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IVES 9 IVES Conference Series 9 International Congress on Grapevine and Wine Sciences 9 2ICGWS-2023 9 Oenococcus oeni clonal diversity in the carbonic maceration winemaking

Oenococcus oeni clonal diversity in the carbonic maceration winemaking

Abstract

This essay was aimed to describe the clonal diversity of Oenococcus oeni in the malolactic fermentation of the carbonic maceration (CM) winemaking. The free and the pressed liquids from CM were sampled and compared to the wine from a standard winemaking with previous destemming and crushing (DC) of grapes [1].O. oeni strain typification was performed by PFGE as González-Arenzana et al. described (2014) [2].  Results showed that 13 genotypes, referred as to letters, were distinguished from the 49 isolated strains, meaning the genotype “a” the 27%, the “b” the 14%, the “c” the 12%, the “d and e” the 10 % each other, and the remaining ones less than the 8% each one. In the traditional winemaking by DC 3 genotypes were found, while in the free liquid of CM were 4 the clones and in the pressed CM wine were 9 (Figure 1). These results demonstrated that the CM winemaking favoured the O. oeni strains diversity, being the pressed fraction 3 times more diverse than DC winemaking, probably due to the breakage of the biofilms formed during the CM at the press moment or because the special environmental.

Figure 1. Percentage of detection of the Oenococcus oeni genotypes named with letters, in the destemming and crushing vinifications and in the free and pressed liquids from carbonic maceration.

Acknowledgements: This study has been financed from the Project RTI2018-096051-R-C31/C33 (MCIU/AEI/FEDER; UE).

References:

1)  Gutiérrez A.R. et al. (2022) Influence of microbial population on the characteristics of carbonic maceration wines LWT-Food Sci. Tech., 166, DOI  10.1016/j.lwt.2022.113783

2)  González-Arenzana L. et al. (2014) Oenococcus oeni strain typification by combination of Multilocus Sequence Typing and Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis analysis. Food Microbiol., 38 : 295-302, DOI 10.1016/j.fm.2013.07.014.

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Publication date: October 10, 2023

Issue: ICGWS 2023

Type: Poster

Authors

L. González-Arenzana1*, I. López-Alfaro, B. Larreina1, P. Garijo1, P. Santamaría1 and A. R. Gutiérrez1

1 ICVV, Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y el Vino Universidad de La Rioja, Gobierno de La Rioja, CSIC, Finca La Grajera, Ctra. LO-20- salida 13, 26071, Logroño, Spain  

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Keywords

Oenococcus oeni, carbonic maceration, genotypes

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2ICGWS | ICGWS | ICGWS 2023 | IVES Conference Series

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