Grenache Noir

© Glenneis Kriel

Nhlamuselo

Grenache noir i madiriva lawa yatirhisekaka hitindlela totala, yitirhisiwa ku humelerisa wayeni yo tshuka, ti sparkling, sweet natinwana tiwayeni . Vatswari va wona ava tiveki.

Ntumbuluko

Muxaka lowu swilanguteka onge wutumbuluke e Cariñena, Aragon laha kunga enwalungu vuhuma dyambu bya Spain, laha yanga vuya ya hangalasiwa na matiko yanwana lawa yakatsaka Sardinia, Sicily nale Naples, xikanwe nale Roussilon na Corsica e France, laha akuri xiphemu xinwana xa tindzhawu leti.

Hi minkarhi yava 18th Century, muxaka lowu wuvuye wuhumelerisiwa e Languedoc, Southern Rhone nale Provence. Mavabyi ya phylloxera lawa ayari kona emahelweni ya 19th Century nawona yapfunile swinene eka swibyariwa leswi, hikuva van’wamapurasi vakote ku cinca masimu lawa yakhumbhekaka himisinya yoleha swinene. Endzhaku ka nkarhi yavuye yava madiriva lawa aya byariwa ngopfu hinkarhi walowo ngopfu ngopfu e Mediterranean.

Mavito Yan’wana

Kuna mavito yotala lawa ya hanyaka kukatsa na Alicante e France, Granaccia e Italy na Garnacha e Spain.

Vuhumelerisi e Afrika Dzonga

Nasweswi aswitiveki leswaku Grenache yifike rini laha Afrika Dzonga. Ku tiviwa leswaku James Busby, wohuma e Scotland loyi atekiwa tani hi “father” eka mintirho ya tiwayeni e Australia, u siye swimilani loko akarhi a famba hi xikepe kusuka e Perpignan, France kuya e Australia himalembe yava 1830s.

Se ayitiveka loko prof Abraham Izak Perold atava akumisise hi 1907 leswaku wayeni ya Grenacha leyinga tisiwa kusuka e Rioja Spain ayifana swinene na Grenache noir yale Montpellier e France. Grenache blanc yivikiwa kuva yifike laha Afrika Dzonga hi malembe yava 1970s, kasi Grenache Gris swimilani swayona swisungule kuva kona hiva 1990s.

Tindzhawu ta Vuhumelerisi

Kuhumelerisiwa kahari kuntsongo laha Afrika Dzonga kambe yakarhi kubyariwa kantsongo kantsongo ngopfu ngopfu eka khume ra malembe lawa ya hundzeke. Exikarhi ka 1999 na 2016, tindzhawu letingana Grenache blanc titlakukile kusuka eka 28 ha kuya eka 110 ha, kasi tindzhawu letingana Genache noir ti tlakukile kusuka eka 42 ha kuya eka kutlula 340 ha.

Kasi letingana Grenache gris yona yile hansi swinene, kusuka laha kungahava nchumu kuya e hansi ka 3 eka nkarhi lowu fanaka. Swibyariwa hinkwaswo swa Grenache gris swikumeka etindzhawini ta Paarl.

Grenache noir masimu yayona yakumeka eka tindzhawu hinkwato leti humelerisaka wayeni laha tikweni laha Swartland na Paarl tingana kutlula hafu yandzhawu ya vuhumelerisi. Leswi swafana naleka Grenache blanc, handle kaleswaku yona ayibyariwi e Northern Cape.

Ku Kula

Grenache noir yina misinya leyi nga kuleki ngopfu, leyi kotaka ku hanya kahlelaha kunga oma kumbe laha ku kalaka mpfula. Muxaka lowu wuna matimba yokota kuhumelerisa swinene laha yinga eka xikarhi ka 15 t/ha kuya eka 20 t/ha.

Ku Vupfa

Grenache noir madiriva yayona yavupfa exikarhi ka nguva, kusuka eka hafu yosungula ya nhweti ya March.

Mihandzu

Grenache noir mihandzu yakona ayikulanga ngopfu, iya xirhendzevutani kuya eka oval yiva na muhlovo wa pink lowu cincaka kuya eka ntima loko yavupfile. Nhlonge yakona yitiyerile kambe swalendzeni kawona swina juzi yakahle.

Matluka

Matluka yakona ya hatima yava na muhlovo lowunga xitshopani kuya eka rihlaza. Xivumbeko ixa xirhendzevutani kufana na tinsu naswona yina swiave swinharhu.

Switsotswana na Mavabyi

Muxaka lowu wukarhatiwa ngopfu himavabyi ya fungal lawa yakatsaka powdery na downy mildew, xikawe no bola,laha hihlayaka Botrytis na Grey rot. Dead arm nayona yiva xiphiqo swinene.

Switirhisiwa

Muxaka lowu wa madiriva wudumile swinene eka minantswo ya Rhône style, xikan’we na Shiraz, Mourvèdre, Carignan na Cinsaut kumbe tani hi rosé leyikatsiweke ya Provence kumbe Tavel style, hixitalo Cinsaut, Shiraz, Mourvèdre, Clairette, Grenache Blanc na Chenin blanc. Nhlayo leyikulaka swinene ya vaendli va wayeni va Afrika Dzonga yisungule ku humelerisa wayeni yinwe ya Grenache.

Nantswo

Madiriva lawa hixitalo yahumelerisa tiwayeni letingana nantswo lowungana berry na swipayisisi.Translated by Ike Ngobeni