Wine details

Information on location and soil

The Achleiten vineyard is one of the most famous vineyards of the Wachau region. Wine from here is impressive as the appearance of the vineyard, stretching up in Terraces from the Danube all the way up to the forest. Slope gradient is up to 77%. The soils have different formation histories, including classic weathered soils formed from Paragneiss as well as migmatite-amphibolite soil, which occurs especially here. The last foothills of Gföhler gneiss, which dominate in the Dürnstein and Loiben areas, are also found in the upper part of Achleiten. The large elevation differences in the vineyard, which lies between 209 m and 357m above sea level also contribute to the complexity of the terroir. The name part "Ach-" refers to a watercourse while"-leiten" refers to the precipitous slope.