Wine Fermentation Performance of Indigenous <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> and <i>Saccharomyces paradoxus</i> Strains Isolated in a Piedmont Vineyard
2021
Antonella Costantini | Maria Carla Cravero | Loretta Panero | Federica Bonello | Enrico Vaudano | Laura Pulcini | Emilia Garcia-Moruno
The role of yeast in wine quality is very important. The use of selected autochthonous yeasts is becoming more and more frequent in enology, not only to obtain a diversification of wines, but also as a link between the wine and its territory of origin. The objectives of this work were to test two indigenous yeasts in a cellar on a pilot scale. The yeasts were a strain of <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> and a strain of <i>Saccharomyces paradoxus</i> previously isolated in a vineyard in Piedmont (Italy). Studying the oenological characteristics of <i>S. paradoxus</i> is of particular interest, as it is rarely found in the cellar–vineyard environment. Molecular biology methods confirmed the predominance of the strain inoculated in the various fermentation tests. Additionally, products of yeast metabolism, including volatile compounds, were quantified at the end of the alcoholic fermentation and sensory profile of wines was tested by a trained panel of tasters. Our results indicated that both strains have good characteristics to be used as starter in winemaking; <i>S. paradoxus</i> was characterized by a high production of glycerol and the ability to degrade malic acid, together with a lower production of ethanol and a low volatile acidity, while <i>S. cerevisiae</i> conferred to the wine a pleasant smell of rose, as highlighted in the sessions of sensory analysis.
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