Cabernet Franc

© Glenneis Kriel

Nhlamuselo

Cabernet franc i madiriva ya nhlonge yantima lawa yatirhisiwaka kuhumelerisa wayeni yotshuka. Kutshembiwa leswaku hi wona madiriva yakhale swinene lawa nasweswi yaha tirhisiwaka kuhumelerisa wayeni, laha vulavisisi bya DNA byi vulaka leswaku kungava kuri na vuxaka na lawa ya Biturica yak hale na khale, laha Cabernet franc yitumbulukaka kona e Basque, Spain.

Madiriva lawa ya tekiwa tani himutswari wa madiriva yotala yankoka lawa ya byariwaka masiku lawa. Nkatsakanyo exikarhi ka yona na Sauvignon blanc leswi humelerisaka Cabernet Sauvignon, na Magdelaine noire leyi humelerisaka Merlot.

Ntumbuluko

Cabernet franc yitshembiwa kuva yisuke e Spain kuya e dzongeni vupela dyambu bya Francelaha ku khensiwaka vapfhumba lava ava vuya e Saint Jacques de Compostela kuya France. Leyi nga duma swinyawula cardinal De Richelieu yitsemiwe kusuka e dzongeni vupela dyambu bya France laha yingaya byariwa etibuweni ta Loire River.

Mavito Yan’wana

Muxaka lowu wutiveka himavito yanwana yotala ku katsa na Achéria, Bidure, Boubet, Bouchet, Cabernet gris, Carmenet, Cabernet Franco na Véron.

Vuhumelerisi e Afrika Dzonga

Aswitiveki leswaku Cabernet franc yisungule rini kutisiwa laha tikweni ra Afrika Dzonga, kambe professor Abraham Izak Perold se ayi hlawurile leswaku yihumelerisiwa hi malembe yava 1920s, hikwalaho ka vuswikoti bya yona byo humelerisa tiwayeni ta khwalithi.

Madiriva lawa aya tirhisiwa ntsena kuhumelerisa tiwayeni ta minantswo ya Bordeaux-style kufikela hi 1998 loko Norma Ratcliffe waleka Warwick Estate kusuhi nale Stellenbosch, ave mu Afrika Dzonga wosungula kuyitirhisa kuhumelerisa wayeni yinwe ntsena.

Tindzhawu ta Vuhumelerisi

Ndzhawu leyi Cabernet franc yihumelerisiwaka eka yona yitshame yahate taniya kusukela hi 2009, yirikarhi yiyimela ehansi ka phesente yin’we ya ndzhawu hinkwayo leyi humelerisaka wayeni laha Afrika Dzonga.

Hambi leswi madiriva lawa ya byariwaka eka tindzhawu hinkwato leti humelerisaka wayeni laha tikweni, ndzhawu leyikulu eka hinkwato yahari Stellenbosch, yilandzela hi Paarl.

Ku Kula

Cabernet franc yi kula ngopfu, laha yikotaka kufikela eka 10 t/ha kuya eka 14 t/ha.

Ku Vupfa

Madiriva ya vupfa kuri khale exikarhi ka nguva exikarhi ka March.

Mihandzu

Mihandzu ya wona iya wasi kuya eka ntima hi muhlovo, yiva xirhendzevutani, yintsongo, yitlhela yitiyela nyana kutlula mihandzu ya Cabernet Sauvignon. Nhlonge ya kona yilarile yitlhela yitiyela kasi swalendzeni switiyerile nova na nantswo.

Matluka

Matluka ya wona iya rihlaza rodzwihala, kambe yiva ya rihlaza rovonikela nyana kutlula matluka ya Cabernet Sauvignon, aya kulanga ngopfu, yava xirhendzevutani na ntlhanu wa swiave.

Switsotswani na Mavabyi

Muxaka lowu wu chava ngopfu powdery mildew.

Kutirhisiwa

Cabernet franc yi tirhisiwa ngopfu kutisa nuhelo na swipayisisi swa Merlot na Cabernet Sauvignon hi ndlela ya nantswo wa classic Bordeaux-style. Yile ku dumeni swinene laha tikweni ra Afrika Dzonga hiku humelerisa wayeni yin’we.

Nantswo

Ti wayeni tinga humelerisa minantswo yohambana hambana kusuka eka grassy kuya ka berries na mihandzu yo dzwihala, na yohlawuleka ya black pepper xikanwe na tobacco.Translated by Ike Ngobeni