[1] It was bred in 1982 by Norbert Becker at the viticultural institute in Freiburg, Germany as part of a programme searching for disease-resistant grape varieties.

[2] From 1999 to 2005, Cabernet Cortis and four other Freiburg-created varieties were evaluated in experimental plantations at Pully in the Lake Geneva region of Switzerland.

[2] Cabernet Cortis yields highly coloured, tannic and intense wines with a herbal-vegetal character that are supposed to be Cabernet-styled.

Thus, Cabernet Cortis is a hybrid grape, but is formally classified as a Vitis vinifera cultivar.

[1] Cabernet Carol is a full sibling sharing the same pedigree and was created at the same time.