Red wine grape · Vitis vinifera
A South African red wine grape created from Pinot noir and Cinsaut, with a documented Stellenbosch breeding history.
Wines of South Africa describes the successful crossing of Pinot noir and Cinsaut in Stellenbosch in 1925. UC Davis FPS independently records South Africa, breeder A. I. Perold, Stellenbosch University and the same two parents. The references list the parents in different orders; no maternal or paternal assignment is inferred here.
Both references treat Pinotage as the resulting cultivar, not another name for Pinot noir or Cinsaut. Wines of South Africa explains that Cinsaut was called Hermitage in this historical context; Hermitage is not presented here as a Pinotage synonym.
Wines of South Africa dates the first commercial Pinotage production to 1961, separately from the 1925 crossing. UC Davis records a Pinotage selection received from New Zealand in 1974; the selection's source does not change the cultivar's South African origin. These histories do not establish irrigation needs or climate suitability.
Reference review · November 9, 2026
South African industry reference supporting the Stellenbosch crossing, parent identities and the distinction between breeding and commercial production dates; not site-performance evidence.
Independent institutional variety record used to cross-check cultivar identity and naming. It does not independently validate every agronomic observation in Plantgrape.
Cultivar descriptions are source-attributed reference material, not site prescriptions. No numeric soil-moisture threshold, disease diagnosis, regional suitability guarantee or GroundWorx performance claim is established here.