Chenel

Chenel is a white wine variety . The new breed was presented by Christiaan Johannes Orffer and approved in 1974. It is a cross between the Chenin Blanc and Trebbiano Toscano (also called Ugni Blanc) varieties. In South Africa approx. 270 hectares are planted with this variety (status 2001). The stock has therefore decreased significantly since 1996, when 575 hectares were surveyed.

Nevertheless, this variety is the second successful new breed from South Africa after the Pinotage . The high-yielding variety Chenel was specially bred for warm climates with intensive artificial irrigation and the associated necessary resistance to rot. These conditions are common in South Africa.

The Chenel variety is related to the Weldra variety because they were bred from the same parent pair.

See also the article Viticulture in South Africa and the list of grape varieties .

Synonyms: none known

Parentage: Chenin Blanc × Trebbiano

Web links

• Chenel in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)

literature

• Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages. Hachette, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .