Chenel is a white South African wine grape variety that was produced by a crossing of Chenin blanc and Trebbiano. The variety was produced in 1973 by Christiaan Johannes Orffer (1926-2008) at the Elsenburg Agricultural Training Institute. [1]

Trebbiano, one of the parent varieties of Chenel.

It was the first domestic South African grape varietal to be introduced after Pinotage.

See also

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  • Weldra, another white South African grape variety with the same parentage as Chenel

References

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  1. ^ J. Robinson Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes pg 53 Oxford University Press 1996 ISBN 0-19-860098-4