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. 2000 Feb;66(2):744–753. doi: 10.1128/aem.66.2.744-753.2000

TABLE 2.

Yeast strain effect on the concentrations of major volatiles in Chenin blanc wines as well as Colombar base wines and the respective 70% distillates

Component Concn (mg/liter)
Chenin blanc
Colombar base wine after alcoholic fermentation
70% Distillate after second distillation
After alcoholic fermentation
After 6-mo bottle aging
VIN7 VIN7 (pATF1-s) VIN13 VIN13 (pATF1-s) VIN7 VIN7 (pATF1-s) VIN13 VIN13 (pATF1-s) WE228 WE228 (pATF1-s) VIN13 VIN13 (pATF1-s) WE228 WE228 (pATF1-s) VIN13 VIN13 (pATF1-s)
Acetic acid 511.0 205.1 114.5 37.7 895.1 702.7 247.0 205.3 116.5 49.7 44.9 22.9 21.5 12.7 8.3 6.3
Decanoic acid 5.2 5.2 4.0 5.1 4.4 8.3 3.5 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.7 5.0 19.1 18.3 16.4 17.4
Hexanoic acid 6.5 6.6 5.3 6.8 7.5 7.2 7.4 9.1 7.3 7.9 7.2 7.0 12.2 14.3 11.4 11.3
i-Butyric acid 0.9 1.4 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.8 1.6 1.5 0.9 1.1 0.6 0.6 1.8 2.1 1.2 1.1
n-Butyric acid 1.1 1.2 0.8 1.1 2.4 2.6 1.9 2.9 1.3 1.2 0.9 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
n-Valeric acid 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Octanoic acid 9.9 10.6 9.2 10.8 9.7 8.9 9.6 11.3 12.5 12.9 13.1 12.1 34.4 33.2 31.2 31.2
Propionic acid 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.3 8.9 10.6 16.0 12.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2-Phenylethyl acetate 0.5 5.4 0.4 2.1 0.3 2.7 0.3 1.3 0.8 1.9 0.8 2.2 1.1 4.2 2.2 5.4
Diethyl succinate 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 2.4 1.9 0.5 0.3
Ethyl acetate 68.5 724.2 93.0 607.0 35.9 142.2 32.0 182.1 133.5 446.0 208.1 868.6 589.4 1,792.6 723.2 2,668.8
Ethyl butyrate 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.2 2.4 2.0 2.1 1.3
Ethyl caprate 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.9 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 1.9 10.2 10.2 11.2 13.5
Ethyl caproate 1.6 2.2 1.4 1.9 12.3 11.7 10.1 14.1 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.9 10.2 10.1 11.0 11.2
Ethyl caprylate 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.7 2.4 2.7 3.1 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.2 10.6 10.2 11.3 10.5
Ethyl lactate 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.4 6.9 6.8 8.4 7.4 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.4 33.9 27.5 10.9 8.1
Hexyl acetate 2.4 5.0 2.9 4.6 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.9 2.3 3.9 2.9 4.1 0.9 1.3 1.2 1.7
Iso-amyl acetate 5.3 65.1 8.6 53.5 3.7 29.2 6.0 32.3 9.2 35.4 13.1 45.6 22.2 81.5 39.2 140.3
2-Phenylethyl alcohol 13.9 10.6 7.9 6.0 15.2 15.0 9.7 8.0 9.4 7.6 8.1 5.4 6.3 7.4 5.3 5.4
Hexanol 1.7 0.4 1.4 0.5 1.8 0.8 1.7 0.9 1.7 0.8 1.3 0.5 11.5 6.7 9.7 5.8
Iso-amyl alcohol 139.0 101.2 119.5 73.2 141.9 125.7 129.5 86.0 135.0 105.0 131.0 73.2 820.1 621.7 778.7 474.8
Iso-butanol 25.9 32.0 13.2 12.5 26.9 34.1 14.1 13.3 24.6 22.7 16.1 13.9 151.8 128.2 91.9 77.6
Methanol 325.0 304.7 351.0 331.5 490.1 485.1 521.0 513.3 32.3 30.0 47.8 36.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
n-Butanol 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.5 1.3 0.6 4.6 3.3 9.0 4.4
Propanol 19.1 17.2 55.1 41.3 22.0 22.2 64.1 49.8 28.7 27.8 58.9 44.6 247.9 225.7 414.4 312.4
Total esters 82.5 805.9 110.1 673.4 58.0 191.5 54.6 236.5 152.4 493.2 242.1 938.4 647.0 1,912.1 801.4 2,852.6
Total higher alcohols 525.0 466.4 548.9 465.5 698.3 683.3 740.9 671.8 232.3 194.4 265.1 176.4 1,242.1 993.0 1,308.4 880.3