Investigations of La Rioja terroir for wine production using 1H NMR metabolomics

Eva López-Rituerto, Francesco Savorani, Alberto Avenoza, Jesús H. Busto, Jesús M. Peregrina, Søren Balling Engelsen

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    Abstract

    In this study, La Rioja wine terroir was investigated by the use of 1H NMR metabolomics on must and wine samples. Rioja is a small wine region in central northern Spain which can geographically be divided into three subareas (Rioja Alta, Rioja Baja, and Rioja Alavesa). The winemaking process from must, through alcoholic and malolactic fermentation, was followed by NMR metabolomics and chemometrics of nine wineries in the Rioja subareas (terroirs). Application of interval extended canonical variate analysis (iECVA) showed discriminative power between wineries which are geographically very close. Isopentanol and isobutanol compounds were found to be key biomarkers for this differentiation.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
    Volume60
    Issue number13
    Pages (from-to)3452-3461
    Number of pages10
    ISSN0021-8561
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 4 Apr 2012

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