One of the eight specific wine-growing regions in the Austrian province or generic wine-growing region of Lower Austria. From 1995 to 2007 it was called Donauland, but this confusing name never caught on because the Danube also flows through several other wine-growing regions. The new name Wagram became valid from the 2007 vintage onwards. The eponymous elevation north of the Danube stretches from Feuersbrunn in the west to Heldenberg in the north-east in the Schmidatal valley.
The name (Wachrain) is derived from "Wogenrain" or "Wogenrand", which was the former edge of the Danube in the Tullner Feld during the last ice age. A spring horizon of sea sand lies on a base of primary rock, above which loess piles up to twelve metres high. The yellow soil has a high water retention capacity and produces multi-layered wines. The climate is different in the two sub-areas of Wagram and Klosterneuburg (see below).
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