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Wien

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Wien

About Wien

The only major capital city in the world that produces commercial wine inside its boundaries. Vineyards line the slopes of the Vienna Woods on the city's northern edge — Nußberg, Bisamberg, Mauerberg, Maurer Berg — making mostly white wines, with the Gemischter Satz DAC (a field-blend of multiple grape varieties co-planted, co-harvested, and co-fermented) as the defining style. The Heuriger tradition, where producers pour their own wine in their own taverns, keeps the city's wine culture intensely local.

Vintages

11 · 2015–2025

Rating:
95+
90-94
85-89
80-84
<80
PeakReadyHold
Year20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015
White

Outstanding Wien Vintages

The best recent vintages rated excellent or exceptional.

White

2025

At peak
90Excellent

Fresh, vibrant, precise field blends with cool energy.

2026Peak 2026–20282029

2024

At peak
90Excellent

Well-ripened, balanced whites from a small urban crop.

2025Peak 2025–20272028

2023

At peak
92Excellent

Juicy, expressive Gemischter Satz with generous fruit.

2024Peak 2024–20262027

2022

Drink up
91Excellent

Ripe, rounded field blends from a dry, early year.

2023Peak 2023–20252026

2021

At peak
95Exceptional

A dream vintage: aromatic, concentrated, beautifully balanced Gemischter Satz.

2022Peak 2023–20262027

2020

Past window
90Excellent

Crisp, classical field blends with bright acidity.

2021Peak 2021–20232024

2019

Drink up
94Excellent

An outstanding Wiener Gemischter Satz year: deep, poised, quietly complex.

2020Peak 2021–20242026

2018

Past window
91Excellent

Ripe, generous, early-charming field blends.

2019Peak 2019–20222023

2017

Past window
93Excellent

Concentrated, complete Gemischter Satz; a city vintage to remember.

2018Peak 2019–20222024

2015

Past window
92Excellent

Ripe, layered Gemischter Satz from a warm, generous year.

2016Peak 2017–20202022

What Wien produces

White

Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC is the flagship — a co-planted, co-fermented field blend of three or more white grape varieties. Also single-variety Riesling, Grüner Veltliner, and Weißburgunder.

Red

Small amounts of Pinot Noir, Zweigelt, and Sankt Laurent, often blended.

Similar styles

Lands in the same glass.

Like the reds

Bramaterra

Piedmont, Italy

Côte de Brouilly

Beaujolais, France

Morellino di Scansano

Tuscany, Italy

Ajaccio

Corsica, France

Alsace

Alsace, France

Like the whites

Vulkanland Steiermark

Austria

Vézelay

Burgundy, France

Cinque Terre

Liguria, Italy

Kamptal

Kamptal, Austria

Carso

Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

What it tastes like

Body

Medium

Acidity

Fresh

Tannin

Fine

Oak

A touch of oak

Ripeness

Ripe

Concentration

Medium

Reds

Medium-bodied and fresh, with fine tannin; red fruit, black fruit and spice.

red fruit · black fruit · spicy · floral · stony

Body

Medium

Acidity

Bright

Oak

No oak

Ripeness

Fresh

Concentration

Medium

Whites

Medium-bodied and bright; orchard fruit, citrus and spice.

apple and pear · citrus · spicy · honeyed · herbal

Cork's estimate.

Climate

PannonianContinentalWarm summersUrban

Pannonian-continental: warm summers, cold winters, low rainfall. The Vienna Woods and the Danube create varied mesoclimates within the city.

Terroir

LimestoneLoessSchistGravel

Limestone (Leithakalk and Hauptdolomit), loess, schist, and gravel — small-scale variation across the city's slopes. Nußberg is famously chalky-limestone; Bisamberg is loess-driven.

Typical Aromas

White flowersCitrusYellow appleWhite pepperSpiceHoney
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