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. 2017 Jan 31;54(2):538–557. doi: 10.1007/s13197-017-2499-6

Monitoring volatile compounds production throughout fermentation by Saccharomyces and non-Saccharomyces strains using headspace sorptive extraction

M L Morales 1,, J Fierro-Risco 2, R M Callejón 1, P Paneque 3
PMCID: PMC5306048  PMID: 28242953

Abstract

Currently, there is a growing interest in the use of non-Saccharomyces yeast to enhance the aromatic quality of wine, with pure or mixed cultures, as well as sequential inoculation. Volatile components of wines were closely related to their sensory quality. Hence, to study the evolution of volatile compounds during fermentation was of great interest. For this, sampling methods that did not alter the volume of fermentation media were the most suitable. This work reports the usefulness of headspace sorptive extraction as non-invasive method to monitor the changes in volatile compounds during fermentation. This method allowed monitoring of 141 compounds throughout the process of fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Lachancea thermotolerans strains. Both strains showed a similar ability to ferment a must with high sugar content. The S. cerevisiae strain produced higher amount of volatile compounds especially esters that constitutes fruity aroma than L. thermotorelans.

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Keywords: Volatile compounds, HSSE/GC–MS, Non-invasive, Real-time, Alcoholic fermentation, Lachancea thermotolerans

Introduction

Wine is a complex solution containing abundant volatile compounds which contribute to wine aroma (Boss et al. 2015). These aromatic components of wine are closely related to its sensory quality, which is determined by the consumer’s acceptability (Vilanova 2006). Compounds that constitute the volatile profile of wine have different origins. Primary aromas are grape-derived volatiles that pass through fermentation often unchanged, and are largely responsible for “varietal” aromas. Secondary aromas, which are by far the greatest pool of volatile molecules, are produced through the winemaking process, the great majority produced by yeast as metabolism by-products (Robinson et al. 2014). Tertiary aromas develop in finished wine through storage and maturation, and result from intermolecular chemical interactions and equilibrium effects as the wine matrix changes (Boss et al. 2015). Therefore, volatile profile of wine depends on primary the quality and variety of grape employed, fermentation process (yeast, temperature…) and maturation (in bottle or wood barrel), if it takes place.

One of the most important factors in the alcoholic fermentation process is the yeast strain involved. The choice of yeast strain is also a determinant of the final concentration of these volatile compounds (Callejón et al. 2010). For this reason, one of the new yeast selection criteria that have emerged is the appropriate enhancement of aroma via the production of volatile compounds such as esters and higher alcohols, along with the scant production of off-flavours (Suárez-Lepe and Morata 2012).

Some authors call “yeast bouquet” to the set of volatile compounds produced by yeast as secondary metabolites. Among them there are ethyl esters, acetate esters, fusel alcohols, carbonyls, and volatile fatty acids synthesized by a wide range of microbial species (Cordente et al. 2012).

It is well known that in the fermentation of grape must there is a sequential development of Saccharomyces and non-Saccharomyces species (Renault et al. 2015). The conditions of alcoholic fermentation favour the development of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, being these yeasts predominant during the latter stages of fermentation. Moreover, because non-Sacharomyces has been related to negative aromatic notes and off-flavour in wines (Benito et al. 2015), to ensure proper development of the alcoholic fermentation, winemakers commonly inoculate the grape must with Saccharomyces commercial strains.

Currently, conversely, different research have revealed that certain non-Saccharomyces yeasts can enhance the aroma and improve the wine quality (Benito et al. 2015; Gobbi et al. 2013; Jolly et al. 2014; Renault et al. 2015). This has led to a new perspective on the use of non-Saccharomyces strains in winemaking.

To perform an exhaustive study of volatile compounds, these have to be analysed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry which requires a previous sample extraction process. Presently, the most extensively used extraction technique for volatile compounds in wines is the solid phase microextraction (SPME) (Boss et al. 2015; Renault et al. 2015). The other extraction technique that has showed successful results in volatile profile analysis of wine is stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE). Although, it has been used in lesser extent, it has major extraction capacity (Lancas et al. 2009). In wine analysis, the device with the polymeric extraction phase has been used in immersion, SBSE (Martinez-Gil et al. 2013), as well as in headspace, named headspace sorptive extraction (HSSE) (Callejón et al. 2010) with satisfactory results.

The study of the changes of volatile compounds produced in alcoholic fermentation are performed primarily in two ways, analysing samples at the end of process (Romano et al. 2015; Synos et al. 2015) or sampling at different stages of fermentation (Concejero et al. 2016). The former is the most widely used. However, and to our understanding, the possibility of studying the evolution of volatile compounds during fermentation, using sampling methods that not alter the volume of fermentation media, is of great interest. In spite of this, non-invasive methods to monitoring the evolution of volatile profile during must fermentation or wine maturation have been seldom used. Among them, we can mention the recent monitoring study of fermentative aromas produced by evolved Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain (pilot scale) using an on-line gas chromatography (GC) special device in the headspace (HS) (Mouret et al. 2015). Callejón et al. (2012) monitored the effects of skin contact time on the partitioning, release, and formation of volatile compounds during fermentation of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes (laboratory scale), using a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) SPME fiber in HS. Silva Ferreira et al. (2014) carried out a study of the changes of volatile profile at microscale fermentation (5 mL) in fermentation media with different sources of assimilable nitrogen using again HS-SPME.

This work had two aims; one of them was to test the use of HSSE as non-invasive method to monitor online the volatile compounds changes during fermentation. The other one was to study the influence of two types of yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Lachancea thermotolerans, on volatile profile throughout fermentation of a must with high sugar content.

Materials and methods

Yeast strains and media

Two different autochthonous yeast strains belonging to the collection housed in the Area de Edafología y Química Agricola (Univesity of Seville) were used for the fermentation assays. One corresponding to a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain (coded as G263), and the other one to a Lachancea thermotolerans strain (coded as G234). Both of them were isolated from previous laboratory-scale fermentations with sun-dried Pedro Ximénez grape must and were identified at species level by PCR–RFLP of the 5.8S ribosomal region as described by Guillamón et al. (1998). Identification was corroborated by sequencing the D1/D2 variable domains of 26S rRNA gene according to Clavijo et al. (2011). In addition, isolates of S. cerevisiae were characterized at strain level by mitochondrial DNA restriction analysis following Querol et al. (1992). Yeast strains G234 and G263 were selected in order to their ability to ferment high sugar content grape must which was previously tested in laboratory assays.

Grape must for fermentation assays was kindly provided by local winery (Montalbán, Córdoba, Spain). It was obtained from sun-dried grapes of the “Pedro Ximénez” variety during 2014 vintage. Physical and chemical must parameters were the following: pH 4.51 ± 0.02, total acidity (g/L tartaric acid) 4.3 ± 0.1, and reducing sugar content 487 ± 20 g/L.

Fermentation assays

Duplicate fermentations were carried out under static conditions at 22 °C in 500 mL Erlenmeyer flasks containing 350 mL of sun-dried Pedro Ximénez must, previously pasteurized by 20 min heating at 100 °C. Erlenmeyer flasks were inoculated at a density of approximately 5.5 × 106 cell/mL from 48 h pure yeast cultures that were grown in the same grape must. Fermentation progress was monitored through measuring of turbidity at optical density of 660 nm (OD660), using a spectrophotometer Beckman DU 640, and sugar consumption control. Data of cell per millilitre was determined using polynomial function previously calculated, which relates OD660 values to cell/mL. Residual fermentable sugars were determined according to Rebelein procedure involving reaction of reducing sugars with copper(II) in alkaline solution (MAPA 1993). For this purpose, aliquot samples were taken from each flask, after extraction of volatile compounds, throughout the fermentation process. End of the fermentation was established when no sugar consumption was detected.

Online extraction of volatile compounds

The online sampling procedure was performed in headspace by PDMS Twisters (HSSE). A special device made of stainless wire was designed to maintain the Twister in the headspace, in the centre of the Erlenmeyer flask at 2.5 cm above the liquid surface.

Twister was exposed to headspace of must during 2 h at 22 °C of temperature (fermentation temperature). The extraction time was established in previous assays. After extraction, the stir bar was removed with tweezers and introduced in a 2 mL vial to be transported to the analysis laboratory where they were thermally desorbed in a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MS). The stainless wire devices, the tweezers and the vials to transport Twister were autoclaved to avoid contamination of flasks. Moreover, the insertion of Twisters into the flasks and their removal were performed in a laminal flow chamber.

A total of six extractions were accomplished for each replicate of the fermentation assay as follows: before inoculation (MT0), every 24 h after inoculation (T24, T48 and T72) and at 144 and 192 h after inoculation (T144 and T192, respectively).

Thermal desorption and GC conditions

Gas chromatography analysis was carried out using a 6890 Agilent GC system coupled to a quadrupole mass spectrometer Agilent 5975 inert and was equipped with a thermo desorption system (TDS2) and a cryo-focusing CIS-4 PTV injector (Gerstel). The thermal desorption was performed in splitless mode with a flow rate of 70 mL/min. The desorption temperature program was the following: the temperature was held at 35 °C for 0.1 min, was ramped at 60 °C/min to 210 °C and held for 5 min. The temperature of the CIS-4 PTV injector, with a Tenax TA inlet liner, was held at –35 °C using liquid nitrogen for the total desorption time and was then raised at 10 °C/s to 260 °C and held for 4 min. The solvent vent mode was used to transfer the sample to the analytical column. A CPWax-57CB column with dimensions 50 m × 0.25 mm and a 0.20 μm film thickness (Varian, Middelburg, Netherlands) was used, and the carrier gas was He at a flow rate of 1 mL/min. The oven temperature program was the following: the temperature was 35 °C for 4 min and was then raised to 220 °C at 2.5 °C/min (held 15 min). The quadrupole, source and transfer line temperatures were maintained at 150, 230 and 280 °C, respectively. The electron ionization mass spectra in the full-scan mode were recorded at 70 eV with the electron energy in the range of 29–300 amu.

