Pinotage

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Pinotage
Pinotage
Art Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera )
Berry color black
use
origin South Africa
breeder Abraham Isak Perold
Institute Stellenbosch University
Breeding year 1925
VIVC no. 9286
ancestry

Cross of
Pinot noir × Cinsault

List of grape varieties
Pinotage

Pinotage is a red grape that by crossing of Pinot Noir (Pinot Noir) and Cinsault has emerged. It is mainly grown in South Africa .

The new breed was carried out by Abraham Isak Perold in 1925 at the University of Stellenbosch . The name arose from Perold's original name: "Perold's Hermitage x Pinot ", which was marketed under the short form "Pinotage" from 1959. The Cinsault grape variety was and is still sometimes called Hermitage in South Africa, hence the name.

Pinotage ripens early and is very sugary. It thrives best in hot and dry vineyards. Usually, Pinotage is made from a single variety, but cuvées with the late-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon are also known for their velvety structure and the aroma of red berries.

The Pinotage vine grows almost exclusively in South Africa. The area under cultivation there was 6,139 hectares in 2007. Small stocks can be found in New Zealand, Canada, Brazil, Israel and California. Cultivation attempts in Argentina (→ viticulture in Argentina ) and Australia (→ viticulture in Australia ) failed. In 2008, the area under vines in New Zealand was 74 hectares with a slightly downward trend. In 2007 the area under vines was 88 hectares.

See also

literature

Web links

Wiktionary: Pinotage  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pinotage in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English), accessed on April 23, 2017
  2. ↑ http://www.suedafrika-wein.de/Book_2008_web.pdf ( Memento from December 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) South African Wine Industry Statistics, published in June 2008
  3. ↑ New Zealand Winegrowers Statistical annual 2008 ( Memento from May 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 3.12 MB; English)
  4. ↑ New Zealand Winegrowers Statistical annual 2007 ( Memento of October 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 375 kB; English)