Gamay Noir

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Nhlamuselo

Gamay noir i madiriva yantima yo endla wayeni leyi tolovekeke yotshuka. Tiwayeni ta kona tivakona loko kukatsiwe Pinot noir natinwana ta khale to kota, Gouais blanc.

Ntumbuluko

Gamay noir i wayeni yakhale swinene kusuka e Burgundy leyi ayi yirisiwile hi Philip the Bold, the duke of Burgundy, hi 1395 hikuva a chava leswaku swita wisa ndzhuti wa ndzhawu liya yo endla tiwayeni ta xiyimo, ngopfu ngopfu Pinot noir. Vanwamapurasi endzhawini liya avabyala swimilani swotala swa Gamay noir ematshanwini ya Pinot noir, hikuva ayihumelerisa madiriva yotala naswona swa olova kuyi byala.

Kuyirisiwa loku swipfunile kusivela ndzhuti wa tindzhawu leti kambe swinyanyisile vusiwana endzhawini. Vanwamapurasi etindzhawini ta Beaujolais,edzongeni wa Burgundy, vakote ku byalela exihundleni hambi leswi aswiyirisiwile laha vanga tlhela vakota kuhumelerisa Gamay noir. Muxaka lowu wukote kuhumelela eka ndzhawu liya leswinga endla leswaku leyotshuka kuva yona leyi humelerisiwaka e Beaujolais kusuka kwalomu kava 17th Century.

Wayeni leyi yivuye yiduma ngopfu nale handle ka ndzhawu liya himalembe yava 1980s, laha vahumelerisi ava veka tiwayeni eka ti shelf siku rinwe endzhaku kaloko yihumelerisiwile. Ku duma ka yona swivuye swihunguteka swinene kambe vahumelerisi vahlamule hiku kuma tindlela tinwana to humelerisa wayeni ya Gamay noir.

Mavito Yan’wana

Ma Furwa ya tirhisa vito ra Gamay noir à jus blanc ku yihambanyisa natinwana tinxaka ta tiwayeni ta Gamai.

Vuhumelerisi e Afrika Dzonga

Muxaka lowu wulahlekeriwe hi vundzhawu laha kunga teka Cinsaut noir, hikuva yitshembekile nokota kuhumelerisa nhlayo yale henhla.

Tindzhawu ta Vuhumelerisi

Tindzhawu leyingana muxaka wa Gamay noir laha Afrika Dzonga tiye ehansi swinene kusuka e hansi ka 10 ha hi 2016. Swibyariwa leswi hinkwaswo swikumeka e Stellenbosch ntsena.

Ku Kula

Nsinya wakona ahiwukulu ngopfu. Hixitalo misinya yakona yitala kuva yinyuherile laha yivuyisaka exikarhi ka 12 t/ha na 15 t/ha.

Ku Vupfa

Madiriva ya vupfa hiku hatlisa exikarhi ka nguva kusuka eka hafu yosungula ya February.

Mihandzu

Mihandzu yakona iyintsongo swinene, iya xirhendzevutani yiva na muhlovo wa purple kuya eka wasi.

Matluka

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Matluka ya nsinya lowu aya kulanga ngopfu, iya xirhendzevutani laha hi xitalo yana swiave swinharhu lawa yangana muhlovo wa rihlaza ro vonikela swinene.

Switsotswana na Mavabyi

Misinya leyi yikarhatiwa hi mavabyi ya fungal, ku katsa powdery na downy mildew, Botrytis rot xikanwe arm rot.

Switirhisiwa

Laha Afrika dzonga yitirhisiwa ku endla muxaka wa wayeni yinwe laha kunga na leyo tshuka wovonikela eka xitayele xa nouveau, namadiriva yofana na Zinfandel, Tempranillo, Pinot noir na Riesling.

Nantswo

Nantswo wotala wa wayeni leyi wusukela eka mihandzu na mabilomu yakona, laha yi khumbhaka na mihandzu yotshuka yofana na ti plums nati raspberries, xikawe na mabilomu yati violets na peonies.Translated by Ike Ngobeni