Petit Verdot
Incazelo
I-Petit Verdot iyinhlobo ehlukahlukene yamagilebhisi, ejwayele ukusetshenziselwa ukuhlanganiswa kwesitayela saseBordeaux. Igama layo lisho ukuthi "okuluhlaza okwedlulele" ngesiFulentshi, kubhekisela kunzima ekutholeni amajikijolo ukuthuthukisa nokuvuthwa ngesikhathi sezulu epholile.
Ukubelelwa komvini akuqinisekisiwe, kodwa kucatshangelwa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi uyinzalo yezinhlobonhlobo zakudala zase-Albania, i-Balisca, noma kungenzeka ukuthi ivela ekuguqulweni kwezinhlobo zemifino zasendle.
Petit Verdot Grapes in South Africa.
Iziqalo
Nakuba imvelaphi eqondile yezinhlobo ezihlukahlukene ingaziwa, okubonakalayo kubonakala sengathi kwakhiqizwa eBordeaux eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeFrance isikhathi esingaphezu kukaCabernet Sauvignon.
Lezi zinhlobonhlobo kwakubhekwa njengebaluleke kakhulu kuneCabernet Sauvignon eBordeaux, kodwa ukuthandwa kwayo kwehla ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngenxa yenkinga yokuvuthwa nezinselelo zokukhiqiza. Ukuqubuka kwe-phylloxera ngasekupheleni kwe-1800 kanye nesithwathwa ngo-1956, kubangele nokuhlaselwa okuphawulekayo ekwenzeni izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zaseFrance.
Amanye Amagama
Ama-synonyms afaka: i-Petit Verdau, i-Petit Verdot noir, i-Verdau, i-Bonton Blanc, i-Bouton, i-Carmelin, i-Heran, i-Lambrusquet noyena, i- Verdot ne-Plant de Palus.
Ukukhiqizwa eNingizimu Afrika
I-Welgemeend Wine Estate ibonakala iyipulazi lokuqala lokutshala izivini zePitit Verdot ngo-1975. Indawo engaphansi kokukhiqizwa eNingizimu Afrika ibilokhu ikhula kancane, emva kokungeniswa kwamagundane aseFrance athembisayo ngawo-1990.
Izifunda Zokukhiqiza
Imifino ye-Petit Verdot iye yanda kakhulu kusukela ngonyaka wama-1990, iNingizimu Afrika ikhulisa cishe amahektha angama-750 ngaphansi kwezihlobo ezihlukahlukene ngo-2016. Izinhlobonhlobo zitshalwe kuzo zonke izifunda zokukhiqiza iwayini zezwe, kanti iStellenbosch ikhuthaza indawo enkulu ekukhiqizeni, ilandelwa UPaarl noRobertson.
Ukukhula
Izinhlobonhlobo ngumlimi onamandla onomkhuba okhwelayo. Ikwazi ukukhiqiza okuphezulu, okuphakathi kuka-20 t/ha kuya ku-28 t/ha.
Ukuvutha
Izithelo zomvini zivuthiwe phakathi nonyaka, kusukela ekupheleni kukaFebruwari kuya phakathi-Mashi.
Amajikijolo
Izinhlobonhlobo zikhiqiza amajikijolo amancane, ajikelezileyo, anesikhumba obuhlaza obuhlaza okwesibhakabhaka uma evuthiwe kahle. Ngaphansi kwezimo zezulu ezingavumelekile, imivini ingaveza amagilebhisi aluhlaza.
Amahlamvu
Amaqabunga aphakathi kuya emaqenjini amakhulu anemibala eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, isakhiwo se-oblong nama-lobes amahlanu.
Izinambuzane Nezifo
Izinhlobonhlobo zitholakala ku-downy isikhutha kanye ne-powdery. Kudinga ukukhanya kwelanga okwanele ukuvuthwa okuhle nokuthuthukiswa kombala.
Sebenzisa
Inani le-varietal elilodwa le-Petit Verdot elikhiqizwa eNingizimu Afrika, liye landa kancane eminyakeni eyishumi edlule. Ibuye isetshenziselwe ukwenza ama-style ejwayelekile e-Bordeaux-ngesitayela, isibonelo, i-Cabernet Sauvignon, i-Merlot, i-Cabernet Franc noma i-Malbec.
Ukuzwa Emlomeni
Ngokuvamile izimila zikhiqiza ama-flavour nama-nut. Ama-flavour amakhulu kakhulu ayenziwa uma izivini zitholakala kumazinga okushisa aphezulu ngoFebhuwari. Iwayini limnyama kakhulu ngendwangu emnyama.
Translated by
Zodwa Makondo