Compound identification was based on mass spectra matching using the standard NIST 98 library and the retention index (LRI) of authentic reference standards.

Statistical analyses

One-way ANOVA was performed to evaluate significant differences among yeast strains and among different sampling points for each strain (significance levels p < 0.05). A principal component analysis (PCA) was carried out as an unsupervised method in order to ascertain the degree of differentiation between samples and which compounds were involved. ANOVA and PCA were performed using the Statistica (version 7.0) software package (Statsoft, Tulsa, USA).

Results and discussion

Fermentation kinetics and sugar consumption

Fermentations progress was monitored by measuring changes in OD660 and sugar consumption. In relation to yeast population, despite the fact that both yeasts strains were inoculated to reach the same final population, statistically significant differences were observed between S. cerevisiae G263 and L. thermotolerans G234 strain population during the fermentation process (Table 1). L. thermotolerans showed significant higher population than S. cerevisiae strain. In both strains, number of cells per mL significantly increased during the first 72 h of the assay, to keep more or less constant from T144 sampling point onwards.

Table 1.

Sugar consumption (%) and yeast population (cell/mL) in fermentation assays (results are average and standard deviations of two fermentations conducted by S. cerevisiae (G263) strain and L. thermotolerans (G234) strain

T0 T24 T48 T72 T144 T192
S. cerevisiae % sugar consumption 0 9.1 ± 1.6a,A 9.3 ± 1.2a,A 13.4 ± 1.3a,A 28.2 ± 1.4a,B 32.7 ± 0.1b,B
L. thermotolerans 0 9.3 ± 0.1a,A 10.6 ± 2.5a,A 15.0 ± 0.9a,B 28.4 ± 0.1a,C 30.9 ± 0.1a,C
S. cerevisiae cell/mL x 107 0.6 2.2 ± 0.1a,A 5.6 ± 0.0a,B 11.1 ± 0.3a,C 21.2 ± 0.6a,D 22.8 ± 0.0a,D
L. thermotolerans 0.6 4.8 ± 0.3b,A 8.3 ± 0.5b,B 13.5 ± 0.0b,C 26.7 ± 0.6b,D 28.6 ± 0.6b,E

Similar small letter in the same column indicates, for each parameter, no significant statistically differences (p < 0.05) between both yeast strains

Similar capital letter in the same row indicates no significant differences among sampling points for each yeast strain

Traditionally, non-Saccharomyces yeasts were described as weaker fermentative and less ethanol tolerant than S. cerevisiae strains (Fleet and Heard 1993); the latter together with added SO2 toxicity contribute to explain their early disappearance during the fermentation. Recently, Jolly et al. (2014) have reviewed other effects to explain this, as the low oxygen level, especially for L. thermotolerans.

Regarding sugar consumption, due to the high initial sugar content of the must, none of the strains was able to consume total fermentable sugars (Table 1). No statistically significant differences in sugar consumption between both strains was observed until the last sampling point (T192); however L. thermotolerans exhibited a slightly faster sugar consumption than S. cerevisiae during first 72 h. Finally, percentage of sugar consumption by S. cerevisiae was 32.7%. This was in agreement with results reported by López de Lerma et al. (2012) for Saccharomyces strains in partially fermented Pedro Ximénez sun-dried grape musts. For the non-Saccharomyces strain sugar consumption was slightly lower (30.9%).

In this context, it should be taken into account that L. thermotolerans was isolated during the partial fermentation of sun-dried high sugar content Pedro Ximénez grape must, and afterwards tested for its ability to ferment high sugar content media with successful results. Thus, we consider that its high adaptation at such specific media, gave this autochthonous strain a competitive edge, as already described by Cray et al. (2013) for other indigenous non-Saccharomyces strains.

Production of volatile compounds during fermentation assays

HSSE-PDMS extraction method was observed to be useful for determining volatile composition in different foodstuffs. In this work, HSSE-PDMS non-invasive method was observed to be adequate for monitoring the changes of volatile compounds during the alcoholic fermentation. With this technique, the evolution of 141 volatile compounds throughout alcoholic fermentations could be monitored. Eighty-four of them were positively identified and twenty-eight tentatively identified (TI) (Tables 2, 3).

Table 2.

Evolution of volatile compounds monitored online along alcoholic fermentation carried out by non-Saccharomyces yeast strain

