Table 3.

Seedproanthocyanidinconcentrations and characteristics of Bordeauxand Mediterranean grapes varieties for the 2009 vintage.

	CS*	M	Gre1	Gre2	Syrah	Carignan	Mour	Counoise
C **	2.048a***	1.806a	2.330a	1.141a	1.807a	0.700a	0.433a	2.205a
StdErr	0.346	0.206	0.001	0.127	0.000	0.009	0.163	0.036
EC	1.615abc	2.354c	1.008abc	0.912abc	2.313abc	0.615ab	0.377a	2.516bc
StdErr	0.227	0.207	0.000	0.105	0.000	0.002	0.139	0.055
B1	0.228a	0.150a	0.145a	0.131a	0.129a	0.102a	0.081a	0.139a
StdErr	0.092	0.058	0.003	0.015	0.000	0.007	0.029	0.004
B2	0.791a	0.588a	0.432a	0.428a	0.338a	0.373a	0.183a	0.567a
StdErr	0.264	0.039	0.000	0.053	0.000	0.006	0.066	0.008
B3	0.275a	0.323a	0.259a	0.175a	0.136a	0.128a	0.112a	0.144a
StdErr	0.080	0.064	0.001	0.017	0.000	0.010	0.041	0.000
B4	0.527a	0.384a	0.189a	0.174a	0.153a	0.153a	0.110a	0.190a
StdErr	0.095	0.053	0.001	0.016	0.000	0.002	0.042	0.004
mDP	2.310ab	2.091a	2.732bc	2.600bc	2.242ab	3.106c	4.558d	2.112ab
StdErr	0.078	0.048	0.017	0.096	0.032	0.052	0.206	0.000
%G	27.160b	22.518a	37.485c	34.898c	35.269c	36.051c	51.884d	28.697abc
StdErr	1.000	0.869	0.856	1.448	1.499	0.085	0.708	0.361

^* CS, Cabernet-Sauvignon; M, Merlot; Gre, Grenache, Mour, Mourvedre; C, (+)-catechin; EC, (-)-epicatechin, ECG, epicatechingallate; B1, dimer B1; B2, dimer B2; B3, dimer B3; B4, dimer B4; T, trimer; ^** concentrations in mg/g dw seed; mDP, mean degree of polymerization; %G, percentage of galloylation. Std Err, standard error; ^*** ANOVA to compare data, for each variety (M or CS) values with different letters within each row are significantly different (Tukey’s test, p < 0.05).