Research Article

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

Table 2

Metabolites and basic physiochemical characteristics in must and wine samples (mean ± standard deviation) at each starting sugar concentration.

Basic physiochemical characteristics

Must
TreatmentYeastSoluble solids (°Brix)Reducing sugar (g/L)pHTitratable acidity (g/L tartaric acid)

Control (21.5°Brix) targetS. cerevisiae EC111821.5 ± 0.5236 ± 7d3.41 ± 0.07d5.1 ± 0.3a
S. uvarum CN121.7 ± 0.5227 ± 5D3.43 ± 0.01 C4.9 ± 0.3 A
24.5°Brix targetS. cerevisiae EC111824.3 ± 0.1267 ± 8c3.76 ± 0.02b4.8 ± 0.1b
S. uvarum CN124.4 ± 0.1269 ± 7C3.71 ± 0.03 B4.7 ± 0.1 A,B
26.0°Brix targetS. cerevisiae EC111826.0 ± 0.2293 ± 4b3.65 ± 0.02c4.4 ± 0.1c
S. uvarum CN125.9 ± 0.1290 ± 4B3.69 ± 0.03 B4.5 ± 0.1 B
27.5°Brix targetS. cerevisiae EC111827.4 ± 0.1313 ± 3a3.84 ± 0.02a4.7 ± 0.0b
S. uvarum CN127.5 ± 0.0315 ± 6A3.85 ± 0.01 A4.6 ± 0.1 B

Wine
TreatmentYeastReducing sugar (g/L)pHTitratable acidity (g/L tartaric acid)Ethanol (% v/v)

Control (21.5°Brix) targetS. cerevisiae EC11180.07 ± 0.00a3.82 ± 0.05b8.5 ± 0.3a 11.8 ± 0.4c
S. uvarum CN10.07 ± 0.00 B3.78 ± 0.07 B6.7 ± 0.1 C 11.5 ± 0.2 B
24.5°Brix targetS. cerevisiae EC11180.11 ± 0.07a3.87 ± 0.01b 6.5 ± 0.1b 12.8 ± 0.2b
S. uvarum CN10.26 ± 0.15 B3.77 ± 0.03 B 7.7 ± 0.1 B 12.2 ± 0.3 B
26.0°Brix targetS. cerevisiae EC11180.07 ± 0.00a3.84 ± 0.02b 6.7 ± 0.1b 12.9 + 0.2b
S. uvarum CN10.07 ± 0.00 B3.72 ± 0.04 B 7.8 ± 0.1 A 13.1 ± 0.7 A
27.5°Brix targetS. cerevisiae EC11180.09 ± 0.03a4.02 ± 0.01a 6.4 ± 0.1b 14.5 ± 0.3a
S. uvarum CN12.35 ± 1.23 A3.9 ± 0.03 A 6.8 ± 0.1 C 14.0 ± 0.6 A

Data adapted from [13]. Fermentations were conducted in triplicate, and each sample was tested in duplicate for all metabolites other than soluble solids. Lowercase (EC1118) and uppercase (CN1) letters indicate significant differences within the same yeast treatment determined by analysis of variance with the mean separation by Fisher’s least significant difference (LSD; ). Asterisks (, , and ) indicate differences between yeast strains within a target Brix level as determined by Student's t-test