Evaluation of the combined effects of enzymatic treatment and aging on lees on the aroma of wine from Bombino bianco grapes

J Agric Food Chem. 2008 Oct 22;56(20):9495-501. doi: 10.1021/jf8015893. Epub 2008 Sep 23.

Abstract

In this study, two different doses of commercial beta-glucanase enzyme preparation were tested to verify their effect on wines aged on lees. These wines were compared with two samples with no enzymatic treatment. The former was aged on lees (control), and the latter was readily filtered off from the yeast cell biomass (standard). Analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA), the Tukey test, and principal component analysis (PCA) were applied to all of the samples, which were analyzed for aroma composition, along with galacturonic acid, total acidity, pH, and color. Results showed a large number of statistically significant differences among samples. In general, wines treated with beta-glucanase were characterized by higher concentration of many volatile compounds. The presence of lees and even more the exogenous enzymatic action enhanced almost all volatile compounds. Besides the high presence of ethyl esters, it is worth mentioning the behavior of hexanol and trans-3-hexenol, which are strongly enhanced by the presence of lees and by enzymatic treatments.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Alcohols / analysis
  • Fermentation*
  • Food Handling / methods*
  • Food Microbiology
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / metabolism*
  • Hexanols / chemistry
  • Hexuronic Acids / analysis
  • Odorants
  • Phenols / analysis
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / metabolism*
  • Vitis / chemistry*
  • Volatilization
  • Wine / analysis*

Substances

  • Alcohols
  • Hexanols
  • Hexuronic Acids
  • Phenols
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • galacturonic acid
  • Glycoside Hydrolases