Wine region
Aargau
Aargau is a wine region in Switzerland, home to 3 wineries, producing red, white wines, known for Pinot Noir, Riesling.
On this page
Aargau's 3 wineries produce predominantly red wine; wines carry AOC designation.
Characteristic grapes
Aargau is best known for Pinot Noir, Riesling.
Wine styles from Aargau
Wine profile
Aargau is predominantly a red-wine region (about 71% of its wines) — expect red wines, often from grapes like Pinot Noir.
7 distinct Aargau wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- Red5 · 71%
- White2 · 29%
Types: Still.
Representative Aargau wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Weingut zum Sternen — Kloster Sion Klingnau Reserve Pinot Noir
- Tom Litwan — Wittnau Buel
- Adrians — Riesling-Sylvaner
- Tom Litwan — Elfingen Rueget Pinot Noir
- Tom Litwan — Wittnau Fure
- Tom Litwan — Oberflachs Auf de Mauer Pinot Noir
- Tom Litwan — Thalheim Chalofe
Quality designations
Wines here carry AOC status — a controlled quality designation.
- AOCFrance's protected-origin designation (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée) — controls where and how a wine is made.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How to choose a good Aargau wine
Look for the AOC designation — it signals a controlled-origin Aargau wine.
FAQs
- Which grapes are associated with Aargau?
- Aargau is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Pinot Noir, Riesling. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Aargau?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Aargau wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Aargau?
- The current regional catalogue contains 7 linked wines from 3 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.