Volatile compounds IDd LRI Peak area ± sde
MT0 NST24 NST48 NST72 NST144 NST192
Acetals
Acetaldehyde diethylacetal A 876 nd 253 ± 33a,b 2488 ± 265a,b,c 3971 ± 565b,c 11,171 ± 1250a,b,c 10,594 ± 1152b,c
2,4,5-Trimethyl-1,3-dioxolane C 911 764 ± 74 514 ± 52 230 ± 26a,b,c 286 ± 22b,c 253 ± 19b,c 270 ± 21b,c
Acetaldehyde ethyl amyl acetal C 1069 nd nd 291 ± 36a,b,c 557 ± 4a,b,c 3817 ± 375a,b,c 3572 ± 120b,c
Total of acetals 764 767 3010a,b,c 4814b,c 15,240a,b,c 14,473b,c
Acids
Acetic acid A 1444 7194 ± 1073 6464 ± 726 5564 ± 768 4921 ± 363 3703 ± 378b,c 3247 ± 390b,c
Propanoic acid A 1536 598 ± 52 796 ± 89 603 ± 60 560 ± 66 485 ± 68 620 ± 37
Isovaleric acidg A 1670 491 ± 68 495 ± 53 393.9 ± 0.9b 413 ± 21b 257 ± 35a,b,c 284 ± 15b
Pentanoic acidg A 1739 562 ± 76 463 ± 30 263 ± 35a,c 241 ± 33c 237 ± 31c 197 ± 17c
Hexanoic acid A 1847 3871 ± 526 2931 ± 164 1718 ± 236a,b,c 1662 ± 208b,c 1306 ± 180b,c 1215 ± 24b,c
Heptanoic acidg A 1958 666 ± 85 749 ± 101 558 ± 35b 609 ± 78 480 ± 36 550 ± 54
Octanoic acid A 2066 1171 ± 165 2421 ± 331a 2750 ± 51b,c 1632 ± 235a,b 1041 ± 112b 1337 ± 180b
Nonanoic acidh A 2176 788 ± 108 1362 ± 180 1743 ± 255c 988 ± 87 611 ± 71a 1266 ± 174a
Decanoic acid A 2283 237 ± 26 1721 ± 204a,b 2182 ± 176c 1860 ± 28b,c 612 ± 69a,b,c 628 ± 87b,c
Total of acids 15,577 17,400 15,775b 12,886b 8733a,b,c 9344b,c
Alcohols
Ethanolf,h A 922 3441 ± 355 3905 ± 556 6258 ± 14a,c 6099 ± 268c 8078 ± 135a,c 8531 ± 598c
1-Propanol A 1017 1590 ± 114 2717 ± 347a 7523 ± 943a,c 5372 ± 251b,c 6498 ± 141a,b,c 6794 ± 512c
Isobutanolh A 1077 885 ± 97 1138 ± 75 2110 ± 152a,b,c 1804 ± 104b,c 2041 ± 125b,c 2754 ± 236b,c
1-Butanolh A 1134 1099 ± 36 968 ± 34 821 ± 17a,b,c 770 ± 23b,c 1209 ± 18a,b 1445 ± 14a,b,c
2-Methyl-1-butanolh A 1201 9851 ± 1237 22,981 ± 2052a,b 33,800 ± 889a,c 44,924 ± 2545a,c 53,950 ± 2587c 52,117 ± 3299c
3-Methyl-1-butanolf,h A 1206 444 ± 45 799 ± 85a 1818 ± 231a,c 1598 ± 11b,c 3320 ± 64a,b,c 3595 ± 28a,b,c
1-Pentanolg A 1245 3084 ± 171 2159 ± 319 1029 ± 31a,b,c 865 ± 77c 605 ± 30a,b,c 422 ± 53c
1-Hexanolg A 1351 42,527 ± 2847 32,803 ± 1103a 14,269 ± 1384a,c 13,318 ± 237b,c 6181 ± 240a,c 4765 ± 37a,b,c
cis-2-Hexen-1-olg C 1401 3560 ± 351 nd nd nd nd nd
1-Octen-3-olg A 1445 26,032 ± 1262 16,571 ± 2338a 8669 ± 1266c 8671 ± 532b,c 3809 ± 19a,b,c 2701 ± 167a,c
1-Heptanolg A 1456 8412 ± 84 7850 ± 833 4027 ± 437a,c 3554 ± 172b,c 1380 ± 33a,c 1059 ± 6a,c
6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-ol C 1462 nd 651 ± 76a,b 1917 ± 95a,b,c 2111 ± 29b,c 1627.6 ± 1.7a,b,c 1236 ± 63a,b,c
2-Ethyl-1-hexanolg A 1488 1198 ± 176 1147 ± 156 899 ± 125 768 ± 96 451 ± 31a,c 454 ± 57c
2-Hepten-1-olg C 1509 1338 ± 37 nd nd nd nd nd
1-Octanolg A 1558 4780 ± 233 3514 ± 430 2034 ± 134a,b,c 1735 ± 46b,c 621 ± 15a,b,c 490 ± 50b,c
cis-2-Octen-1-olg B1 1614 2070 ± 77 1004 ± 128a 215 ± 22a,b,c 332 ± 47c nq nq
Furfuryl alcohol A 1659 3040 ± 414 3789 ± 430 3123 ± 466 2759 ± 125 2646 ± 199 3276 ± 408
1-Nonanolg A 1663 1998 ± 187 1509 ± 49 274 ± 16a,b,c nd nd nd
3-Methylthio-1-propanolh B2 1723 nd nd 245 ± 31a,b,c 213 ± 18b,c 197 ± 25b,c nq
4-Ethylbenzyl alcohol C 1762 nd nd nd nd nd nd
1-Decanol A 1764 nd nd nd nd nd nd
Benzyl alcoholg A 1883 693 ± 46 579 ± 24 356 ± 15a,c 313.8 ± 1.0c 254 ± 8a,b,c 230 ± 5b,c
2-Phenylethanolf,h A 1920 188 ± 12 206,2 ± 1.7 918 ± 133a,c 706 ± 11b,c 1885 ± 34a,b,c 1994 ± 181b,c
Total of alcoholsf 5195 5904 9833a,c 9292c 14,068a,b,c 14,898b,c
Aldehydes
3-Methyl-butanalg C 890 3903 ± 577 nd nd nd nd nd
Hexanalg A 1040 2483 ± 331 nd nd nd nd nd
Heptanalg C 1149 343 ± 6 nd nd nd nd nd
trans-2-Heptenalg B3 1306 3289 ± 282 nd nd nd nd nd
Nonanalg A 1375 1514 ± 104 nd nd nd nd nd
2-Furfuraldehydeg A 1448 18,968 ± 1883 12,614 ± 1413 5590 ± 826a,c 4272 ± 589c 4149 ± 597c 4919 ± 13c
transtrans-2,4-Heptadienalg C 1483 3156.4 ± 2.3 nd nd nd nd nd
Benzaldehydeg A 1508 5507 ± 243 378 ± 13a 289 ± 35c 253 ± 32c 254 ± 19c 267 ± 7c
trans-2-Nonenalg B4 1525 924 ± 114 nd nd nd nd nd
5-Methyl-2-furfuraldehydeg A 1563 861 ± 9 844 ± 93 745 ± 101b 407 ± 53c 402 ± 49c 404 ± 51c
Cinnamaldehydeg C 1574 309 ± 42 405 ± 4 263.6 ± 1.3a 292 ± 37 246 ± 33 252 ± 22b
trans-2-Decenalg B5 1634 961 ± 64 nd nd nd nd nd
Safranalg C 1635 791 ± 84 369 ± 26a nd nd nd nd
transtrans-2,4-Nonadienalg B5 1696 725 ± 77 nd nd nd nd nd
transtrans-2,4-Decadienalg B5 1804 5168 ± 266 nd nd nd nd nd
5-Hydroxymethylfurfural A 2489 673 ± 39 2462 ± 317a,b 1216 ± 159a,b,c 515 ± 71a 564 ± 70b 642 ± 83
Total of aldehydes 49,657 16,703a 8104a,c 5739c 5616c 6485b,c
Acetic esters
Ethyl acetateh A 871 9404 ± 1315 8741 ± 687 18,255 ± 105a,b,c 23,923 ± 317a,c 65,748 ± 1463a,b,c 71,432 ± 1161a,b,c
Propyl acetate A 934 nd nd 160 ± 11a,b,c 195 ± 8b,c 434 ± 27a,b,c 504 ± 9c
Isobutyl acetateh A 971 166 ± 17 248.5 ± 1.2a 1420 ± 80a,b,c 2037 ± 33a,b,c 7025 ± 177a,b,c 6958 ± 19b,a
Isoamyl acetatef A 1081 8.2 ± 0.7 27.7 ± 1.3a,b 233 ± 7a,b,c 342 ± 18a,b,c 1004.8 ± 0.5a,b,c 992 ± 10c
Amyl acetate A 1136 nd nd nd 223 ± 31a,b,c nd nd
Hexyl acetate A 1252 398 ± 39 578 ± 74b 633 ± 75b 797 ± 4b,c 474 ± 6a,b 262 ± 16a,b,c
Heptyl acetate B3 1356 nd nd nd nd nd nd
Octyl acetate A 1464 nd nd nd nd nd nd
Nonyl acetate B3 1565 nd nd nd nd nd nd
Decyl acetate B3 1672 nd nd nd nd nd nd
Benzyl acetate A 1718 nd nd nd nd nd nd
2-Phenylethanol acetate A 1806 517 ± 68 196 ± 8a,b 820 ± 110a,b 789 ± 106b 2507 ± 47a,b,c 2577 ± 330b,c
Nerolidol acetate C 2257 nd nd nd nd nd nd
Total of acetic esters 11,306 12,539b 44,614a,b,c 62,164a,b,c 176,670a,b,c 180,925b,c
Ethyl esters
Ethyl propanoateh A 924 182 ± 23 236 ± 27 1274 ± 167a,b,c 2617 ± 134a,b,c 8655 ± 142a,b,c 6812 ± 307a,b,c
Ethyl 2-methylpropanoateh A 928 nd nd 179.9 ± 2.2a,b,c 184 ± 9b,c 426 ± 17a,b,c 437 ± 17b,c
Ethyl butyrate A 997 256 ± 31 270 ± 37b 887 ± 21a,b,c 1427 ± 21a,b,c 6209 ± 207a,b,c 7807 ± 282a,c
Ethyl 2-methylbutyrateg A 1012 198 ± 10 nd nd nd nd nd
Ethyl valerateh A 1092 259 ± 38 186 ± 23 268 ± 9a,b 445 ± 21a,b,c 1667 ± 6a,c 1570 ± 188c
Ethyl hexanoatef A 1210 28.3 ± 1.0 37 ± 3 179 ± 8a,b,c 333 ± 11a,b,c 435 ± 31a,b,c 363 ± 14b,c
