# Chenel

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{{Short description|Variety of grape}}
right|thumb|Trebbiano, one of the parent varieties of Chenel
'''Chenel''' is a white [South African wine](/source/South_African_wine) [grape variety](/source/grape_variety) that was produced by a [crossing](/source/crossing_(vine)) of [Chenin blanc](/source/Chenin_blanc) and [Trebbiano](/source/Trebbiano). The variety was produced in 1973 by [Christiaan Johannes Orffer](/source/Christiaan_Johannes_Orffer) (1926–2008) at the [Elsenburg Agricultural Training Institute](/source/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](/source/Weldra), another white South African grape variety with the same parentage as Chenel

==References==
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Category:White wine grape varieties

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