No differences in mean air temperature between veraison and harvest were observed between the two vintages, but 2015 was characterised by a greater cool night index, maximal air temperature and percentage of degree hours above 25°C between veraison and harvest. These climatic features lead to lower concentration in malic acid and titratable acidity, and a higher pH at harvest in 2015 in accordance with previous findings (Coombe, 1987). In 2016, the larger yields observed and the late harvest date lead to a lower sugar concentration at harvest (Kliewer and Dokoozlian, 2005). While higher crop load should have negatively impacted the accumulation of phenolic compounds in grapes (Kok, 2016), anthocyanins and TPI were surprisingly greater for this vintage. We can suppose that the elevated day temperature conditions experienced in 2015 contributed to decrease anthocyanins content, whose degradation is promoted by temperatures above 30°C (Mori et al., 2007). Cooler nights might have also enhanced anthocyanins synthesis in berries in 2016 (Kliewer and Torres, 1972). The reasons why TPI was superior in 2016 remain unclear as the total levels of proanthocyanidins, which can be considered as the main contributor to TPI (Blouin et al., 2000), are weakly impacted by temperature (Cohen et al., 2012). Distinct pre-veraison water status notably at pea size stage which was not assessed during our study, might help explain the TPI differences between vintages (Zarrouk et al., 2012).

Greater concentrations in amino acids were observed in 2016 during the rainier vintage. In 2015, we can assume that the dry soil conditions experienced in spring and in early summer did not promote the mineralisation of soil organic matter and the assimilation of ions by the root system. Moreover, the cooler nights experienced during maturation in 2016 might also play a role. It has been recently highlighted that cool night index was inversely correlated to several amino acids, suggesting that the synthesis or accumulation of some amino acids might be enhanced by cool temperatures (Gutiérrez-Gamboa et al., 2018). This observation was not confirmed for ammonium and potassium, which are more difficult to interpret due to a significant vintage × treatment interaction.

Concentrations in rotundone up to 69 ng/L were found in wines, which indicates that the molecule is likely to have a large contribution to the sensory profile of Fer wines from the Marcillac area. Rotundone was affected by the vintage, with greater concentrations found in wines from 2015. Higher concentrations would have been expected in 2016, the coolest vintage with the smaller DH25 (Caputi et al., 2011; Zhang et al., 2015). However, Geffroy et al. (2014) emphasised that the amount of rainfall in the late berry development stages and the plant water status during maturation were key variables to explain the differences in rotundone between vintages in the southwest of France. Indeed, if 2015 was dryer than 2016 between the 1 January and 31 December period and δ¹³C did not allow to discriminate the two vintages, 2015 was wetter over the maturation period. In addition, greater yields and the phenological delay observed in 2016 might have contributed to lowering the sugar concentration in berries at harvest. Even if rotundone appears to be produced in berries (Geffroy et al., 2016; Zhang et al.; 2016) and is not impacted by source-sink ratio in conditions favourable to a satisfactory level of maturity (Geffroy et al., 2014), the low level of sugar concentration in 2016 might have negatively impacted the accumulation of rotundone. Actually, as other secondary metabolites, rotundone synthesis must be an energy demanding process that requires carbohydrates. As rotundone is hydrophobic and was measured indirectly in wine, we can also suppose that the difference in ethanol content between the two vintages might have impacted its extraction from the berry pericarp, which is enhanced by fortification and elevated alcohol concentration (Zhang et al., 2017).

IBMP concentrations were below detection level in wines from 2015 which could be a result of the heat wave experienced between berry set and bunch closure in July. Indeed, it has been highlighted that the concentration of IBMP in grapes strongly decreases with temperature (Falcão et al., 2007). In 2016, IBMP concentrations remained below the odour threshold of 15 ng/L established by Roujou de Boubée (2000). With 2 years of IBMP data below the perception threshold of the molecule, it is legitimate to wonder about the sensory impact of IBMP in Fer wines from this region. Research by Poitou et al. (2017) after our study was conducted showed that 1,8-cineole, a monoterpene responsible for eucalyptus and mint aroma, could have an additive effect with IBMP and may decrease its perception threshold. As the same authors also highlighted that 1,8-cineole was found at high level in Fer wines from the Marcillac wine region, we can assume that IBMP might play a sensory role in 2016, notably in the control wine whose level of concentration is just below the 15ng/L threshold.

The time necessary to remove bunch zone leaves on one side of the row and lateral shoots was estimated at 43 ± 2 hours per hectare and 93 ± 6 hours per hectare, respectively.

Yields at harvest and mass of 200 berries were not impacted by the techniques. Carbohydrate supply at flowering is a key driver of berry set and berry development (Coombe, 1962). For the removal of lateral shoot treatment, this observation was expected because shoots were removed early before bearing two adults leaves and becoming source organs (Kliewer, 1970). For defoliation, this absence of effect is somewhat unexpected, as Kliewer (1970) showed that defoliation after berry set affected berry size. According to this author, the decrease in berry size is more intense when defoliation is performed early just after berry set. Therefore, it appears that the timing of defoliation applied in our experiment 10 days after berry set is appropriate to avoid any crop loss through berry size reduction.