Ethyl heptanoate A 1315 705 ± 83 1246 ± 110a 5344 ± 60a,b,c 7207 ± 230a,b,c 6873 ± 199b,c 4701 ± 434a,b,c
Ethyl 2-hexenoateh B6 1325 nd nd nd nd 361 ± 16a,b,c 408.5 ± 1.2c
Ethyl octanoatef A 1435 29 ± 4 159 ± 7a 738 ± 74a,b,c 522.4 ± 0.3b,c 490 ± 36b,c 447 ± 61b,c
Ethyl 7-octenoate A 1473 nd nd 315 ± 23a,c 376 ± 6b,c 393 ± 25b,c 515 ± 72b,c
Ethyl nonanoate A 1525 1673 ± 133 2494 ± 254b 4305 ± 194a,b,c 3945 ± 283b,c 2482 ± 196a,b,c 2135 ± 310b
Ethyl decanoatef A 1641 7.4 ± 0.8 278 ± 18a,b 509 ± 37a,b,c 560 ± 39b,c 436 ± 34b,c 536 ± 73b,c
Ethyl 9-decenoate B6 1686 nd nd 3149 ± 432a,c 2216 ± 15b,c 1835 ± 234b,c 3174 ± 413b,c
Ethyl undecanoate A 1730 nq 177 ± 3a,b nq 177 ± 20a,b,c nq nq
Ethyl phenylacetateh A 1774 221 ± 14 173 ± 8b 620 ± 89a,b,c 342.6 ± 2.2a,b,c 628 ± 38a,b,c 584 ± 80b,c
Ethyl dodecanoatef A 1838 1.90 ± 0.21 3.32 ± 0.22a,b 18.5 ± 2.1a,b,c 50.58 ± 0.18a,b,c 87 ± 3a,b,c 77 ± 11b,c
Ethyl tetradecanoateh A 2041 nq nq 402 ± 54a,c 812 ± 28a,c 2077 ± 182a,c 2074 ± 104b,c
Ethyl hexadecanoate A 2250 nq nq nq 281 ± 3a,b 253 ± 23b,c 287 ± 42b,c
Total of ethyl esters 10,169 52,538a,b 161,211a,b,c 166,612b,c 176,679b,c 172,858b,c
Isoamyl esters
Isoamyl propionateh C 1155 nd nd 197 ± 18a,c 307 ± 20a,c 1506 ± 14a,b,c 1349 ± 61b,c
Isoamyl hexanoate A 1450 nd nd nd nd nd nd
Isoamyl octanoate A 1654 nd nd 1897 ± 204a,b,c 2246 ± 158b,c 2443 ± 179b,c 1620 ± 215b,c
Isoamyl decanoate B7 1854 nd nd 1018 ± 126a,c 1564 ± 53a,c 1963 ± 27a,b,c 2057 ± 307b,c
Total of isoamyl esters 3112a,b,c 4117b,c 5911a,b,c 5026b,c
Methyl esters
Methyl hexanoate A 1151 nd 162.0 ± 0.3a,b 162.3 ± 1.5b,c 215 ± 8a,b,c nq nq
Methyl octanoate A 1371 234 ± 32 477 ± 66a 428 ± 60b 285 ± 7b nq nq
Methyl decanoate A 1581 nd 908 ± 101a,b 308 ± 40a,b,c 247.82 ± 0.15b,c nq nq
Methyl salicylate A 1762 244 ± 14 175 ± 22b nq nq 194 ± 24a,b 200 ± 27b
Total of methyl esters 479 1723a,b 898a,b,c 748b,c 194a,b,c 200b,c
Others esters
Propyl hexanoate B8 1299 nd nd nq nq nq nq
Propyl octanoate A 1509 nd nd nd nd nd nd
Propyl decanoate B9 1712 nd nd nd nd nd nd
Isobutyl hexanoate B9 1335 nd nd nd nd nq nq
Isobutyl octanoate A 1542 nd nd nd nd nd nd
Isobutyl decanoate B9 1746 nd nd nd 203 ± 28a,c 171 ± 11b,c 184 ± 15b,c
Total of other ester 203a,b,c 171b,c 184c
Ketones
2-Pentanoneg A 939 473 ± 23 262 ± 10a nd nd nd nd
3-Penten-2-oneg C 1094 1242 ± 140 nd nd nd nd nd
2-Heptanoneg C 1152 744 ± 14 291 ± 24a,b nq nq nq nq
2-Pentylfurang B3 1196 29,133 ± 3173 29,364 ± 439 17,699 ± 2009a,c 16,158 ± 2314c 1404 ± 45a,c 484 ± 14a,c
3-Octanoneg B3 1233 1512 ± 143 1740 ± 144 854 ± 102a,b,c 940 ± 91b,c 484 ± 8a,b,c 367 ± 38b,c
2-Octanoneg B3 1266 4291 ± 458 1618 ± 223a,b 492 ± 69a,b,c 567 ± 25c 273 ± 17a,c 250 ± 33c
trans-2,2-Pentenyl-furang C 1271 1516 ± 134 1378 ± 38 460 ± 55a,c 637 ± 81c nd nd
Acetoinf A 1273 711 ± 88 721 ± 83 1210 ± 10a,b,c 815 ± 39a,b 816 ± 12b 702 ± 25a
1-Hydroxy-2-propanone A 1286 2265 ± 296 4120 ± 533 2373 ± 291 2686 ± 76 2310 ± 144 2459 ± 48
2-Hexylfurang C 1303 389 ± 42 394 ± 17b 274 ± 39 341 ± 30 nq nq
6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-oneg A 1319 4095 ± 195 3988 ± 45 2230 ± 283a,b,c 2326 ± 143b,c 742 ± 6a,b,c 464 ± 11a,b,c
1-Hydroxy-2-butanone B3 1363 1097 ± 150 1442 ± 155 1096 ± 62 1583 ± 21a,b,c 1449 ± 104 1467 ± 200
2-Nonanoneh A 1374 1657 ± 225 1072 ± 151b 2216 ± 92a,b 2054 ± 66b 1535 ± 86a 1464 ± 84b
2-Acetilfurang A 1493 881 ± 16 1123 ± 131 721 ± 95 579 ± 70c 487 ± 32c 580 ± 54c
Dihydro-3(2H)-thiophenoneh C 1515 nd nd 281 ± 38a,b,c 268 ± 35b,c nd nd
6-Methyl-3,5-heptadiene-2-oneg B3 1588 11,941 ± 59 6343 ± 470a 2377 ± 6a,b,c 1714 ± 208a,b,c 454 ± 35a,b,c 271 ± 14a,b,c
Acetofenoneh A 1641 654 ± 77 711 ± 106 490 ± 67 434 ± 45 348 ± 49b,c 297 ± 41b,c
1,2-Cyclopentanedione C 1775 2224 ± 270 3415 ± 260a 2645 ± 381 2238 ± 107 2029 ± 179 2763 ± 358
Cycloteneh B10 1841 317 ± 47 397 ± 49 352 ± 47 312 ± 20 261 ± 14 403 ± 55b
Total of ketones 135,497 129,723 155,601b 114,387a,b 93,391a,b,c 81,515a,c
Lactones
γ-Butyrolactoneg A 1625 2903 ± 35 2666 ± 252 1752 ± 31a,c 1603 ± 58c 1352 ± 10a,c 1483 ± 70b,c
γ-Nonalactonag B3 2039 1506 ± 217 1966 ± 62b 1404 ± 209 1404 ± 33 1020 ± 20a 838 ± 20a,b,c
Total of lactones 4409 4632 3156a,c 3007c 2372a,c 2321c
C 13-Norisoprenoids
TDN A 1727 793 ± 88 740 ± 70 737 ± 22b 891 ± 17a 708 ± 42a,b 439 ± 60a,b,c
β-Damascenoneg A 1813 1595 ± 59 1125 ± 115a 790 ± 27b,c 863 ± 17c 562 ± 25a,c 633 ± 26c
β-Iononeg A 1941 174 ± 22 129 ± 14b nq nq nd nd
Total of C13-Norisoprenoids 2562 1994 1527b,c 1754a,c 1270a,b,c 1073b,c
Terpenes
1R-α-Pineneg C 976 1502 ± 210 983 ± 25b 780 ± 97b,c 987 ± 131b 350 ± 35a,b,c 219 ± 12a,b,c
Roseoxideh C 1119 nd nd nd 525 ± 62a,b,c 916 ± 41a,b,c 671 ± 16a,b,c
Myrtenal C 1123 663 ± 69 620 ± 44 774 ± 76 1075 ± 96c 568 ± 29a 252 ± 29a,c
Limonene A 1149 426 ± 52 332 ± 22 798 ± 42a,c 355 ± 7a nq nq
Cymeneg B11 1237 604 ± 35 491 ± 30 280 ± 40a,c 298 ± 41c nd nd
trans-Linalool oxideg B12 1468 219 ± 31 nq nd nd nd nd
2-Borneneg C 1517 846 ± 32 619 ± 67a 417 ± 33c 388 ± 50c 275 ± 9c 186 ± 21a,c
Linaloolg A 1542 439 ± 35 246 ± 12a 186.6 ± 2.1a,b,c 181 ± 7b,c nq nq
Citronellol A 1767 nd nd 271 ± 33a,b,c nd 286 ± 33a,b,c 296 ± 36b,c
α-Calacoreneg B13 1901 307 ± 24 nq nq nd nd nd
Nerolidol A 2037 nd nd nd nd nq nq
n.i. (m/z 69, 93, 121) 1743 nd nd nd nd nd nd
Total of Terpenes 5005 3291a 3508b,c 3809b,c 2396a,b,c 1624a,b,c
Volatile phenols
Guaiacolg A 1858 273 ± 31 nq nq nq nq nq
4-Vinylguaiacol A 2203 nq nq nq nq nd nd
Coumarang C 2406 238 ± 32 194 ± 28 170 ± 21 nq nq nq
Total of volatile phenols 511 194a 170b
Others compounds
2-Methylpyrazineg A 1256 343 ± 46 415 ± 6 283 ± 32a 255 ± 31 nq nq
Indoleh B14 2436 375 ± 56 455 ± 20b 714 ± 100 1073 ± 40a,c 470 ± 21a,b 205 ± 7a,b
Unidentified compounds
n.i. (m/z 59, 43)h 1328 nq nq 320 ± 22a,b,c 466 ± 5a,c 804 ± 13a,c 743 ± 78c
n.i. (m/z 67, 85, 151)g 1395 1332 ± 97 1076 ± 16 590 ± 85a,b,c 790 ± 70b,c 314 ± 9a,b,c 163 ± 18a,b,c
n.i. (m/z 55,88, 101) 1887 nd nd nd nd nd nd
n.i. (m/z 126, 73)g 2106 4188 ± 85 394 ± 49a,b nq 382 ± 37a,c 628 ± 56a,b,c 403.8 ± 1.3a,b,c

