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IVES 9 IVES Conference Series 9 International Congress on Grapevine and Wine Sciences 9 2ICGWS-2023 9 Aromatic characterization of Moscato Giallo by GC-MS/MS and stable isotopic ratio analysis of the major volatile compounds

Aromatic characterization of Moscato Giallo by GC-MS/MS and stable isotopic ratio analysis of the major volatile compounds

Abstract

Among the Moscato grapes, Moscato Giallo is a winegrape variety characterized by a high content of free and glycosylated monoterpenoids, which gives very aromatic wines. The aromatic bouquet of Moscato Giallo is strongly influenced by the high concentration of linalool, geraniol, linalool oxides, limonene, α-terpineol, citronellol, HO-trienol, HO-diols, 8-Hydroxylinalool, geranic acid and β-myrcene, that give citrus, rose, and peach notes.

Except the quali-quantitative analysis, no investigations regarding the isotopic values of the target volatile compounds are documented in literature. Stable isotope ratio analysis represents a modern and powerful tool used by the laboratories responsible for official consumer protection, for the food quality and genuineness assessment.

In this study, samples of Moscato Giallo were collected during the harvest season in 2019 from two Italian regions:Trentino – Alto Adige and Veneto, known lands for the cultivation of this aromatic variety. 

The flavor compounds were extracted from grapes and wines, after alcoholic fermentation of grape juice, and analysed by GC-MS/MS. The results confirmed the presence of typical terpenoids both in free and glycosylated form, responsible for the characteristic aroma of Moscato Giallo variety.

The aromatic compounds were also analysed by GC-C\Py-IRMS for a preliminary investigation. The compound-specific isotope ratio analysis allowed to determine the carbon (δ13C) and hydrogen (δ2H) isotopic signatures of the major volatile compounds for the first time.

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Publication date: October 4, 2023

Issue: ICGWS 2023

Type: Article

Authors

Mauro Paolini1*, Lorenzo Cucinotta1,2, Alberto Roncone1, Luana Bontempo1, Danilo Sciarrone2, Federica Camin3, Sergio Moser1, Roberto Larcher1

1Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all’Adige (TN)
2Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche e Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Messina, Viale Palatucci, snc – 98168 Messina
3Center Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), University of Trento, Via Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, (TN), 12 Italy

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Keywords

Moscato Giallo, volatile compounds, GC-MS/MS, GC-C\Py-IRMS

Tags

2ICGWS | ICGWS | ICGWS 2023 | IVES Conference Series

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