Uphi uCharente
ICharente lisebe elincinane kuMazantsi Ntshona eFransi, malunga neyure enye emantla eBordeaux kunye neyure enye ukusuka kunxweme lweAtlantiki. Nangona imbali yayo ibuyela kumaxesha aseRoma, ineprofayili ephantsi kakhulu kumaxesha anamhlanje, ngaphandle kwento yokuba likhaya leCognac.
Kusenokwenzeka ukuba i-aperitif yaseFransi yinxalenye yenkqubo yakho yewayini. Ezona aperitifs French ethandwa Lillet (ukungafi kwi Ian Fleming kaThixo Casino Royale kwaye igama Vesper), Kir kunye Kir Royale (iwayini emhlophe kunye crème de Cassis exutywe Champagne) bakhonza nefluti encinane; I-Byrrh (iwayini ebomvu enequinine-ukusukela ngo-1866), iSuze (i-distillation yeengcambu zesityalo se-gentian-ukususela ngo-1885) kunye ne-Dubonnet (iwayini ebomvu egalelwe imifuno; ebomvu iphawulwe ngokuba nencasa, ineziqholo kwaye ixutywe nequinine-ukusukela ngo-1846).
Ukulibala Kunokuba yi-Plus
Ngena ePineau des Charentes, intandokazi endala eyenza imbuyekezo. Le aperitif yengingqi yaseFransi esuka eCharent, eCharente-Maritime naseDordogne (eNtshona yeFransi) idumile eFransi kodwa ithathwa njengomntwana omtsha kwenye indawo emhlabeni. Njenge wayini eqinisiweyo (mistelle okanye ivin de liqueur) yongezwa ngokugalela ijusi yomdiliya entsha, engavulwanga okanye umxube womdiliya onegwele kancinci kufuneka, apho iCognac eau-de-vie yongezwa kwaye ivuthwe.
Ibali licebisa ukuba uPineau des Charentes wangena kwindawo yesiFrentshi ngo 1589 (ixesha lika Henry IV) xa umenzi wewayini wongeza umdiliya ngempazamo kufuneka emgqomeni awayecinga ukuba awunanto kodwa eneneni uneeau de vie. Umxube wawubuyiselwa kwigumbi elingaphantsi komhlaba ukuze uvundiswe. Kwiminyaka kamva, lo mphanda wavulwa, yaye okungaphakathi kwavelisa isiselo ngoku esinxulumene nommandla waseCharente.
Ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20, uEmile Daud, umenzi wewayini waseBurie (Charente-Maritime) wayekrelekrele ngokwaneleyo ukuba angathengisa ngesiselo. Ngomnyaka ka 1935, iPineau des Charentes yafumana esowonga se Appellation d'Origine (AO) njenge wayini ekhuselweyo kwaye iminyaka eli-10 kamva, yafumana ileyibhile yesiFrentshi iAOC kunye neleyibhile yaseYurophu yePDO (iProtected Designation of Origin).
Funda inqaku elipheleleyo ewayin.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- As a fortified wine (mistelle or vin de liqueur) it is enhanced by adding fresh, unfermented grape juice or a blend of lightly fermented grape must, to which a Cognac eau-de-vie is added and matured.
- In 1935, Pineau des Charentes received that status of Appellation d'Origine (AO) as a fortified wine and 10 years later, received the French label AOC and the European label of PDO (Protected Designation of Origin).
- Legend suggests that Pineau des Charentes entered the French scene in 1589 (time of Henry IV) when a winemaker accidentally added grape must into a barrel he thought was empty but actually contained eau de vie.