ID: reliability of identification: A, mass spectrum and LRI agreed with standards; B, mass spectrum agreed with mass spectral data base and LRI agreed with the literature data; C, mass spectrum agreed with mass spectral data base

nd: peak not detected or lower than detection limit (a signal-to-noise ratio higher than or equal to 3); nq: lower than quantification limit (a signal-to-noise ratio higher than or equal to 10)

aThere is significant different (p < 0.05) with previous sample

bThere is significant different (p < 0.05) with wine produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain

cThere is significant different (p < 0.05) with substrate, only for samples from 48 to 192 h

dLiterature reference agreed with experimental LRI data:(1) Weckerle et al. (2001), (2) Miranda-Lopez et al. (1992), (3) National Center for Biotechnology Information (2015), (4) Schnermann and Schieberle (1997), (5) Rychlik et al. (1998), (6) Ferrari et al. (2004), (7) Riu-Aumatell et al. (2006), (8) Girard and Lau (1995), (9) Sun et al. (2013), (10) Natali et al. (2006), (11) Olivera et al. (2007), (12) Losco et al. (2007), (13) Bicchi et al. (2003), (14) Shiratsuchi et al. (1994) (complete reference provided as supplementary material)

eValue of peak area and sd have been divided per 1000

fValue of peak area and sd have been divided per 100,000

gVariable highly correlated with substrate and T24 (non-Saccharomyces and Saccharomyces)

hVariable highly correlated with samples from T48 to T192 Saccharomyces

Table 3.

