Research Article

Sensory Characterization of Wines Obtained by Blending Cencibel Grapes and Minority Grape Varieties Cultivated in La Mancha Region

Table 1

General composition of monovarietal and co-winemaking wines. Mean concentrations and relative standard deviations ().

RojalCencibel-RojalTortosíCencibel-TortosíMoravia DulceCencibel- Moravia Dulce

pH3.61 (0.23)3.71 (2.21)3.81 (1.15)3.79 (0.87)3.69 (3.10)3.62 (1.23)
Alcohol (%)12.52 (0.74)12.7 (1.34)12.72 (0.47)13.05 (4.70)13.11 (3.91)12.41 (5.67)
Total acidity g/L (as tartaric acid)4.63 (0.65)4.17 (1.01)3.90 (0.32)4.16 (3.45)4.81 (1.48)4.24 (1.12)
Volatile acidity g/L (as acetic acid)0.33 (0.06)0.30 (0.04)0.36 (0.06)0.34 (0.08)0.35 (0.05)0.33 (0.04)
Free SO2 mg/L16.81 (0.58)17.32 (2.45)16.97 (1.23)16.41 (4.15)16.89 (2.19)17.24 (4.16)
Total SO2 mg/L25.50 (2.44)26.13 (4.21)30.54 (4.33)29.24 (3.14)30.09 (1.44)29.31 (3.41)

Different superscripts in the same row indicate statistical differences at the 0.05 level according to the Student-Newman-Keuls test; relative standard deviation () is showed in brackets.