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- Title
Dissolved Oxygen Removal in Wines by Gas Sparging, Its Optimization and Chemical Impact.
- Authors
del Barrio-Galán, Rubén; Nevares, Ignacio; Pérez-Magariño, Silvia; del Alamo-Sanza, Maria
- Abstract
Sparging is a technique to remove an excess of dissolved oxygen from the wine with inerting gases before bottling to avoid negative consequences for its chemical and sensory properties. However, its effectiveness on these properties has not been studied in depth. This work investigates the effectiveness of different inerting gases (N2, CO2, and argon) in removing dissolved oxygen in different volumes of a model wine. The efficacy of these gases was also studied in white and red wine, as was their effect on the physicochemical characteristics. Sparging with N2 in the model wine gave the best results in terms of cost–benefits, and with CO2 the worst. The scaling in tanks of different sizes allowed us to establish that the N2 expenditure ranged between 0.09 L and 0.23 L of gas per liter of model wine, establishing an index (Lgas/Lwine) that can be very useful for wineries to remove the dissolved oxygen. Sparging treatments in white and red wine showed very similar results to the model wine. The effect on the chemical properties of the wines was, in some cases, different for white and red wine and for each gas used. The incorporation of oxygen and the subsequent sparging produced a significant loss of some volatile compounds of sensory interest and increased the content of others that have a negative sensory effect. In addition, it had a negative effect on the chromatic properties of red wines.
- Subjects
WHITE wines; RED wines; WINES; OXYGEN; GASES; BOTTLING; ALCOHOLIC beverage industry
- Publication
Beverages, 2024, Vol 10, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
2306-5710
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/beverages10010003