Evolution of volatile compounds monitored online along alcoholic fermentation carried out by Saccharomyces yeast strain

Volatile compounds ID LRI Peak area ± sdc
ST24 ST48 ST72 ST144 ST192
Acetals
Acetaldehyde diethylacetalf A 876 nd 6193 ± 219a,b 10,607 ± 1467b 54,828 ± 3506a,b 42,198 ± 1594a,b
2,4,5-Trimethyl-1,3-dioxolanef C 911 614 ± 4 491 ± 13b 956 ± 56a 6902 ± 757a,b 8819 ± 683b
Acetaldehyde ethyl amyl acetalf C 1069 nd 601 ± 3a,b 1449 ± 189a,b 8091 ± 89a,b 5651 ± 369a,b
Total of acetals 614 7285a,b 13,012a,b 69,821a,b 56,668a,b
Acids
Acetic acidf A 1444 7022 ± 906 6905 ± 888 5396 ± 775 11,031 ± 1146a 9543 ± 1354
Propanoic acidf A 1536 742 ± 96 656 ± 80 648 ± 94 831 ± 102 683 ± 5
Isovaleric acide A 1670 769 ± 90 648 ± 56 567.1 ± 1.0 665 ± 43 527 ± 16
Pentanoic acide A 1739 496 ± 66 297.6 ± 1.0b 293 ± 10b 286 ± 5b 255 ± 28b
Hexanoic acidf A 1847 3129 ± 446 3136 ± 263 4392 ± 176a 6094 ± 561 5551 ± 374
Heptanoic acide A 1958 687 ± 93 386 ± 39 564 ± 77 389 ± 31b 565 ± 81
Octanoic acidf A 2066 2042 ± 291 8433 ± 449b 11,450 ± 392a,b 10,697 ± 1544b 11,299 ± 242b
Nonanoic acid A 2176 844 ± 117 1219.83 ± 0.19b 907 ± 123 662 ± 89 1449 ± 203a
Decanoic acidf A 2283 995 ± 110a 2655 ± 113a,b 4961 ± 111a,b 5065 ± 679b 5026 ± 75b
Total of acids 16,753a 24,336a,b 29,179a,b 35,719a,b 34,897b
Alcohols
Ethanold A 922 3215 ± 30 6537 ± 605b 6785 ± 365b 8696 ± 305a,b 8212 ± 76b
1-Propanolf A 1017 1675 ± 29 7867 ± 122a,b 7959 ± 123b 10,132 ± 303a,b 8346 ± 866b
Isobutanol A 1077 891 ± 58 1213 ± 81 1287 ± 33b 1346 ± 178 1025 ± 53
1-Butanol A 1134 988 ± 20 1549 ± 68b 1250.8 ± 1.1a,b 825 ± 92a 622 ± 71b
2-Methyl-1-butanol A 1201 15,576 ± 632a 34,803 ± 1522a,b 37,770 ± 1883b 50,969 ± 1812a,b 45,303 ± 2586b
3-Methyl-1-butanold A 1206 871 ± 58a 1636 ± 72a,b 1421 ± 23b 1387 ± 41b 1272 ± 42b
1-Pentanole A 1245 2045 ± 40a 866 ± 39a,b 792 ± 17b 417 ± 3a,b 381.8 ± 2.3a,b
1-Hexanole A 1351 34,943 ± 296 11,934 ± 715b 9992 ± 315b 6106 ± 25a,b 4225 ± 31a,b
cis-2-Hexen-1-ole C 1401 nd nd nd nd nd
1-Octen-3-ole A 1445 17,768 ± 597a 7084 ± 198a,b 6010 ± 175a,b 3094 ± 86a,b 2227 ± 115a,b
1-Heptanole A 1456 8549 ± 652 3555 ± 68b 2610 ± 77a,b 1417 ± 25a,b 1201 ± 50a,b
6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-ol C 1462 nd 658.7 ± 1.4a,b 815 ± 7a,b 899 ± 67b 667 ± 60b
2-Ethyl-1-hexanole A 1488 1228 ± 120 600 ± 30c 578 ± 77c 640 ± 75 637 ± 86
2-Hepten-1-ole C 1509 nd nd nd nd nd
1-Octanole A 1558 3700 ± 397 3413 ± 60b 3317 ± 106b 1710 ± 186a,b 1186 ± 23b
cis-2-Octen-1-ole B 1614 1455 ± 165a 427 ± 20a,b 303 ± 15a,b nd nd
Furfuryl alcohol A 1659 4425 ± 628 3372 ± 386 3262 ± 444 3348 ± 482 2838 ± 277
1-Nonanole A 1663 1742 ± 223 672 ± 71b 735 ± 110b 331 ± 49a,b 326 ± 4b
3-Methylthio-1-propanol B 1723 nd nd nd nd nd
4-Ethylbenzyl alcoholf C 1762 nd 310 ± 8a,b 556 ± 49a,b 363 ± 3a,b 254 ± 12a,b
1-Decanolf A 1764 nd 607 ± 35a,b 1083 ± 15a,b 765 ± 54a,b 432 ± 19a,b
Benzyl alcohole A 1883 501 ± 45 347 ± 4b 318 ± 4b 208 ± 3a,b 186 ± 11b
2-Phenylethanold A 1920 227 ± 31 1261 ± 78b 919 ± 13a,b 946 ± 47b 1067 ± 6b
Total of alcoholsd 5268 10,227b 9911b 11,855a,b 11,249b
Aldehydes
3-Methyl-butanale C 890 nd nd nd nd nd
Hexanale A 1040 nd nd nd nd nd
Heptanale C 1149 nd nd nd nd nd
trans-2-Heptenale B 1306 nd nd nd nd nd
Nonanale A 1375 nd nd nd nd nd
2-Furfuraldehydee A 1448 14,496 ± 2084 6664 ± 755b 5260 ± 704b 4553 ± 544b 4245 ± 420b
transtrans-2,4-Heptadienale C 1483 1286 ± 41a nd nd nd nd
Benzaldehydee A 1508 542 ± 74a 233 ± 5a,b 260 ± 27b 285 ± 35b 274 ± 35b
trans-2-Nonenale B 1525 nd nd nd nd nd
5-Methyl-2-furfuraldehydee A 1563 652 ± 93 407 ± 8b 399 ± 56b 529 ± 75b 314 ± 26b
Cinnamaldehydee C 1574 448 ± 66 253 ± 34 266 ± 33 173 ± 3b 175 ± 14b
trans-2-Decenale B 1634 nd nd nd nd nd
Safranale C 1635 nd nd nd nd nd
transtrans-2,4-Nonadienale B 1696 nd nd nd nd nd
transtrans-2,4-Decadienale B 1804 nd nd nd nd nd
5-Hydroxymethylfurfural A 2489 909 ± 106 672.9 ± 0.7 805 ± 103 1154 ± 45a,b 465 ± 57a
Total of aldehydes 18,333a 8230a,b 6990b 6693b 5473b
Acetic esters
Ethyl acetate A 871 8359 ± 519 16,234 ± 104b 23,209 ± 519a,b 41, 238 ± 4762a,b 37, 890 ± 2344b
Propyl acetatef A 934 nd 467 ± 40a,b 610 ± 27b 756 ± 88b 565 ± 60b
Isobutyl acetate A 971 237 ± 20 2644 ± 203b 3872 ± 41a,b 3847 ± 410b 2320 ± 254a,b
Isoamyl acetated,f A 1081 48.2 ± 0.6a 1151 ± 73a,b 1608 ± 81a,b 1705 ± 199b 1153 ± 62b
Amyl acetatef A 1136 nd 1969 ± 98a,b 3095 ± 45a,b 2368 ± 167a,b 1149 ± 101a,b
Hexyl acetatef A 1252 4806 ± 36a 53,965 ± 3425a,b 78,336 ± 485a,b 46,441 ± 2127a,b 23,961 ± 826a,b
Heptyl acetate B 1356 1212 ± 30a,b 9352 ± 405a,b 13,844 ± 142a,b 6651 ± 32a,b 3247 ± 47a,b
Octyl acetatef A 1464 nd 5540 ± 185a,b 11,319 ± 287a,b 7289 ± 26a,b 4205 ± 4a,b
Nonyl acetatef B 1565 nd 1204 ± 23a,b 2644 ± 130a,b 1558 ± 164a,b 1036 ± 112b
Decyl acetatef B 1672 nd 556 ± 41a,b 1716 ± 126a,b 2414 ± 115a,b 2281 ± 83b
Benzyl acetate A 1718 nd 230 ± 3a,b 215 ± 3a,b 164.2 ± 2.2a,b nq
2-Phenylethanol acetatef A 1806 1000 ± 128a 89,451 ± 2541a,b 61,507 ± 5304a,b 50,422 ± 872b 51,838 ± 461b
Nerolidol acetatef C 2257 nd nd 298 ± 25a,b 691 ± 97a,b 1023 ± 48a,b
Total of acetic esters 20,433a 296,712a,b 361,498a,b 334,354b 244,861a,b
Ethyl esters
Ethyl propanoate A 924 209 ± 5 362 ± 6b 626 ± 34a,b 860 ± 74b 866 ± 37b
Ethyl 2-methylpropanoate A 928 nd nd nd nd nd
Ethyl butyratef A 997 426 ± 20a 2423 ± 3a,b 5636 ± 91a,b 12,466 ± 1600a,b 11,076 ± 1394b
Ethyl 2-methylbutyratee A 1012 nd nd nd nd nd
Ethyl valerate A 1092 230,4 ± 1,3 352 ± 10 642 ± 16a,b 1664 ± 178a,b 1887 ± 109b
Ethyl hexanoated,f A 1210 41.86 ± 0.14a 1603 ± 112a,b 2989 ± 114a,b 4317 ± 182a,b 3620 ± 156b
Ethyl heptanoatef A 1315 943 ± 49 12,828 ± 507a,b 13,765 ± 280b 15,435 ± 220a,b 16,275 ± 276b
Ethyl 2-hexenoate B 1325 nd nd nd 226 ± 4b 394 ± 10a,b
Ethyl octanoated,f A 1435 136,3 ± 2,2a 4567 ± 121a,b 8601 ± 893a,b 14,101 ± 183a,b 15,920 ± 19a,b
Ethyl 7-octenoatef A 1473 nd 642 ± 30b 779 ± 6a,b 1339 ± 26a,b 2431 ± 158a,b
Ethyl nonanoatef A 1525 1065 ± 126a 5573 ± 53a,b 10,019 ± 63a,b 13,327 ± 595a,b 15,005 ± 87b
Ethyl decanoated,f A 1641 24.5 ± 1.8a 1353 ± 52a,b 3708 ± 589a,b 9668 ± 32a,b 10,261 ± 295b
Ethyl 9-decenoatef B 1686 nd 14,756 ± 415a,b 36,581 ± 4997a,b 67,374 ± 15a,b 107,580 ± 2435a,b
Ethyl undecanoatef A 1730 nq 479 ± 9a,b 886 ± 88a,b 2397 ± 59a,b 2402 ± 35b
Ethyl phenylacetate A 1774 nq 319 ± 26a,b 246 ± 8 282 ± 12b 310 ± 11b
Ethyl dodecanoated,f A 1838 1.69 ± 0.23 99 ± 4b 325 ± 44a,b 1627 ± 23a,b 1657 ± 79b
Ethyl tetradecanoate A 2041 nq 256 ± 20a,b 737 ± 71a,b 2957 ± 399a,b 3302 ± 129b
Ethyl hexadecanoatef A 2250 nq nq 411.2 ± 1.7a,b 1330 ± 179a,b 1717 ± 63b
Total of ethyl esters 23,309a 800,155a,b 1632,542a,b 3091,015a,b 3308,983a,b
Isoamyl esters
Isoamyl propionate C 1155 nd 220 ± 21a,b 349 ± 7a,b 554 ± 20a,b 454.9 ± 0.3a,b
Isoamyl hexanoatef A 1450 nd 2439 ± 90a,b 6615 ± 724a,b 11,509 ± 392a,b 8916 ± 76a,b
Isoamyl octanoatef A 1654 nd 7176 ± 184a,b 15,667 ± 1742a,b 32,624 ± 816a,b 31,538 ± 616b
Isoamyl decanoatef B 1854 nd 700 ± 72a,b 2282 ± 324a,b 10,581 ± 572a,b 15,170 ± 904a,b
Total of isoamyl esters 10,535a,b 24,913a,b 55,268a,b 56,079b
Methyl Esters
Methyl hexanoatef A 1151 204 ± 3a 797 ± 33a,b 1392 ± 42a,b 983 ± 106a,b 526 ± 12a,b
Methyl octanoatef A 1371 623 ± 50a 2932 ± 124a,b 3304 ± 127b 2691 ± 76a,b 2023 ± 73a,b
Methyl decanoatef A 1581 164 ± 3a 981 ± 77a,v 2066 ± 261a,b 2260 ± 143b 1617 ± 12a,b
Methyl salicylatef A 1762 nq nq nq 297 ± 13a 374 ± 24b
Total of methyl esters 991a 4711a,b 6761a,b 6231v 4540a,b
Others esters
Propyl hexanoatef B 1299 nd 425 ± 13a,b 627 ± 31a,b 836 ± 33a,b 625 ± 7a,b
Propyl octanoatef A 1509 nd 406 ± 5a,b 778 ± 85a,b 1301 ± 45a,b 1148 ± 50b
Propyl decanoatef B 1712 nd nq 257 ± 38a,b 858 ± 32a,b 750 ± 41b
Isobutyl hexanoatef B 1335 nd 388 ± 15a,b 662 ± 5a,b 745 ± 73b 465 ± 7a,b
Isobutyl octanoatef A 1542 nd 899 ± 19a,b 1690 ± 171a,b 3624 ± 136a,b 3091 ± 74a,b
Isobutyl decanoate B 1746 nd nd 277 ± 12a,b 1364 ± 111a,b 1570 ± 64b
Total of other ester 2188a,b 4291a,b 8728a,b 7650a,b
Ketones
2-Pentanonee A 939 385 ± 45 nd nd nd nd
3-Penten-2-onee C 1094 nd nd nd nd nd
2-Heptanonee C 1152 691 ± 44 234 ± 6b 221 ± 14b 205 ± 7b nd
2-Pentylfurane B 1196 29,825 ± 275 14,917 ± 489b 13,853 ± 1139b 1546 ± 71a,b 571 ± 34a,b
3-Octanonee B 1233 1845 ± 76 489 ± 7b 540 ± 69b 225 ± 1a,b nq
2-Octanonee B 1266 4118 ± 234 748.6 ± 1.4b 564 ± 49a,b 228 ± 14a,b 180.7 ± 2.1a,b
trans-2,2-Pentenyl-furane C 1271 1456 ± 40 421 ± 3b 392 ± 12b nd nd
Acetoind A 1273 650 ± 38 1522 ± 90b 1664 ± 40b 1477 ± 115b 654.2 ± 0.6a
1-Hydroxy-2-propanone A 1286 3346 ± 493 2970 ± 420 3160 ± 446 2883 ± 150 2782 ± 124
2-Hexylfurane C 1303 312.37 ± 0.17 355 ± 22 324 ± 6 nq nq
6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-onee A 1319 4016 ± 71 5999 ± 292b 5618 ± 205b 3493 ± 152a 2645 ± 259b
1-Hydroxy-2-butanone B 1363 1442 ± 209 1339 ± 190 1572 ± 208 1271 ± 18 1427 ± 111
2-Nonanone A 1374 1628 ± 40 841 ± 27b 793 ± 72b 1517 ± 12a 1023 ± 47a
2-Acetilfurane A 1493 1033 ± 137 610 ± 9b 637 ± 80 576 ± 79b 427 ± 58b
Dihydro-3(2H)-thiophenone C 1515 nd nd nd nd nd
6-Methyl-3,5-heptadiene-2-onee B 1588 6926 ± 913a 1677 ± 43a,b 697 ± 65a,b nq nq
Acetofenone A 1641 750 ± 66 431 ± 10 356 ± 34b nd nd
1,2-Cyclopentanedione C 1775 2838 ± 357 2861 ± 319 2912 ± 345 3460 ± 479 2619 ± 335
Cyclotene B 1841 440 ± 47 369 ± 23 373 ± 49 321 ± 36 215 ± 3
Total of ketones 126,097 186,469b 198,450b 163,455 77,256a,b
Lactones
γ-Butyrolactonee A 1625 2743 ± 33a 1837 ± 26a,b 1607 ± 124b 1344 ± 79b 1223 ± 6b
γ-Nonalactonae B 2039 1208 ± 180 1502 ± 38 1432 ± 95 1025 ± 124 999 ± 20
Total of lactones 3951 3339b 3039a,b 2370a,b 2222b
C 13-Norisoprenoids
TDNf A 1727 718 ± 54 887 ± 25 1006 ± 88 1067.4 ± 0.3 1017 ± 37
β-Damascenonee A 1813 1071 ± 88a 906 ± 3a,b 819 ± 7a,b 588 ± 39a,b 600 ± 69b
β-Iononee A 1941 nq nq nq nd nd
Total of C13-Norisoprenoids 1789a 1793b 1825b 1656b 1616b
Terpenes
1R-α-Pinenee C 976 1572 ± 190 1311 ± 74 1512 ± 22 878 ± 61a 395 ± 32a,b
Roseoxide C 1119 nd nd nd 316 ± 26b 331 ± 22b
Myrtenal C 1123 486 ± 19 893 ± 4b 1148 ± 74a,b 583 ± 14a 330 ± 18a,b
Limonene A 1149 379 ± 23 880 ± 18b 354 ± 8a nq nq
Cymenee B 1237 563 ± 26 317 ± 5b 315 ± 9b nd nd
trans-Linalool oxidee B 1468 nq nq nd nd nd
2-Bornenee C 1517 616 ± 25a 392 ± 5a,b 364 ± 24b 233 ± 32a,b 189 ± 4b
Linaloole A 1542 219 ± 28a 227 ± 5a,b 238 ± 11 nd nd
Citronellolh A 1767 nd 488 ± 15a,b 535 ± 31b 615 ± 58b 673 ± 41b
α-Calacorenee B 1901 nd nd nd nd nd
Nerolidolf A 2037 nd nd nd 370 ± 40a,b 403 ± 26b
n.i. (m/z 69, 93, 121)f 1743 nd 1029 ± 48a,b 1326 ± 109b 830 ± 99a,b 693 ± 68b
Total of terpenes 3833a 5536a,b 5793b 3825a,b 3015a,b
Volatile phenols
Guaiacole A 1858 nq nq nq nq nq
4-Vinylguaiacolf A 2203 nq 274 ± 32a,b 465 ± 47a,b 890 ± 7a,b 1976 ± 110a,b
Coumarane C 2406 174 ± 10 187 ± 7 214 ± 29 176 ± 11 229 ± 6a
Total of volatile phenols 174 460a 679a 1066a,b 2204a,b
Others compounds
2-Methylpyrazinee A 1256 619 ± 75a 327 ± 7a 233 ± 15a nq nq
Indole B 2436 182.2 ± 0.9a 806 ± 29a,b 1196 ± 34a,b 316 ± 26a nq
Unidentified compounds
n.i. (m/z 59, 43) 1328 nq 461 ± 14a,b 456 ± 25b 720 ± 35a,b 506 ± 11a,b
n.i. (m/z 67, 85, 151)e 1395 1180 ± 38 1249 ± 19 1403 ± 13a 755 ± 5a,b 419 ± 24a,b
n.i. (m/z 55,88, 101)f 1887 nd 192 ± 3a,b 774 ± 97a,b 4071 ± 330a,b 5952 ± 17a,b
n.i. (m/z 126, 73)e 2106 788 ± 49a nq 317 ± 34a,b nq nq

