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stem contact and all <strong>wines</strong> – without. Rkatsiteli from Kardenakhi fermented and aged with<br />

stem contact, had less purity and less brightness than <strong>wines</strong> vinified without stems.<br />

Names<br />

Table 1 General composition <strong>of</strong> amphorae <strong>wines</strong><br />

alcohol<br />

(% v/v)<br />

tot.<br />

acidity<br />

(gL -1<br />

tartaric<br />

acid)<br />

volatile<br />

acidity<br />

(gL -1<br />

acetic<br />

acid)<br />

pH purity brightness<br />

Dom.<br />

wave<br />

length<br />

Kakhuri Mtsvane 12,7 5,1 0,48 3,47 16,02 91,22 575,85<br />

Rkatsiteli Kardenakhi 11,9 5,2 0,44 3,49 12,29 92,86 576,07<br />

Rkatsiteli Gurjaani 12,6 5,7 0,41 3,22 13,15 92,43 576,22<br />

Rkatsiteli Kardenakhi with stems 11,8 5,0 0,54 3,45 6,67 85,75 577,19<br />

The amounts <strong>of</strong> volatile compounds determined by gas-chromatography in Rkatsiteli and<br />

Mtsvane <strong>grape</strong> <strong>wines</strong> are presented in Tab. 2.<br />

The reported metabolites, even if they were expression <strong>of</strong> a particular vinification process,<br />

did not let a punctual analysis about their origin because <strong>of</strong> the unknown development <strong>of</strong><br />

micr<strong>of</strong>lora during fermentation.<br />

Higher alcohols and esters, produced during alcoholic fermentation, play an important role<br />

in the flavour <strong>of</strong> the <strong>wines</strong>, depending on the types <strong>of</strong> compounds and their concentrations<br />

(Valero et al. 2002). The most plentiful compounds were the higher alcohols, in agreement<br />

with the literature (Baumes et al. 1986). At concentrations below 300 mgL -1 they certainly<br />

contribute to the desirable complexity <strong>of</strong> wine; when their concentrations exceed 400 mgL -1 ,<br />

higher alcohols are regarded as a negative quality factor (Mateo et al. 2001). The total<br />

concentration <strong>of</strong> higher alcohols in experimental <strong>wines</strong> was below 300 mgL -1 .<br />

It can be mentioned, that there was not any difference among <strong>wines</strong>, except <strong>of</strong> isoamyl<br />

alcohol content, which was higher in stem contact wine. Also this last wine characterized with<br />

highest amount <strong>of</strong> 1-hexanol, which indicated that extended the pomace and especially the<br />

stem contact time can raise the formation <strong>of</strong> this compound, which agrees with results<br />

obtained by other authors (Cordonnier and Bayonove 1979, Rankine and Pocock 1969). It is<br />

significant, that there was notable difference between stem and non-stem contact <strong>wines</strong> in the<br />

content <strong>of</strong> ethyl lactate, ethyl 3-OH-butyrate, ethyl 4-OH-butyrate and monoethylsuccinate,<br />

which were much higher in first one. Wine <strong>made</strong> by Kakhuri Mtsvane <strong>grape</strong> variety was<br />

distinguished with higher concentration <strong>of</strong> 2-phenyl ethanol, 2-phenyl ethyl acetate.<br />

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