Research Article

Modelling Smoke Flavour in Wine from Chemical Composition of Smoke-Exposed Grapes and Wine

Table 2

Summary of volatile phenol and phenolic glycoside abundance in smoke-exposed wines.

Cultivar and study4-Methyl-guaiacol (μg/L)Guaiacol (μg/L)o-Cresol (μg/L)m-Cresol (μg/L)p-Cresol (μg/L)4-Methyl-syringol (μg/L)Syringol (μg/L)GuRG (μg/L)MGuRG (μg/L)MSyGG (μg/L)PhRG (μg/L)CrRG (μg/L)SyGG (μg/L)

Chardonnay Study ARangeLoQLoQ-2LoQLoQ-1LoQ-2LoQLoQ1.5–7.8LoQ-12LoQ-21.1–3.9LoQ-5.42.8–41
MedianLoQ1.0LoQLoQ1.0LoQLoQ4.94.5<LoQ2.32.018

Chardonnay Study BRangeLoQ-51–14LoQ-10LoQ-12LoQ-2LoQ-9LoQ-133–358–87LoQ-442–284–4517–525
Median<LoQ2.521.5<LoQ<LoQ<LoQ6.512361053

Pinot Noir Study ARange2–155–522–113–173–15LoQ-194–651.7–302.4–29LoQ-3.1LoQ-6.83.3–192.1–63
Median7.026.04.08.06.07.012.04.65.5LoQ1.64.413

Pinot Noir Study BRange1–135–535–293–221–15LoQ-43–165–407–831–287–508–6818–411
Median3161194<LoQ612233121857

Shiraz Study ARange2–1321–782–82–72–6LoQ-25–711–538.4–55LoQ-5.31.1–6.64.2–159.6–71
Median6.554.55.54.54.02.06.528413.12.77.542

Shiraz Study BRangeLoQ-2511–1252–24LoQ-18LoQ-8LoQ-255–6112–856–1091–722–224–2721–689
Median1.023.03.02.02.03.014.029289.01616123

LoQ, limit of quantitation = 1 μg/L for all analytes apart from 4-methylsyringol and syringol with LoQ = 2 μg/L; GuRG, guaiacol rutinoside; MGuRG, methylguaiacol rutinoside; MSyGG, methylsyringol gentiobioside; PhRG, phenol rutinoside; CrRG, cresol rutinosides; SyGG, syringol gentiobioside.