ʻO ka waina me ka manaʻo, mahalo iā Andean Altitude

ʻO ka mea kupanaha, hāʻawi pinepine ʻia lākou i ka liʻiliʻi i ka papa inoa o nā mea kanu waina ma ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā mea like me ka terroir, ka wā, a me ka ua. Eia nō naʻe, ma muli o ka hopena o ka hoʻomehana honua, ke kau nei nā mea inu waina i ka mea nui ma nā puʻu a me nā mauna i ka loiloi ʻana i nā kahua māla waina no ke kanu ʻana i nā kumu waina.

Kiʻekiʻena mauna

ka Andes Cordillera, i kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo Andes, he pae mauna nui e holo ana ma ke kahakai komohana a pau o ʻAmelika Hema. Aia ma kahi o 4,000 mile, mai Kolombia ma ka ʻākau, ma ʻEkuador, Peru, Bolivia, a me Argentina, a hiki i Tierra del Fuego, ke kihi hema loa o ka ʻāina. ʻAʻole ʻo kēia pae mauna ka lōʻihi loa ma ka honua akā ʻo ia ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa ma waho o ka Himalayas, e lilo ia i hiʻohiʻona ʻāina kaulana i ka ʻāina.

He mana nui ko Andes Cordillera ma waina hana ma ʻAmelika Hema, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā ʻāina e like me Argentina a me Chile. Penei ka pili ana o Andes Cordillera a me ka waina.

1. Kiʻekiʻe: Hāʻawi nā mauna Andes i nā ʻano kiʻekiʻe, mai ka ʻilikai a ʻoi aku ma mua o 6,900 mika (ma kahi o 22,637 kapuaʻi). Hoʻokumu kēia ʻano kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe i nā microclimates like ʻole i maikaʻi no ka mahi waina. ʻO ka mea nui, ke ulu nui nei nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe no nā māla waina no ka mea hāʻawi lākou i nā mahana anuanu, e kōkua ana i ka mālama ʻana i ka acidity i loko o nā hua waina a hoʻolohi i ke kaʻina oʻo. Ke alakaʻi nei kēia i ka hana ʻana i nā waina kiʻekiʻe me ka acidity kaulike.

2. Ke ea: Hana ʻo Andes ma ke ʻano he pale kūlohelohe i ke ʻano o ke aniau, e kōkua ana i ka hana ʻana i nā kūlana aniau kūʻokoʻa ma nā wahi waina e kū ana ma ko lākou mau wāwae. Hāʻawi nā mauna i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka mahana, e hāʻawi ana i nā pō ʻoluʻolu a me nā mahana wela o ke ao, kahi mea maikaʻi no ka oʻo ʻana o ka hua waina. ʻO kēia hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau ka hopena i nā waina me ke kaulike a me ka paʻakikī.

3. Punawai: ʻO nā mauna ʻo Andes kahi kumu nui o ka wai maʻemaʻe no nā miliona o ka poʻe ma ʻAmelika Hema. No ka ʻoihana waina, ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai no ka irrigation, ʻoiai ma nā wahi maloʻo a semi-arid. He mea nui kēia no ka hoʻomau ʻana o nā māla waina, no ka mea he mea koʻikoʻi ka wai no ka ulu ʻana o ka hua waina a me ka maikaʻi o ka hua waina.

4. Terroir: ʻO nā ʻano ʻāina like ʻole a me nā kiʻekiʻe ma ka ʻāina ʻo Andes e hāʻawi i ka manaʻo o ka terroir, kahi e hoʻopili ai i nā ʻano kūlohelohe kūʻokoʻa e hoʻohuli i nā ʻano o ka waina. ʻO nā ʻano lepo like ʻole o ka Andes, ʻo ia hoʻi ka alluvial, ke one, ka pālolo, ka ʻiliʻili, a me ka limestone, ke hana i ka ʻono a me ka maikaʻi o nā hua waina a no laila, nā waina.

5. Ka maikaʻi o ka waina: ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o nā māla waina kiʻekiʻe, nā microclimates like ʻole, a me nā terroir kūʻokoʻa e hoʻolilo ai i ka Andes Cordillera kahi wahi nui no ka hana ʻana i nā waina kiʻekiʻe. Ua ʻike ʻo Argentina a me Chile i ka piʻi ʻana o ka maikaʻi a me ka ʻike ʻia o kā lākou mau waina, mahalo ʻia i kā lākou mau māla waina i ka malu o nā Andes.

