Jian-Jun He, Fu-Liang Han, Qing-Quan Yu, Qiu-Hong Pan, Chang-Qing Duan, Guo-Li Cheng
Abstract
The effects of the maceration enzymes on the evolution of 4-vinylphenols pyranoanthocyanins and cinnamic acids were investigated during the Cabernet Gernischet red wine making. The results showed that the contents of p-coumaric acid and caffeic acid in the maceration enzyme-treated wine (the treated wine) were higher than those in the maceration enzyme-untreated wine (the control wine) at the alcoholic fermentation (AF), maceration (M), and malolactic fermention (MLF) stages. Malvidin-3-O-glucoside-4-vinylphenol (Mv-glu-vp) and malvidin-3-O-(6-O-acetyl)-glucoside-4-vinylphenol (Mvacet-glu-vp) were formed at the AF and M stages in the treated wine, while they were formed at the end of MLF stage in the control wine. However, the contents of these 2 kinds of 4-vinylphenol pyranoanthocyanins in the control wine were higher than those in the treated wine during aging. These results showed that the use of maceration enzymes in winemaking can promote p-coumaric acid and p-caffeic acid transformed to vinylphenols and accelerate the formation of pyranoanthocyanins.
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