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Juliana Milheiro1, Luís Filipe-Ribeiro1, Fernanda Cosme2
1CQ-VR - Chemistry Research Centre - Vila Real, FoodWin - Food and Wine Chemistry Lab, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
Abstract:
The colour of the different Port wine styles and indication of age (IOA) categories is a distinctive quality parameter influenced by the grapes and ageing process. The impact of Port wine styles and IOA on phenolic composition is mostly unknown. This work aims to study the chromatic characteristics (CIELab) and their relation with the phenolic composition of White, Tawny, and Ruby Port wines and evaluate the feasibility of its utilisation for their discrimination. Port wine styles and IOA categories can be discriminated by their chromatic characteristics, using different data analysis models. The higher b* values, corresponding to the brownish/yellowish colour of Tawny and White Ports belonging to higher IOA categories, seem more related to the sugar browning than the oxidative change in phenolic compounds. However, this last process is essential for the red colour (a*) decrease of Tawny Port wines with higher IOA.
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