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.
Yize lezi zinhlobonhlobo sezilokhu zisezweni kusukela ngo-1920, ukukhiqiza kwaphela kuphela phakathi nawo-1990, ngenxa yokuthi ukuthandwa kwayo eCabernet kuhlangana futhi njengewayini elilodwa le-varietal.