Identification and quantification of c-glucosidic ellagitannins and their derivative in red wine aged in oak barrels
Abstract
The C-glycosidic ellagitannins constitute a subclass of hydrolyzable tannins of remarkable structural diversity. In this work we first achieved the hemisynthesis of flavano-ellagitannins, then we used them to develop a new efficient detection and quantification procedure for the C-glycosidic ellagitannins as well as flavano-ellagitannins. The presence in red wine aged in oak barrel of acutissimins A and B, of epiacutissimins A and B as well as of 1-O-ethylvescalagin was investigated. We were able to monitor for the first time the formation and accumulation of these compounds during wine ageing. The concentration of total ellagitannins first increased then decreased, the single compounds showing specific changes during ageing.
Issue: Macrowine 2010
Type: Article
Authors
1 UMR 1219 Oenologie, Institut de Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin, Faculté d’Œnologie, 210 Chemin de Leysotte CS 5008, 33882 Villenave d’Ornon Cedex, F.
2 Université de Bordeaux, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires (CNRS-UMR 5255) and Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607 Pessac Cedex, F.