Grenache Blanc

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Inchazelo

iGrenache Blanc liwayini leligilebisi lelimhlophe lelivela enyakatfo ye Spain kusuka lapho isakateke eFrance kwentela kuba ngumvini wesine lohlanyelwe kakhulu eFrance. iGrenache Blanc yatiwa kakhulu ngalendlela yayo yekuhlangana ku Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Inekujika ibenekubamhlophe kwe Grenache Noir iphindze ikhokhe liwayini lelisetulu letjwala lelinemtimba logcwele.

Lapho Ivela Khona

Ivela eSpain

Emagama Lamanye

iGranache Blanc inemagama lamanengi – langetulu kwemashumi lamabili emagama lafanako-kushiyane ngekutsi ikhuliswe kuphi. iGrenache Blanc iphindze yatiwe njenge Alicante Blanca phindze nge Garnatxa (eCatalonia).

Kukhicitwa eNingizimu Afrika

Le Grenache Blanc la Ningizimu Afrika yacanjwa nga 1900s epulazini lase Delheim eceleni/dvute kwe Stellenbosch kepha yavetwa etindzaweni tekutsengisa nga 1979 lapho khona yatsatfwa njengalefikako ‘lechazanako/letsandvwako’.

Tigodzi Lekhicitwa Kito

Inhlanyelo ye Grenache Blanc ibonakala ikhula ngema hekitha lamashumi lamabili (ema hekitha lalikhulu nelishumi enhlanyelo nayiphelele) leyacanjwa nga 2016. Kulamahekitha lamashumi lamabili lasahlanyelwe, lalishumi awo acanjwa elusentseni lweNingizimu ye Cape kulesigodzi.
iGrenache Blanc ingatfolwa kutotonkhe letindzawo tewayini ngaphandle kwase Northern Cape. Bakhiciti labatiwako bema Grenache Blanc lamaphesenti lalikhulu emawayini eKWV, Paardeberg ne Leeuwenkuil.

Kukhula/Kuhluma

iGrenache Blanc itfwala kakhulu (lishumi nesihlanu – emashumi lamabili ton/ha) futsi ikhula ngemandla, kepha kukhicitwa kakhulu kungayenta ibene acidi lencane nekunongotela lokuncane kumawayini awo. Titfungo leticolisakele tiyanconywa.
Noma nje tingafuni somiso, tingasokola kutfola iacidi lekahle etindzaweni letishisako naletomile. Ikhula ngekucondza futsi ayihlangani nemoya, iGrenache Blanc ichubakahle etindzaweni letomile kumatje lomile noma emhlabatsini losalidzaka. Ingakhuliswa njengemvini welihlatsi noma endzaweni lencane lenendlela yekusimisa.

Kuvutfwa

iGrenache Blanc idzinga sikhatsi sesifutfumele lesidze sekuvutfwa futsi ivunwa emkhatsini wesikhatsi sayo sekuvuna.

Emacembe

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iGrenache Blanc inemacembe lacishe emise kwetinso phindze ayamanya futsi aluhlata nematinyo lacondzile.

Emagungumence

Lamagungumence lamtfubi saluhlata asemkhatsini ngelinani phindze titfungo tawo tinkhulu phindze tingatsi tiyindingilizi ngekuma. Sikhumba saleligungumence sicinile sinejusi lelula.

Tilokatane Nemagciwane

iGranche Blanc ingaba nekubanemagciwane lasetulu, kukhuntsa lokumphunga, umuhlwa nalokusamphuphu kepha kuyindlala kuhlaselwa yi oidium, umvini weligilebisi ‘grillure’ tilokatane temacembe kanye netilwane letincane. Lomvini uyincelencele ku botrytis futsi uma lencenye yalesitjalo itseleleka ngesifo, iphocelelekile kuba nekuhleliseka lokukabi.

Kusetjentiswa

iGrenache Blanc ligilebisi lelatiwako ekuhlanganiseni phindze isetjentiswa kumawayini ekumukela eSpain nase France. Ikhokha emawayini lamtfubi loligolide lelimhlophe nemtimba kanye nelizinga letjwala lelisetulu (lishumi nakutsatfu – lishumi nesihlanu ngemaphesenti) uma ibiliswe ngalokomile, iGrenache Blanc iphocelelekile kushintja iphindze ibenekukhula lokukalekile njengenhlobo yinye.
Kuhlanganiswa nalamanye emawayini kungakhulisa imphilo yelishelufa yalo ibe isenta ‘kubalula’ ngekuhlangana. iGrenache Blanc nguyinye yetinhlobo lesetjentiselwa ekwakheni iRivesaltes Vin Doux Naturel, liwayini lelingilo lelinongotelako lelakhiwe ngekungeta ibrandy lehlala/letsatsa iminyaka lelikhulu.

Kuvelela/Sinongo

‘Umsoco’ kanye ne ‘sitselo lesiluhlata’ ibukeka inetinchazelo letimbili ngekuvelela kwe Grenache Blanc. Letinye tintfo letichashelwe tifaka ifenugreek (noma icumin), titselo letihlangene phindze, umangabe lewayini yatsatfwa njenge mu-okhi, tinongo temahhabhula labhakiwe kanye ne nhlobo yelibhanisi nako kuyanakwa/kuyacaphelwa.
iGrenache Blanc iyajatjulelwa eUnited States ngekukhombisa/nekuba nekuvela/sinongo,kuhlangana kwekuvela kwetjwala lokusetulu, kanye nemsoco – kuyafana nekwe Chardonnay – uma ikhulele ku um-okhi.

Translated by Phindile Malotana