Cinsaut

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Nhlamuselo

Cinsaut noir i madiriva lawa ya tirhisiwaka kuhumelerisa tiwayeni to tshuka na rosé,xikanwe nati brandy na port. Vulavisisi bya DNA byikombeta leswaku muxaka lowu wungava wu huma eka Rivairenc. Vutitivisi bya mutswari lowunwana abyise tiveka kahle.

Ntumbuluko

Cinsaut noir i muxaka lowu humaka e Mediterranean. Yihumelerisiwile e dzongeni wa France, ngopfu ngopfu eka ndzhawu ya Languedoc-Rousillon, kusukela exikarhi ka malembe yava 1600s, laha muxaka lowu awutirhisiwa ku katsela tiwayeni tinwana.

Mavito Yan’wana

Yina mavito yotala, laha Cinsault kunga rona leri tirhisiwaka swinene. Ayitiveka tani hi Hermitage e Afrika Dzonga, kufikela loko Dr Abraham Izak Perold wa Stellenbosch University hi 1927 anga vuya a paluxa leswaku kahle kahle i wayeni yinwe ya Cinsaut noir yaleyi yisukaka edzongeni wa France.

Vuhumelerisi e Afrika Dzonga

Muxaka lowu wuhumelerisiwe e Afrika Dzonga kusukela hiva 1850s laha yingava phuphu ya tiwayeni to tshuka kuya fikela hiva 1960s hikokwalaho kakuva yikota kuhumelela hi xitalo. Ekusunguleni ayi humelerisiwa hi xitalo kambe ekuheteleleni yivuye yiva yinwana ya tiwayeni ta xiyimo talaha tikweni ra Afrika Dzonga.

Misinya yakona ayibyariwa ngopfu kuringana nkarhi woleha laha ayiri na kutlula ka ntsevu hiku byariwa eka tiwayeni leti ati famba emahlweni ta 6 himalembe yava 1976.

Muxaka lowu wuvuye wusungula kuva wungaha tsakeriwi ngopfu hiva 1990s hikuva vabyari va madiriva se ava langute eka kuhumelerisa ti wayeni ta khwalithi, laha kungava na tiwayeni to fana na Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz na Pinotage letinga susa Cinsaut noir eka xiyimo xakuva yiri leyibyariwaka ngopfu.

Wayeni leyi yitlhele yirhandziwa swinene hivabyari lavantshwa lava nga vuya vakota kuringeta tindlela tintshwa tohumelerisa wayeni ya Cinsaut, ku kombeta leswaku wayeni leyi ayiri navuswikoti byikulu byo humesa wayeni leyinene loko yi endliwa kahle.

Tindzhawu ta vuhumelerisi tiye emahlweni tihunguteka laha Cinsaut namuntlha yingana kwalomu ka tiphesente timbiri loko kulangutiwa tindzhawu tavuhumelerisi na madiriva. Hi 1925, ayi katsiwa na Pinot Noir kuva yihumelerisa nantswo wa Afrika Dzonga wa Pinotage.

Tindzhawu ta Vuhumelerisi

Paarl nale Breedekloof hitona tindzhawu letikulu leti atikota ku humelerisa Cinsaut noir ku landzela Swartland, laha yinga thyiwa “Pinot noir”eka ndzhawu leyi hikokwalaho khwalithi yayona ya kahle leyi ayihumelerisiwa kona.

Ku Kula

Minsinya ya madiriva lawa aya kuli ngopfu kambe wurhandza ku kokova ehansi wuva na marhavi yo lala. Yikota kuhumelerisiwa hi tindlela ta trellis system kumbe bush vine. Yikota kuhumelerisiwa hi ndlela ya xiyimo xale henhla kusukela eka 16 t/ha kuya eka 20 t/ha, kambe kuhumelerisiwa swivuye swihungutiwa leswaku kutava na wayeni ya kahle ya khwalithi.

Ku Vupfa

Madiriva lawa ya vupfa exikarhi ka nguva kusukela eka hafu yosungula ya March.

Mihandzu

Mihandzu yawona yikurile kutlula ya madiriva lamanwana. Yina muhlovo wa wasi wodzwihala loko yibyariwe eka misava leyi fuweke yi swakudya yikota ku cinca yidzwihala kuhundza kwalano laha yivonakaka onge iya ntima loko yibyariwe ka misava yoka yinga fuwanga. Nhlonge yakona yibumburile no tiyela kasi swalendzeni switele hi juzi.

Matluka

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Matluka ya nsinya lowu iya xirhendzevutani yava na swiave swa ntlhanu naswona yana muhlovo ya wona iya rihlaza rovonikela.

Switsotswani na Mavabyi

Muxaka lowu wu chava ngopfu dyambu naswona kuhisa ku endla leswaku mihandzu yipandzekela.

Switirhisiwa

Muxaka lowu wutirhisiwa ku endla wayeni yinwe kambe yitirhisiwa ngopfu kuva yikatsiwa natinwana leswaku tita vevuka nova na nantswo kufana na Carignan, Shiraz na Grenache.

Nantswo

Madiriva lawa ya humelerisa wayeni leyingana nantswo wa mihandzu yovevuka kusuka eka mihandzu yohambana hambana kuya eka ti berries nati pomegranates. Wayeni leyi yiva yiringanele kuva yinwiwa yahaku endliwa.Translated by Ike Ngobeni