Chenel

{{Short description|Variety of grape}} right|thumb|Trebbiano, one of the parent varieties of Chenel '''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.<ref name="wine grapes">J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes'' pg 53 Oxford University Press 1996 {{ISBN|0-19-860098-4}} </ref>

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

==See also== *Weldra, another white South African grape variety with the same parentage as Chenel

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Category:White wine grape varieties

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