ID: reliability of identification: A, mass spectrum and LRI agreed with standards; B, mass spectrum agreed with mass spectral data base and LRI agreed with the literature data; C, mass spectrum agreed with mass spectral data base

nd: peak not detected or lower than detection limit (a signal-to-noise ratio higher than or equal to 3); nq: lower than quantification limit (a signal-to-noise ratio higher than or equal to 10)

aThere is significant different (p < 0.05) with previous sample

bThere is significant different (p < 0.05) with substrate, only for samples from 48 to 192 h

cValue of peak area and sd have been divided per 1000

dValue of peak area and sd have been divided per 100,000

eVariable highly correlated with substrate and T24 (non-Saccharomyces and Saccharomyces)

fVariable highly correlated with samples from T48 to T192 Saccharomyces

The extraction method was highly reproducible, among the 11 extractions performed in duplicate only in 6 of them, RSDs next to 15% were obtained for just 12–16 volatile compounds, that is, 9–11% of compounds determined. These compounds were primary acids followed by ketones and aldehydes.

Regarding the volatile profile of the substrate stood out alcohols, ketones and aldehydes as chemical groups with high values of total peak area (Tables 2, 3). In comparison with the other sampling points, we observed that the substrate presented the lowest values of total peak area for alcohols, ethyl and acetic esters, and the highest for aldehydes and C13-norisoprenoids. Some compounds were only detected in the substrate such as cis-2-hexen-1-ol, several aldehydes, ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, 3-penten-2-one, trans-linalool oxide, α-calacorene (TI), guaiacol, whilst isoamyl and others esters were not detected in it.

Figure 1, which groups the compounds according to their chemical classes, shows clearly the change in volatile profile throughout fermentation processes studied. The primary change is the importance acquired by ethyl esters during fermentation carried out by Saccharomyces strain, which implied a decrease of the proportion of alcohols and acetates. Whereas fermentation carried out by L. thermotolerans strain did not reveal a pronounced increase in ethyl esters, for this reason, in this case, alcohols continued to be the group of compounds that contributed more to volatile profile. Moreover, the percentage of ketones decreased during both types of fermentations.

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Contribution (%) of different chemical groups of volatile compounds to the volatile profile of samples(S = S. cerevisiae and NS = L. thermotolerans)

In general, the two strains used in this study provided different volatile profile. Thus, the higher numbers of compounds with peak area values significantly different between strains were observed in the last sampling points (T144 and T192), 83 and 78 respectively. For most of these compounds, the values were higher when fermentation was carried out by S. cerevisiae than L. thermotolerans.

Acetals

The total content of acetals increased along fermentation. This increase was higher for S. cerevisiae than L. thermotolerans strain, reaching significant different values at 48 h after inoculation. Three different acetals were determined. Acetaldehyde diethyl acetal and acetaldehyde ethyl amyl acetal increased in both fermentation processes reaching to maximum area values at 144 h after inoculation. Saccharomyces strain produced considerable increased being the highest amount for the first compound four times than that produced by the other strain at the final sampling point.

On the other hand, an opposite trend between both strains was observed for 2,4,5-trimethyl-1,3-dioxolane that decreased with the use of non-Saccharomyces strain and increased with the Saccharomyces one.

Acids

Regarding acids, after 192 h of fermentation the overall balance was increased for of acidity for wines produced by Saccharomyces strain and a decrease for wines produced by non-Saccharomyces. Although these compounds have unpleasant aromas (Beckner et al. 2015), they are precursors of esters which provided fruity aromas to wines. Saerens et al. (2006) verified that the addition of hexanoic or octanoic acid to the fermentation medium caused a strong increase in the formation of the corresponding ethyl ester.

The evolution of each acid throughout fermentation was very different among compounds and between strains. Pentanoic acid clearly diminished in both cases. However, contrary trends between strains were observed specially for octanoic, decanoic and hexanoic acids. In the case of Saccharomyces strain, the highest increase was for octanoic acid.

Similar results were reported by Gobbi et al. (2013) and Beckner et al. (2015), who found higher volatile acidity and total amount of carboxylic acids in wines produced by S. cerevisiae than those by L. thermotolerans.

Alcohols

During fermentation, an increase in alcohols was observed. As expected, the alcohol that underwent the highest augmentation was ethanol, with the most important change between 24 and 48 h. The use of non-Saccharomyces yeast to produce wine with reduced alcohol content was reported earlier (Contreras et al. 2015; Quiros et al. 2014). Gobbi et al. (2013) reported that L. thermotolerans as little ethanol producers. However, in our study the same rate of ethanol production for both yeasts was observed and there were no significant differences between any of the stage analysed between strains. This agreed with the above stated relation of sugar consumption and the origin of both autochthonous yeast which were isolated during the spontaneous fermentation of sun-dried grape must and, thus, have developed a great adaptation to high osmotic pressure media. In addition to ethanol, among 23 alcohols determined, other 6 alcohols increased, standing out 3-methyl-1-butanol and 2-phenyletanol. Most of these were higher alcohols which were produced by yeast involving degradation of an amino via the Ehrlich pathway (Ugliano and Henschke 2009).

The alcohol global augmentation were significantly higher when the fermentation was carried out by non-Saccharomyces strain (significant different at T144 and T192). It seemed to be due to the higher increase of 3-methyl-1-butanol in this process. Moreover, some authors have reported higher production of 2-phenyletanol by L. thermotolerans (Gobby et al. 2013), in our case, it was observed in last fermentation stages (6 and 8 days), where the peak areas were two time higher in wine produced by aforesaid strain.

On the contrary, some alcohols decreased, especially, 1-hexenol and 1-octen-3-ol. The decrease was more pronounced between 24 and 48 h.

Aldehydes

Regarding total sum of aldehydes, the values followed a similar trend in both types of fermentations, decreasing significantly until 48 h.

Most aldehydes reached relative peak area under detection limits at 24 h from inoculation. Only furanic aldehydes, cinnamaldehyde and benzaldehyde presented quantifiable values at all sampling points throughout the fermentation process.

Acetic esters

The acetic esters are compounds where the acyl group is derived from acetate (in the form of acetyl-CoA), and the alcohol group is ethanol or a complex alcohol (Cordente et al. 2012). During alcoholic fermentation, these are synthesised by different alcohol acetyltransferases (Ugliano and Henschke 2009).

In present study, these compounds increased especially during fermentation by Saccaromyces strain. The changes were significant until 72 h from inoculation, after that, a decrease was observed. Non-Saccharomyces strain showed less pronounced increase which continued until the sampling point of 144 h, thus a good correlation between relative area values and the time was observed (0.949). Overall, acetic esters content in all the stages were significant higher for Saccharomyces strain. The difference observed between strains may be probably due to the high values of relative area accounted for compounds such as hexyl and 2-phenylethanol acetate and to the six acetic esters that were formed by Saccharomyces strain only. Among all the acetic esters determined, the highest increase was accounted by isoamyl acetate for both strains, the most relevant acetates of the wines.

Most acetic esters have pleasant fruity and flower aromas (Lilly et al. 2006), however, ethyl acetate provides solvent and glue odour (Callejón et al. 2008). This compound presented area values significantly higher after 144 and 192 h of fermentation by L. thermotolerans, as observed by Gobbi et al. (2013). Although non-Sacharomyces strain produced higher amount of 2-phenylethanol (approximately two-fold), the values of the corresponding acetate reached area values 20 times higher in wines obtained by Saccharomyces at the final stages of alcoholic fermentation.

Ethyl esters

Ethyl esters are formed by ethanol and an acyl group derived from activated medium-chain fatty acids (Cordente et al. 2012). During Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation, the formation of the ethyl esters has been attributed to two acyl-CoA:ethanol O-acyltransferase enzymes (Saerens et al. 2008).

As mentioned above, the primary difference between the two yeast strains studied was the different rate of production of ethyl esters. After 48 h from inoculation, the values of total area of ethyl esters were significantly higher for Saccharomyces strain, being more than 15 times higher at the two last sampling points (T144 and T192). Beckner et al. (2015) also observed a considerable difference between the amount of ethyl esters produced by Sacharomyces and Lachancea yeast strains.

Thus, it led us to think that S. cerevisiae probably produced more amount of ethanol than L. thermotolerans but it was in form of ethyl ester, so that no differences were observed in ethanol production between strains.

Moreover, the evolution of these values was different for both yeast strains, during alcoholic fermentation by Lachancea strain a significant increase was observed until 48 h from inoculation. However, Saccharomyces cerevisiae produced ethyl esters continuously throughout the fermentation, for that, the correlation coefficient between total area of ethyl esters and the fermentation time was 0.954. The increase observed between each sampling point were statistically significant.

Thus, the values of peak area were higher for Sacharomyces yeast for the most of these compounds except to ethyl propanoate or ethyl 2-methylpropanoate.

