Table 1.
Fermentation conditions in 230 mL Muscat sterile must. Non-Saccharomyces (Mp, Td and Zb) and S. cerevisiae (Sc) strains were inoculated at the listed cell concentrations (cells/mL) and times.
| Fermentations | Inoculum Procedures | Inoculum Ratios (Mp:Td:Zb:Sc) |
Mp | Td | Zb | Sc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CA | Co-inoculation of all strains | 1:1:1:1 | 1 × 106 | 1 × 106 | 1 × 106 | 1 × 106 |
| 1S48 | Sequential inoculation of Sc at 48 h | 1:1:1:1 | 1 × 106 | 1 × 106 | 1 × 106 | 1 × 106 |
| 1S72 | Sequential inoculation of Sc at 72 h | 1:1:1:1 | 1 × 106 | 1 × 106 | 1 × 106 | 1 × 106 |
| 1CN | Co-inoculation of non-Saccharomyces strains | 1:1:1:0 | 1 × 106 | 1 × 106 | 1 × 106 | |
| 10CA | Co-inoculation of all strains | 10:10:10:1 | 1 × 107 | 1 × 107 | 1 × 107 | 1 × 106 |
| 10S48 | Sequential inoculation of Sc at 48 h | 10:10:10:1 | 1 × 107 | 1 × 107 | 1 × 107 | 1 × 106 |
| 10S72 | Sequential inoculation of Sc at 72 h | 10:10:10:1 | 1 × 107 | 1 × 107 | 1 × 107 | 1 × 106 |
| 10CN | Co-inoculation of non- Saccharomyces strains | 10:10:10:0 | 1 × 107 | 1 × 107 | 1 × 107 | |
| C | Single inoculation of Sc | 1 × 106 |