BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL) DISULFIDE, A NEW SULFUR COMPOUND FOUND IN WINE - ITS INFLUENCE IN WINE AROMA

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 1995

Authors

BELOQUI, AA (Author) Other; DEPINHO, PG (Author) Other; BERTRAND, A (Author) Other

Journal

Title: American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Vol. 46

Pages: 84-87

ISSN: 0002-9254

Publisher: American Society for Enology and Viticulture

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Authenticus ID: P-005-6CW

Abstract (EN): A sulfur compound not yet studied in alcoholic beverages was found in some wines. It has been revealed in ethyl acetate extracts of wine analyzed by GC/FPD. Its identification was made by its retention time and by GC/ MS. The compound itself has no specific odor, but is a precursor of a very unpleasant poultry-like aroma, 2-mercaptoethanol. The analysis of several hundred wines coming from France, Portugal, and Spain, showed that the bis(2-hydroxyethyl) disulfide content may reach 3500 mu g/L, particularly in the case of wines from Vitis labrusca or its hybrids. More than 5% of the wines analyzed contained more than 200 mu g/L.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4