🍇 Pinotage
Red wine grape from South Africa, crossed in 1925 from Pinot Noir and Cinsaut.
Pinotage is a dark-skinned wine grape variety from South Africa. It was bred by A. I. Perold, whose work is recorded in the international grape catalogue VIVC under the institute that is today ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij. The cross was made in 1925.
The breeder recorded the parents as Pinot × Cinsaut. DNA markers confirm the pedigree, and VIVC lists the parents as Cinsaut and Pinot Noir. Among the old names VIVC keeps the form «Perold's Hermitage × Pinot».
The vine has hermaphrodite flowers and forms full seeds; the berries have no special flavour such as Muscat or foxy. Pinotage is used as a wine grape. It is registered in the European catalogue of grape varieties, and VIVC lists 15 collections that keep it, in South Africa, Europe, Israel, Brazil and the United States.
On a wine label the name of a single variety may appear only if, under EU rules for wines sold in the Union, the wine is made at least 85% from it; Pinotage wines from South Africa follow the rules of their own country of origin.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Pinotage → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Parents
- 🍇 Cinsaut, 🍇 Pinot Noir
Frequently asked questions
What are the parents of Pinotage?
Cinsaut and Pinot Noir; the pedigree is confirmed by DNA markers, according to VIVC.
When and where was Pinotage bred?
In South Africa, crossed in 1925 by A. I. Perold.
What colour are Pinotage grapes?
Dark: it is a red wine grape.
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Sources
- VIVC: passport Pinotage (9286)
- VIVC: passport Cinsaut (2672)
- VIVC: passport Pinot Noir (9279)
- EUR-Lex: Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (labelling, wine grape varieties)
- Wikidata