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Effects of Inoculation Level During and After Fermentation. Student Team. Meredith Bell, Sarah Harper, Joanne Oh, Diego Roig and Luke Bohanan. Fermentation Analysis. Diego Roig. Goal of Study.
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Student Team Meredith Bell, Sarah Harper, Joanne Oh, Diego Roig and Luke Bohanan
Fermentation Analysis Diego Roig
Goal of Study • To compare the effect of different levels of inoculation of active dry commercial yeast preparations on fermentation and sensory characteristics of wine • Used Chardonnay juice and Premiere cuvee
2010 UC Davis Chardonnay • Crushed and Pressed 9/2/10 • Healdsberg crusher destemmer • Bucher Vaslin Press • Juice held in cold storage news.ucdavis.edu
2010 UC Davis Chardonnay • Split into six, 10 gal drums • Inoculated 10/8/10 • Premier cuvee • 6 inoculation levels skolnik.com
Inoculation Levels Chemistry of Juice: Brix: 25.25; pH3.66; TA 4.98 (g/L) NOPA: 56; Ammonia:132; YAN: 188
Fermentation • Cold fermentation cellar • Brix and Temp taken twice daily • When Dry, moved to cold storage
Rate of FermentationInoculation Level • Inoculation size directly effects the rate of fermentation • Larger initial biomass • Less time/energy spent on achieving maximum cell density (2 x 108 cells/mL) despite lower maximum growth rate
Temperature • Temperature is important component of any fermentation. • Premier cuvee yeast has temp. range of 7-35°C • Chardonnay temps were b/w 12-18°C, with no irregular heat spikes
Temperature • Highest temperatures throughout study seen in natural fermentation despite slowest rate of fermentation • Max. temp. (natural fermentation): 17.9°C • Max. temp. (inoculated fermentations): 17.2-17.3°C • Possible explanations • Heat generation during yeast budding • Different yeast strain dominating fermentation • Closer to warmer area of room (not likely)
Date Blend ID % EtOH pH TA (g/L) VA (g/L) 11/15 1 14.9 3.82 5.78 0.40 11/15 2 14.7 3.82 6.07 0.44 11/15 3 14.9 3.83 5.71 0.44 11/15 4 15.7 3.82 5.79 0.33 11/15 5 15.4 3.73 6.23 0.27 11/15 6 14.9 3.72 6.68 0.35 Lab Analysis of the Finished Wine
1 2 3 4 5 6 10/29 2-3% 1-1.5% 1-1.5% Trace Trace - Neg Neg 11/5 2% 1% 0.5% Trace Neg Neg 11/12 Trace 0.5-1% 0.5-1% Trace Neg Neg Results of the Residual Sugar Testing
Chemical AnalysisEthanol Inhibition • Inoculation levels shown to increase EtOH tolerance • Current study confirms previous findings. • Slower rates of fermentation at lower inoculation levels possibly due to decreased EtOH tolerance of yeast
Chemical AnalysisVolatile Acidity • Lower VA measurements at higher inoculation levels • Acetobacter repressed in absence of oxygen • Lower VA measurements correlated to shorter lag phase? • Different strains of S. cerevisiae produce varying amounts of acetic acid • May explain lower measurement in Lot 1
Chemical AnalysispH/Titratable Acidity • Malolactic fermentation results in increase in pH and decrease in TA • Slower fermentations saw pH increase and decrease in TA • Possible that ML fermentation began? • Colder temps inhibit ML, Lots 5/6 moved to cold room 2 weeks sooner than rest of Lots
Sensory Analysis Luke Bohanan
Sensory Evaluation • Acceptance test with hedonic scale • Aroma only • 2 Repetitions all wines • Randomly numbered • Randomly ordered • Judge tracking
Mean Preference Scores • Reasonable Variance • Two Distinct groups • Outliers…
ANOVA • XLSTAT used • Judges H0 rejected = Not all Judges scored the same • Wines H0 rejected = Not all wines were scored the same • Reps H0 accepted = No significant difference between reps
Preference Mapping • Judges in tight group compared to wines • Drastic difference in wine grouping
Mean Factor Score from PCA • Wines 5 and 6 are disliked • Wines 1-4 are liked • Wine 4 is liked the most
What does sensory tell us? • Highest concentration of desired aroma compounds at 106 cells/ml • Higher concentration of undesirable compounds at 107 cell/ml and above • Concentrations below 106 cells/ml show acceptable levels of desirable aromas
Possible causes of negative aromas • Treatment 5 and 6 left on mass of lees = reductive environment = sulfur • Lack of nutrients • Post fermentation contamination • Headspace post fermentation = O2 Exposure