A decrease in yield would have been expected for delayed harvest, a practice which was likely to induce a crop weight loss through water evaporation. Even if the xylem flow is decreased after veraison and the berry volume is less sensitive to soil moisture (Bondada et al., 2005), the transpiration must have been compensated by the large amount of rainfall recorded on the site between the two harvest dates (26 mm in 2015 and 24 mm in 2016). This water accumulation into the berry could explain the decrease of sugar concentration, TPI and anthocyanins, the changes in acidity (i.e. titratable acidity, malic acid and pH) and in potassium (in 2015 only) for this treatment. In addition, the decrease in anthocyanins could be related to the drop of temperature and to the lower level of water deficits experienced by the vine after the first harvest (Roggero et al., 1986; Somers, 1976). The reasons why a decrease in potassium was not observed for the delayed harvest treatment in 2016 remain unclear.

Leaf removal and the removal of lateral shoots had no significant impact on sugar levels which suggests that the vine can compensate the loss in foliar surface induced by these practices. Indeed, most of the researches indicates that compensation can take place through i) a stronger development of lateral shoots for defoliated vines (Kliewer and Fuller, 1973), ii) an increased photosynthesis efficiency of the main leaves when lateral shoots are removed (Candolfi-Vasconcelos et al., 1994), and iii) the translocation of sugars from starch mobilisation in roots and woody fractions to the berries (Zufferey et al., 2012).

Surprisingly, malic acid and in most cases potassium were increased for the defoliated treatment. The increase in berry temperature and the lower foliar density should have enhanced malate degradation and led to a lower potassium content, respectively (Kliewer and Bledsoe, 1987; Smart, 1985; Wolf et al., 1986). The gains observed in our experimental conditions could be attributable to a higher lateral shoot growth. For malic acid, the absence of impact of leaf removal on bunch surface temperature (Table 5) and bunch air temperature between veraison and harvest (i.e. mean and maximal values, cool night index) might also have played a role. This could be explained by the specific features of the experimental site (presence of a hedge of trees on the southern border, steep slope and row orientation) and the development of newly emerged leaves, which must have minimized the penetration of solar radiation within the bunch zone. This likely low impact of solar radiation on berries is also supported by the anthocyanins concentrations that should have increased in both vintages (Tardáguila et al., 2008). However, a gain in anthocyanins was only observed in 2015. During the late 2016 vintage, we can assume that the high solar azimuth angle during the late maturation period limited berry illumination and prevented the pigment synthesis. Trivially, our results also indicated that bunch surface temperature increased between 12:00 and 16:00 h and was higher (in the afternoon only) and more variable as reflected by standard deviation values in the side of the row exposed to direct sun exposure (Table 5) which is relevant with previous researches (Moffat et al., 2013). The reasons why bunch temperature was lower on the east-facing side of the row at 12:00 remain unclear. In most cases, bunch temperature was greater on blocks 1 and 2 that are distant from the hedge of trees.

Table

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Bunch surface temperature (°C)		P-value
Time of measurement (TM)	Side of the row (S)	Block (B)	Control	Leaf removal	Removalof lateral shoots		TM	S	B	T	TM × S	TM × B	TM × T	S × B	S × T	B × T
1200 h	East-facing	1	19.46±1.89	20.54±1.80	19.69±1.47		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.120	<0.001	<0.001	0.150	<0.001	0.587	0.002
		2	18.38±1.16	19.85±1.24	20.35±1.63
		3	16.09±1.18	16.41±1.39	15.73±1.40
	West-facing	1	20.31±1.29	20.62±0.91	21.06±1.29
		2	20.09±0.86	20.36±0.94	20.70±1.22
		3	18.30±0.79	17.45±0.73	18.25±1.87
1600 h	East-facing	1	26.15±0.96	25.89±0.69	25.23±0.64
		2	26.16±0.77	25.79±0.87	25.97±0.92
		3	25.66±0.64	25.19±0.63	25.69±0.85
	West-facing	1	30.02±3.09	29.43±3.61	28.19±2.70
		2	29.83±3.02	31.01±2.59	29.62±2.42
		3	28.88±2.80	30.18±3.27	31.76±2.77

The removal of lateral shoots had no effect on acidity components and anthocyanins, which also suggests that the technique had a weak impact on bunch microclimate and notably berry temperature as reflected by bunch microclimate measurements. As this technique has been little studied, it remains difficult to generalise these findings due to the specific features of our experimental site (see discussion above).

Leaf nitrogen status (NBI) determined between veraison and harvest did not make it possible to discriminate the treatments. In grapes, the greatest amino acids content was noted for the delayed harvest treatment, which is in accordance with previous research highlighting an increase in amino acids over the maturation period (Kliewer, 1968) and particularly in cool night climatic conditions (Gutiérrez-Gamboa et al., 2018).

