Concentration of flavanols in red and white winemaking wastes (grape skins, seeds and bunch stems), musts, and final wines

[EN]: The winemaking industry produces huge quantities of different types of waste, such as bunch stems, grape skins and grape seeds. Knowledge of the composition of these wastes is essential if their disposal is to be appropriate. However, they can contain compounds such as flavanols that are benef...

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Autores: Boso Alonso, Susana, Gago, Pilar, Santiago Blanco, José Luis, Álvarez Acero, Inmaculada, Martínez Rodríguez, María del Carmen
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/203402
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/203402
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Albariño
Mencía
Flavanols
White wine
Red wine
Weißwei
Rotwein
Descrição
Resumo:[EN]: The winemaking industry produces huge quantities of different types of waste, such as bunch stems, grape skins and grape seeds. Knowledge of the composition of these wastes is essential if their disposal is to be appropriate. However, they can contain compounds such as flavanols that are beneficial to human health and of interest to the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries. The aim of this work was to establish whether flavanols are present, and in what concentration, in the above-mentioned wastes, as well as in the musts and final wines derived from the internationally known ‘Albariño’ (white) and ‘Mencía’ (red) grapevine varieties. Extractions were performed using appropriate solvents, and the compounds obtained identified by HPLC-MS QTOF. All three ‘Albariño’ wastes had higher concentrations of flavanols than did the ‘Mencía’ wastes. Flavanols were in very low concentration in the ‘Albariño’ must, but virtually absent from the ‘Mencía’ must. The ‘Mencía’ wine, however, had much higher concentrations of these compounds than did the ‘Albariño’ wine. This is explained in that these compounds are passed to the final wine in ‘Mencía’ (and likely in other red wines). The present results suggest that red winemaking wastes are poorer in these compounds, while white winemaking wastes—certainly ‘Albariño’ wastes—provide a potential source useful to industry.