has lost significance, and is mostly sold as table grapes, as a young wine, or as a simple house wine, particularly in the Thermenregion, Weinviertel and Wagram.
probably Niederösterreich, Austria
Natural crossing of Roter Veltliner x Sylvaner
226.69 ha; 0.5% of total area under vine
White wine grape variety
Vineyard area
This old, autochthonous grape variety is widely grown in Niederösterreich, the Weinviertel and in Wagram. The area under this variety continuously decreased between 1999 and 2020.
Important ampelographic features
Important ampelographic features
Leaf
cuneiform to pentagonal, three to five lobes, main leaf vein is red up to where is branches, slightly open petiole.
Grape cluster
large, densely berried, cylindrical, shouldered; berries are elliptic, reddish-coloured, with a neutral flavour
Vine growth over the course of the year
Ripening
Ripening
Significance & conditions
The significance of Frühroter Veltliner is decreasing. It is marketed mainly as a table grape, as an en primeur wine (still maturing in the barrel) or a table wine by the glass – especially in the Thermenregion, the Weinviertel and Wagram. The variety is not demanding in terms of soil and location.
Area under vine in Austria
(as a proportion of the variety’s total area)
Click on the wine origin in the list for a breakdown into more specific regions of origin.
Total area in Austria:
The Leithaberg and Neusiedlersee wine-growing regions overlap by almost 160 ha (Rieds Hausberg and Neuberg), according to the Austrian Wine Law. This means that the listed area under vine in Burgenland is 160 ha less than the actual total area across all wine-growing regions in Burgenland.
Characteristics of the wine
Characteristics of the wine
The early-drinking wines that are relatively low in acidity are also low in alcohol and usually present a bouquet somewhat evocative of flowers and bitter almonds.
Link
Source varietal specifications: Höhere Bundeslehranstalt und Bundesamt für Wein- und Obstbau (Federal College and Federal Office for Viticulture, Oenology and Fruit Growing) in Klosterneuburg, “Austria’s Qualitätswein grape varieties and their clones“ („Österreichische Qualitätsweinrebsorten und deren Klone“), 2nd, reviewed edition, September 2015
Source area under vine: Calculation by Austrian Wine based on data from BML/IACS (as at 3 July 2024). Moving annual total (MAT) from July 2023 to July 2024.