I koʻu manaʻo

Ma kahi hanana White Wines of the Andes ma New York City, i alakaʻi ʻia e Joaquin Hidalgo, ua ʻike au i kēia mau waina ʻoi loa ka hoihoi:

1. 2021 Chardonnay Amelia, Concha y Toro. Kili ʻĀkau

Ua hoʻomaka ka brand Amelia i ka makahiki 1993 ma ke ʻano he hoʻomaikaʻi i nā wahine a pau i hoʻokuke i nā palena (e noʻonoʻo ʻo Amelia Earhart lāua ʻo Jane Goodall), a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ma hope o ka wahine a Marcel Papa, ʻo Amelia. ʻO kēia waina ka Ultra-Premium Chardonnay mua loa o Chile.

Aia ʻo Quebrada Seca Vineyard ma 22 mau kilomita mai ka Moana Pākīpika ma ke kapa ʻākau o ka muliwai Limari. Ua kūkulu ʻia ka māla waina ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 190 mau mika ma mua aʻe o ka ʻilikai me nā lepo lepo i waiwai i ka calcium carbonate. He anu ka mahana a he ao ke kakahiaka, e hiki ai i ka hua ke oo malie e hua ana i na waina hou.

ʻOhi lima ʻia nā hua waina a koho ʻia nā hua waina ma kahi kāʻei conveyor e lawe i nā ʻōpala holoʻokoʻa i ka paʻi me ka ʻole o ka destemming. Hana ʻia ka fermentation ma nā barela ʻoka Farani a ʻo ka fermentation waiʻona he 8 lā. Ua piha ka waina no 12 mau mahina ma nā pahu ʻoka Farani (10 pākēneka hou a me 90 pākēneka hoʻohana ʻelua). Hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻia i loko o nā makahiki 8 e hiki mai ana.

Notes

Maʻemaʻe a ʻulaʻula melemele i ka maka, kūʻē ka hiʻohiʻona crystalline i kāna bouquet paʻakikī a multi-layered. He paʻakikī a hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka ihu me nā ʻala o nā pua keʻokeʻo, pears, a me nā minerala a hoʻohui i ke ʻano o ka pālolo ʻulaʻula (hoʻolako i ke kino) me ka minerality o ka lepo limestone (hāʻawi i ka iwi kuamoʻo). ʻO ka lōʻihi, keʻano, a me ka hōʻoluʻolu me ka manaʻo lōʻihi ma ka palate a me ka lōʻihi lōʻihi i hōʻikeʻia me ka salinityʻoluʻolu.

2. 2022 Sauvignon Blanc Talinay, Tabali

ʻO Talinay Sauvignon Blanc ʻo Talinay Sauvignon Blanc 2022 he keʻokeʻo maikaʻi loa mai Chile. Hoʻopili mau ʻia ka ʻōmole me ka wehe ʻole ʻia e mālama i ka maʻemaʻe o nā ʻano like ʻole a me ka mana o ka lepo limestone a me ke kokoke i ke kai. Loaʻa iā ia he 13% waiʻona a me nā ʻāpana kupaianaha - he pH o 2.96 a me 8.38 grams o ka waikawa. Hana ʻia nā waina mai nā kumu waina i kanu ʻia i ka makahiki 2006 ma Talinay kahi i ʻoi aku ka nui o ka limestone o ka lepo a ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ke kai.

Notes

Maikaʻi a translucent ke nānā aku, hoʻokuʻu ka waina i kahi ʻala e like me ke ʻano a me ke ʻano hou e like me ka makani puna. Hauʻoli ka ihu me ka ʻala o ka mauʻu ʻōmaʻomaʻo, nā pōhaku pulu, a me kahi ʻala hoʻoikaika kino. Loaʻa i ka palate nā memo lau nahele i hui pū ʻia me nā ʻōlelo huna o nā hua citrus i hoʻonui ʻia e ka paʻakai kai, e hana ana i kahi tapestry sensory e hoʻohiwahiwa ana.

Hoʻonuiʻia ka huakaʻi waina e ka waiʻona ikaika, e hoʻokomo i ka palate holoʻokoʻa me kahi mea hou e hoʻoulu ai. I kēlā me kēia inu ʻana, hoʻōla ʻia ka ʻono a hoʻomau ʻia kēia ʻano hōʻoluʻolu ma hope o ka hāʻule hope loa.

© Kauka Elinor Garely. ʻAʻole hiki ke kope ʻia kēia ʻatikala kope, me nā kiʻi, me ka ʻole o ka ʻae palapala ʻia mai ka mea kākau.