There is a very old variety of Bordeaux, that arrived in North East Italy in the nineteenth century together with Cabernet Franc, with which it was immediately confused. But it wasn't the winegrowers that created the confusion; they had always differentiated this grape variety, called "Cabernet franc italiano". The chaos was created by the laws which had long prohibited not only its use for making wines that bore its name on their label but also the cultivation of grapes bearing this name. Now, at last, the situation has been clarified. The Ministry for Agricultural Policy, with the decree of 8 September 2008, recognized Carmenère DOC Piave. This DOC can therefore produce wines bearing the name of this vine species, almost totally forgotten in its native France, but now brought to the fore once more in the modern enological panorama.