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Objective measures of greengage wine quality: From taste-active compound and aroma-active compound to sensory
Tiantian Tian1, Junyong Sun1, Dianhui Wu1
1The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Provincial Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, China; School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, China.
Abstract:
This study is sought to identify the components in greengage wine that predict the sensory properties. Taste-active compounds and aroma-active compounds of 20 commercially available greengage wines from different regions were characterized. The relationship between these compounds, wine samples and sensory attributes was modeled by partial least squares regression. The regression analysis indicated the taste-active compounds, alanine, leucine, proline, glutamic acid, lysine, malic acid, citric acid, sucrose, glucose, gallic acid, caffeic acid and tannin made a great contribution to the characteristic taste or mouthfeel of greengage wine. Meanwhile, the aroma-active compounds, including ethyl acetate, ethyl butanoate, ethyl hexanoate, ethyl octanoate, ethyl decanoate, 3-methylbutanol, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, octanoic acid and benzaldehyde, modeled well with the flavor characteristic of greengage wine. The study revealed new insights into the relationship between chemistry and wine sensory characters, which has implications for developing an objective measurement system for determining greengage wine quality.
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