The white grape variety is an interspecific new variety between Rkatsiteli x Magarach 2-57-72 (Mtsvane Kakhuri x Sochinsky Chernyi). Synonyms are Pervenec Magaraca, Pervenets Magaratsch, Pervenetz Magaratcha and Pervenyec Magaracsa. It contains genes from Vitis amurensis and Vitis vinifera.

The hybrid was crossed in 1966 at the Magarach Viticulture Institute in the Crimea in the Ukraine by grower P. Ya. Golodriga. Incidentally, the new variety Podarok Magaracha was also created from the same parents.
The medium to late-maturing vine is extremely frost-resistant down to minus 25 °Celsius and resistant to downy mildew. It produces amber-coloured, acidic white wines.
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