While the variety has been in the country since the 1920s, production only took off around the mid-1990s because of its popularity in cabernet blends and as a single varietal wine.
Hambi leswi madiriva lawa yangava laha tikweni kusukela hiva 1920s, vuhumelerisi byi sungule kuva kona hiva 1990s, hikokwalaho ka ku duma ka yona loko yikatsiwa na tinwana tofana na Cabernet kumbe yihumelerisiwa yiri yoxe.