Petite Sirah - Durif
Nhlamuselo
Lowu insinya lowukulu wa madiriwa lawa humelerisaka wayeni yo helela yotshuka leyinga sungula ku endliwa hi malembe yava 1880s hi Dr Francois Durif kusuka e SyrahxPeloursin. Yina nduma e California, Petit Sirah yitlhela yibyariwa nale ka matiko ya Argentina, Brazil, Mexico nale Australia. Kuvikiwa leswaku lexintsongo xakona (‘petite’) hi Durif i mihandzu yawona ntsena. Ya humelerisa swinene wayeni yo fuwa no tsokombela yotshuka.
Ntumbuluko
Rhône valley, France
Mavito Yanwana
Petit Sirah yitlhela yitiveka tani hi Durif (leyi thyiweke endzhaku ka mutumbuluxi wa yona), leri kunga vito leri tirhisiwaka hiva SA Wine Industry Information & Systems (SAWIS). Petite Sirah ayifanelanga yikohlekiwa kuva yiri Petite Syrah, leyin’wana iya madiriva lawantsongo ya muxaka wa Syrah.
Yina kutlula 35 wa mavito ya Durif lawa yatirhisiwaka emisaveni hinkwayo laha Dure, Duret, Plant Durif na Pinot de Romas (France) yatirhisiwaka. Durif ayina vuxaka na leyi yale California ya Petite Sirah tani hileswi vulavisisi bya DNA abyivule hikona hi 1997.
Vuhumelerisi e Afrika Dzonga
Kwalomu ka 114ha ta Durif yi byariwa e Afrika Dzonga,yive kona e Vititec his 2001.
Tindzhawu ta Vuhumelerisi
Swibyariwa swosungula swo xavisiwa swive kona hi lembe ra 2004 e purasini ra Fairview e Paarl. Misinya yotala eka leya 114ha Durif yi byariwe e Breedekloof (34ha) xikanwe nale tindzhawini ta Paarl (31ha). Swibyariwa swintshwa sworingana 24ha swive kona hi lembe ra 2016.
Ku Kula
Vulavisisi byi komba leswaku misinya ya Petit Sirah yikota ku kondelela mixaka yo hambana hambana xikanwe no komba kukula ka yona na mbuyelo ku ya kwalomu ka 22-24t/ha. Misinya leyi yina ntolovelo wokula wukukula laha hansi leswi endlaka leswaku leswaku va tsema marhavi lawa ya kokaka ehansi. Yi byariwa yitlhela yikota kutlhuma.
Ku Vupfa
Madiriva ya tsoveriwa exikarhi ka nhweti.
Matluka
Matluka ya wona aya kulangi ngopfu kuya eka lawakulu hi sayizi, yava na xivumbeko xa pentagon yatlhela yava na swiave swa ntlhanu.
Muhandzu
Petit Sirah yina mihandzu leyintsongo naswona yimanyanile.
Switsotswana na Mavabyi
Mihandzu yakona yitswala yimanyanile tani hi swichocho kambe yikota ku bola yiri xichocho. Mihandzu yakona yichava ngopfu kutshwa hi dyambu. Petite Sirah yikota ku kondelela downy mildew, leyinga endla leswaku yiva na ndhuma e France eka malembe yava 18th century, hambi leswi yikalaku swinene e France namuntlha.
Kutirhisiwa
Durif yi tirhisiwa ku endla tiwayeni totshuka, ngopfu ngopfu yiri yinwe kumbe ku katseriwa. Ya katseka naswona yi katsa xivumbeko na muhlava.
Nantswo/Nuhelo
Tiwayeni leti titele himihandzu, ti fuwa no dzwihala. Madiriva lawa ya tiveka nale California hi mfuwo wa yona wa nuhelo wa wayeni lowungana nantswo wa black pepper. Yi fuwile swinene hi tannins, tiwayeni leti tikota ku heta nkarhi woleha tirikona kusukela eka 10 kuya eka 10 kuya eka 20 wa malembe.
Translated by
Ike Ngobeni