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IVES 9 IVES Conference Series 9 EXTRACTIBLE COMPOUNDS FROM MICROAGGLOMERATED CORK STOPPERS

EXTRACTIBLE COMPOUNDS FROM MICROAGGLOMERATED CORK STOPPERS

Abstract

After bottling, the wine continues to evolve during storage. The choice of the stopper is an important factor in this evolution. In addition to the oxygen permeability of the closure, the migration of stopper compounds into the wine can also have an impact on the wine organoleptic properties. Many studies have shown that transfers of volatile compounds from the stoppers into the wine can happen depending on the type of closure used (1). Moreover, when cork-made stoppers are used, the migration of phenolic compounds from the stopper into the wine can also occur (2, 3). However, there are few studies on the migration of polyphenols from agglomerated corks treated with supercritical CO₂. Therefore, the present study aimed to quantify the polyphenols released by microagglomerated cork stoppers in hydroalcoholic solutions in comparison with those extracted from natural cork stoppers. Thus, extractions were performed on eight different batches of natural cork stoppers and eleven of microagglomerated cork stoppers treated with supercritical CO₂. For this, six stoppers from each batch were immersed in 400 mL of 12% ethanol solution at 40°C for 10 days. The nineteen macerates were then analyzed by HPLC-DAD-ESI-QQQ to identify and quantify the extracted polyphenols and suberic acid. The microagglomerated corks released significantly fewer polyphenols (i.e., 25 times less). Regarding suberic acid, no differences were observed between both types of cork stoppers. Then, according to the groups obtained by a hierarchical ascending classification based on polyphenol composition, the macerates were pooled in equal volumes to reconstitute four new macerates of natural and/or microagglomerated cork stoppers. These four samples were then submitted to a panel of thirteen judges to perform a sensory profile with olfacto-ry, taste, and mouthfeel descriptors. The results of this sensory profile showed that microagglomerated stoppers appeared to have the lowest overall impact on the olfactory and gustative perception of the hydroalcoholic solutions.

 

1. Culleré, L., Cacho, J., & Ferreira, V. (2009). Comparative study of the aromatic profile of different kinds of wine cork stoppers. Food chemistry, 112(2), 381-387.
2. Azevedo, J., Fernandes, I., Lopes, P., Roseira, I., Cabral, M., Mateus, N., & Freitas, V. (2014). Migration of phenolic compounds from different cork stoppers to wine model solutions : Antioxidant and biological relevance. European Food Research and Technology, 239(6), 951-960.
3. Reis, S. F., Coelho, E., Evtuguin, D. V., Coimbra, M. A., Lopes, P., Cabral, M., Mateus, N., & Freitas, V. (2020). Migration of Tannins and Pectic Polysaccharides from natural cork stoppers to the hydroalcoholic solution. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 68(48), 14230-14242.

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Publication date: February 9, 2024

Issue: OENO Macrowine 2023

Type: Poster

Authors

Anne-Laure Gancel¹, Michaël Jourdes¹, Alexandre Pons1, 2 and Pierre-Louis Teissedre1*

1. Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, UMR 1366 OENOLOGIE, ISVV, 33140 Villenave d’Ornon
2. Tonnellerie Seguin-Moreau, ZI Merpins, 16103, Cognac, France

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Keywords

wine cork stoppers, polyphenols, suberic acid, sensory analysis

Tags

IVES Conference Series | oeno macrowine 2023 | oeno-macrowine

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