In most cases, ammonium content in berries was lowered for leaf removal. More than half of the berries’ nitrogen is imported after veraison through the phloem (Keller, 2015). We can assume that the technique induced a decrease in the source-sink ratio which has contributed to lower ammonium in berries. There remains no explanation as to why a loss in amino acids, and losses in amino acids and ammonium were not observed for leaf removal and the removal of lateral shoots treatment, respectively.

Leaf removal as well as the removal of lateral shoots induced an increase in stem water potentials, which could be the consequence of a lesser loss of water through transpiration. These differences in water status were not confirmed through measurements of δ¹³C.

In 2016, IBMP concentrations were not impacted by the treatment factor at P<0.05 but differences were observed at P=0.06. The removal of lateral shoots and the delayed harvest treatments showed the lowest IBMP concentrations (-24% and -26% in comparison with the control treatment, respectively). IBMP in wines from the leaf removal treatment did not differ significantly from the control, however a trend of lower levels was found (-12%). These conclusions are consistent with previous findings for delayed harvest (Roujou de Boubée et al., 2000, Ryona et al., 2010) but deserve further discussions for leaf removal and removal of lateral shoots. As in our experimental conditions, berry temperature did not allow to discriminate these two practices, the quantity of light received by the berries is expected to be the main determinant of IBMP in wines. As discussed previously, we can suppose that the development of newly emerged leaves and lateral shoots limited the penetration of light through the canopy and IBMP photodegradation for the defoliated treatment in comparison with the removal of lateral shoots treatment.

For rotundone, the largest gain was observed for the delayed harvest treatment (+121% in 2015 and +120% in 2016) while levels in wines from the leaf removal treatment showed intermediate results in trend (+71% in 2015 and +43% in 2016). Rotundone accumulation during grape maturation is known to increase steadily before plateauing (Geffroy et al., 2014; Zhang et al.; 2015). In the southwest of France, this plateau was reached for Duras cultivar 44 days after mid-veraison (Geffroy et al., 2014). In our experimental conditions, the significant increase observed between the two harvest dates indicates that maximum concentrations were not yet reached 54 days after mid-veraison. According to Zhang et al. (2015), the rotundone plateau is higher and reached earlier during cooler and wetter growing seasons. We can suppose that the hot climatic conditions observed during maturation in 2015 and to a lesser extent in 2016 might have contributed to delayed rotundone accumulation. Therefore, we can not completely exclude that no gain in rotundone would be observed for the delayed harvest treatment under less hot weather conditions.

The observations on leaf removal somewhat contradict previous research highlighting a decrease in the grape rotundone concentration for defoliated vines (Geffroy et al., 2014) but are in agreement with other findings emphasising an increase (Homich et al., 2017). This non-significant increase cannot be imputable to a stress experienced by physical wounding (Zhang et al., 2016), or to a lesser level of water deficit as the removal of lateral shoots, which induced the same effects, had no impact on rotundone. Recently, Geffroy et al. (2019) suggested that light received by the berries could stimulate the production of rotundone. However, if this were to be the mechanism involved a larger gain would have been observed for the removal of lateral shoots treatment, which seems more favourable to light penetration (see discussion above). However, the removal of lateral shoots had no impact on rotundone. Further studies will be necessary to understand the mechanisms involved in rotundone production after defoliation.

When focusing on the ratio of OAV rotundone to OAV IBMP, the three studied techniques made it possible to significantly increase the ratio, with the largest gain observed for delayed harvest.

With only one year of data for IBMP and the ratio of OAV rotundone to OAV IBMP, we cannot exclude the fact that our results should be considered preliminary and that one extra year would be necessary to fully validate our observations. However, our findings appear particularly consistent from one vintage to the other for rotundone (expressed in % of control), which tends to confirm the strong repeatability and robustness of our measurements.

Our results indicate that common viticultural practices can be used to modify the composition in rotundone and IBMP of Fer wines. Delayed harvest appears to be the best practice to increase rotundone while decreasing IBMP. In our experimental conditions, this practice had no impact on yields and did not induce any extra costs. Its only drawback was to induce a decrease in anthocyanins. Defoliation, which in 2015 induced a gain in anthocyanins, is also a recommended practice to increase the ratio of OAV of rotundone to OAV of IBMP. In our conditions, 43 hours per hectare were required to perform defoliation, an operation that can be mechanised except for terraces. Despite its relative efficiency, the removal of lateral shoots is not an advisable technique to modify the aroma composition of the wines, as it required more than 90 hours per hectare of manual work.

This study was carried out with financial support from FranceAgriMer and the Midi-Pyrénées region. We are grateful to the AWRI for carrying out rotundone and IBMP analyses and to Brigitte Mille, IFV, for running the classical enological analyses. We also would like to thank Jean-Marc Gombert, winegrower in Valady, for allowing us to use his vineyard.

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