During alcoholic fermentation carried out by S. cerevisiae, the highest increase was observed for ethyl octanoate and ethyl decanoate. Other remarkable increments were observed for ethyl hexanoate, ethyl dodecanoate and ethyl 9-decanoate.

In the case of L. thermotolerans, the ethyl decanoate was the ester that showed a greater increase during the fermentation, but in a much lesser extent than in fermentation by S. cerevisiae.

Since most of determined esters in this study have fruity aromas, probably wines produced using Saccharomyces strain may have more fruity aroma than those produced with Lachancea strain.

Others esters

In this study, we have also determined others esters formed by alcohols such as methanol, isoamyl alcohol, propanol and isobutanol, previously reported in wines (Beckner et al. 2015; Suklje et al. 2016). Different behaviour with respect to these compounds was also observed between both yeast strains tested. The total areas of these esters were significantly higher for S. cerevisiae than for L. thermotolerans in all sampling points from 48 h. On the contrary, isoamyl esters did not increase to a greater extent during fermentation carried out by Lachancea, methyl esters became non detectable in most of cases and, the only isobutyl ester determined was isobutyl decanoate.

Within this group of esters, S. cerevisiae caused the most considerable increase in isoamyl esters, being the total areas changed significant from 48 to 144 h. Moreover, for S. cerevisiae, the formation of esters derived from octanoic acid was more clearly over the others (isoamyl, methyl, propyl and isobutyl octanoate).

Ketones, lactones, C13-norisoprenoids and terpenes

Most of compounds included in this section came from the grapes (Ribéreau-Gayon et al. 2006). They may be present as glycosylated flavourless precursors, such as terpenes and C13-norisoprenoids and they were released by enzymatic hydrolysis during alcoholic fermentation.

Nevertheless, several authors have reported that neither Sacharomyces cerevisiae (Van Rensburg et al. 2005) nor Lachancea thermotolerans (Comitini et al. 2011) seemed to have glycosidase activity.

In our assays, the overall changes in total areas of these groups of compounds were significantly decreased between initial and final values (192 h). The evolution of total area for each group was fluctuating for both strains and only a similar trend was observed for terpenes (Fig. 2).

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Evolution of total area of ketones, terpenes and lactones in fermentation processes with L. thermotolerans and S. cerevisiae: diamond ketone L. thermotolerans, square ketone S. cerevisiae, traingle terpenes L. thermotolerans, cross terpenes S. cerevisiae, asterisks lactones L. thermotolerans, circle lactones S. cerevisiae, grey square C13-norisoprenoids L. thermotolerans, dots C13-norisoprenoids S. cerevisiae

Despite the downward trend of terpenes, we observed that three of them, roseoxide, 3,7-dimethyl-6-octen-1-ol and nerolidol, increased using both yeasts. The first one especially in the case of L. thermotolerans and the last two when fermentations was carried out by S. cerevisae.

Volatile phenols

Regarding volatile phenols, the behaviour of these strains was also different, especially for 4-vinylguaiacol. This compound increased significantly from 48 h onwards when alcoholic fermentation was carried out by Saccharomyces. This yeast can synthesize 4-vinylguicacol during fermentation (Coghe et al. 2004).

Principal component analysis

Principal component analysis (PCA) was applied to data. The first three principal components explained 81.76% of cumulative variance. Figure 3 shows how the samples are separated into the plan formed by two first components. In this Figure, it can clearly be seen that the differences in volatile profile of samples produced by the two yeasts are considerably different from 48 h of inoculation. Thus, the initial and at 24 h samples for S. cerevisiae as well as for L. thermotolerans are together in the same quadrant (second one). The PC1 separates these samples from the rest of those obtained using S. cerevisiae, placed all in the third quadrant. Finally, the samples belonging to fermentations carried out by L. thermotolerans, from 48 to 192 h, are separated from S. cerevisiae by PC2. Table 2 showed the variables that are more correlated with these three groups according to their loadings. For instance, initial samples are correlated with most of aldehydes, terpenes and ketones and samples from Saccharomyces fermentations with most of acids and all kind of esters. Moreover, the variables that contributed more to the two first components with their loading values are shown in Table 4.

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

Data scores of all samples plot on the plan made up of the first two principal components (PC1 against PC2)

Table 4.

Variables with high contribution to factor 1 and 2 in PCA, their loading values and sample groups with which these are correlated

Volatile compounds Sample group Loading values
F1 F2
Isovaleric acid MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.073760 −0.772098
1-Pentanolg MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.937031 −0.296206
1-Hexanol MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.931785 −0.297974
1-Octen-3-ol MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.947265 −0.289980
1-Heptanol MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.918735 −0.279695
2-Ethyl-1-hexanol MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.833305 −0.327027
1-Octanol MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.722133 −0.633091
cis-2-Octen-1-ol MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.903878 −0.366522
Benzyl alcohol MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.948099 −0.270730
2-Furfuraldehyde MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.881613 −0.358810
Cinnamaldehyde MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.917130 −0.040580
2-Pentanone MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.855324 −0.324833
2-Pentylfuran MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.899011 −0.271896
3-Octanone MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.915904 −0.067750
2-Octanone MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.845447 −0.325230
trans-2,2-Pentenyl-furan MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.921479 −0.281489
6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.204803 −0.798575
6-Methyl-3,5-heptadiene-2-one MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.928428 −0.290765
γ-Butyrolactone MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.928418 −0.274416
β-Damascenone MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.909969 −0.366544
1R-α-Pinene MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.558796 −0.619010
Cymene MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.892236 −0.335194
2-Bornene MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.944324 −0.309547
Linalool MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.836326 −0.387011
Coumaran MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.165912 −0.885934
n.i. (m/z 67, 85, 151) MT0, NST24 and ST24 −0.517886 −0.685602
Acetaldehyde ethyl amyl acetal ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.819661 −0.109366
Acetic acid ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.252113 −0.805874
Propanoic acid ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.094181 −0.623983
Hexanoic acid ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.346509 −0.905755
Octanoic acid ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.692898 −0.681746
Decanoic acid ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.727791 −0.604349
1-Propanol ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.920658 −0.026868
4-Ethylbenzyl alcohol ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.597740 −0.638649
1-Decanol ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.590222 −0.636173
Propyl acetate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.925594 −0.128528
Isoamyl acetate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.874614 −0.211771
Amyl acetate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.586742 −0.624018
Hexyl acetate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.508613 −0.609353
Heptyl acetate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.448069 −0.582699
Octyl acetate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.576516 −0.627550
Nonyl acetate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.574227 −0.624231
Decyl acetate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.746226 −0.642165
2-Phenylethanol acetate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.570674 −0.573411
Ethyl butyrate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.884764 −0.133885
Ethyl hexanoate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.793592 −0.597680
Ethyl heptanoate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.878184 −0.376239
Ethyl octanoate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.769181 −0.604613
Ethyl 7-octenoate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.819209 −0.346015
Ethyl undecanoate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.737432 −0.588533
Isoamyl hexanoate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.743734 −0.637847
Methyl hexanoate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.541028 −0.641413
Methyl decanoate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.635654 −0.697817
Propyl hexanoate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.727725 −0.671690
Propyl octanoate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.752368 −0.645882
Isobutyl hexanoate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.693044 −0.670428
Isobutyl octanoate ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.750106 −0.624371
TDN ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.418331 −0.738714
Citronellol ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.877780 −0.324558
n.i. (m/z 69, 93, 121) ST48, ST72, ST144 and ST192 0.581783 −0.628157
3-Methylthio-1-propanol NST48 and NST72 −0.007238 0.652629
Acetofenone NST48 and NST72 −0.931971 0.104946
Ethanol NST144 and NST192 0.923472 0.251117
Isobutanol NST144 and NST192 0.280307 0.860025
2-Methyl-1-butanol NST144 and NST192 0.868649 0.436190
3-Methyl-1-butanol NST144 and NST192 0.444480 0.808629
6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-ol NST144 and NST192 0.357365 0.703500
2-Phenylethanol NST144 and NST192 0.644828 0.588573
Ethyl acetate NST144 and NST192 0.617928 0.574295
Ethyl propanoate NST144 and NST192 0.264100 0.835185
Ethyl 2-methylpropanoate NST144 and NST192 0.166192 0.932632
Ethyl phenylacetate NST144 and NST192 0.364038 0.729613
Ethyl tetradecanoate NST144 and NST192 0.847124 0.055234
Isoamyl propionate NST144 and NST192 0.519286 0.655810
Roseoxide NST144 and NST192 0.444037 0.694096
n.i. (m/z 59, 43) NST144 and NST192 0.834766 0.393159

Conclusions

HSSE method allows for monitoring a large number of compounds throughout fermentation. Thus, these results point out the HSSE as useful non-invasive method to study the evolution of volatile compounds during fermentation processes. It could be used to establish the optimal point to stop the fermentation according to volatile profile and moreover, it could be very useful to study the aroma evolution in co-inoculation assays and sequential inoculation, which are of great interest currently.

In this study, considerable changes in volatile compounds were observed from substrate to final sampling point. The two strains used had a similar capacity to ferment a must with high sugar content. However, they resulted into the wines with different aroma. S. cerevisiae produced higher amount of volatile compounds than L. thermotorelans. Moreover, wines produced by S. cerevisiae strain were richer in esters imparted fruity aroma. This showed that this strain could produce wines with better aromatic and volatile profile than those produced by non-Saccharomyces strain.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful for financial support of FEDER funds (Project RM2010-00009-C03-03 from INIA-Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación). We also appreciate the kindness of Bodegas del Pino for facilitating grape must for fermentation trials.

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