Sensorial and Volatile Analysis of Wines Made from Partially Dehydrated Grapes: An Ontario Case Study

Table 1

Reference standards and descriptors used for sensory analysis of wines made from partially dehydrated grapes.

Descriptor	Includes attributes	Reference standard composition
Green pepper^¶		50 mL wine + one drop of “green pepper” aroma
Spice^¶	Black pepper, baking spice, and anise	50 mL wine + four crushed all spice balls + one drop “anise” aroma + two shakes of black pepper
Red fruit (cooked/dried/fresh)	Cherry, strawberry, raspberry, cranberry, and jam	50 mL prune juice + two teaspoons cooked strawberries + one sliced fresh strawberry + one teaspoon frozen raspberries
Black fruit	Plum, blackberry, and black currant	50 mL Ribena^† juice^¶
Herbal	Mint, sage, rosemary, pine, and eucalyptus	50 mL wine + one drop eucalyptus oil + 10 dried bits rosemary + one drop “green herbaceous” aroma
Canned green vegetable	Asparagus and green bean	50 mL wine + one teaspoon canned asparagus + one teaspoon canned asparagus juice + one teaspoon canned green bean juice
Earthy/toast	Dirty/dusty, leafy, straw, and char/cigar	50 mL wine + three dried leaves + one tablespoon dirt + one drop “toast” aroma
Candy/confection	Candied cherry and cotton candy	50 mL wine + two Swedish berries^‡ + 3/4 cup cotton candy^§
Floral		50 mL wine + 5 cm of inside of Turkish delight bar^¶ + three Turkish delight candies^#
Leather/meat		50 mL wine + one drop “leather” + one drop “smoky bacon”

All standards were prepared using EC1118 24.5°Brix Replicate 1 wine as base wine unless otherwise indicated. Wine Awakenings Kit: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, http://www.wineawakenings.com, 1-877-595–5678. ^†Lucozade Ribena Suntory Ltd., 2 Longwalk Road, Stockley Park, Uxbridge, United Kingdom, sourced in Canada from Sobeys Inc. ^‡Maynards Sweets, 3 Robert Speck Parkways, Mississauga, ON, Canada, sourced from Sobeys Inc. ^§Sweet Shoppe; 5805 av Royalmount, Mont-Royal, QC, Canada, sourced from Dollarama Inc. ^¶Nestle Canada Inc., 72 Sterling Road, Toronto, ON, Canada, sourced from Dollarama Inc. ^#Bulk Barn Foods Limited, 320 Don Hillock Drive, Aurora, ON, Canada, sourced from Bulk Barn Foods Limited.