Carso – Kras is an Italian wine-producing zone located in the provinces Trieste and Gorizia in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, on the border with Slovenia.
[1] It was classified as a Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) in 1985 and produces both red and white wine.
It has produced 1, 080 hl total 2013/2014, with an average of 11, 240 cases bottled annually.
[2] Traditionally, most of the red wine is produced from Terrano grapes, and the white wine primarily from Malvasia Istriana grapes.
Carso DOC wine can be produced either as Carso Rosso, with a minimum of 70% Terrano and a maximum of 30% of other local grape varieties, such as Piccola nera,[3] or as varietal Carso, with a minimum of 85% of the variety indicated and a maximum of 15% of other varieties allowed within the DOC zone.