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Kras

Appellation

Kras is an appellation in Slovenia in Komen, Miren-Kostanjevica and Sežana. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
ZGP (PDO)
Category
Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2006-02-17
Area
38,284 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
29.0 × 33.08 km
Centre
45.7752° N, 13.8551° E
Grapes
Barbera, Beli Pinot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Klarnica, Laški Rizling, Malvazija, Merlot, Modri Pinot, Pergolin, Pikolit, Pinela, Poljsakica, Prosecco, Rebula, Refošk, Rumeni Muškat, Sauvignon, Sivi Pinot, Syrah, Vitovska Grganja, Zelen, Zeleni Sauvignon
Max yield
80 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
7.5 km north of Sežana
Nearest city
15 km north-east of Trieste 204,338 people
To the sea
13 km
Same latitude
The Burn of Columbia Valley (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
23–671 m
Mean elevation
322 m

Measured over the whole outline on 135,342 elevation cells of about 53 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 3

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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