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Addition of pectolytic enzymes: an enological practice which improves the chromaticity and stability of red wines
Author(s) -
Revilla I.,
GonzálezSan José M. L.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1365-2621
pISSN - 0950-5423
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2621.2003.00628.x
Subject(s) - chromaticity , wine , turbidity , food science , chemistry , chromatic scale , mathematics , biology , artificial intelligence , computer science , ecology , combinatorics
Summary The effect of the addition of four commercial pectolytic preparations on the visual characteristics (colour and turbidity) of red wines has been evaluated. The effect of both clarifying and colour extracting enzymes and the effect of different doses used, were evaluated and compared. All the red wines treated enzymatically, independent of the type of enzyme and dose, present chromatic characteristics which can be considered better than those of the control wines. Also, those wines treated with enzymes had greater stability during 2 years storage in bottles, in particular the turbidity was better than untreated wines.