Influence of grape maturity and prefermentative cluster treatment of the Grenache cultivar on wine composition and quality Pascual Olga 1 Ortiz Jeanette 1 Roel Maruxa 1 Kontoudakis Nikolaos 1 Gil Mariona 1 Gómez-Alonso Sergio 2 4 García-Romero Esteban 3 Canals JoanMiquel 1 Zamora IsidroHermosín-Gutíerrez2andFernando * 1 1 1Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Facultat d’Enologia de Tarragona, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/Marcel.li Domingo s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain 2 2Instituto Regional de Investigación Científica Aplicada, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Universitario s/n, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain 3 3Instituto de la Vid y el Vino de Castilla-La Mancha, Ctra. Toledo-Albacete s/n, 13700 Tomelloso, Ciudad Real, Spain 4 4Fundación Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Albacete, Paseo de la Innovación 1, 02006 Albacete, Spain * *Corresponding author: fernando.zamora@urv.cat * Absract * This work studied how different grape maturity levels and cluster treatments affect the color and phenolic composition of Grenache wines. Specifically, five treatments were undertaken at a microvinification scale for three maturity levels: Control (destemmed and crushed grapes), Whole Berry, Whole Cluster, Crushed Cluster and Submerged Cap. The first three treatments were also reproduced with large-scale wine fermentation in oak barrels but only with well-ripened grapes. The results indicated that the total polyphenol index (TPI), anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin concentrations, as well as the mean degree of polymerization were higher in all the treatments when the grapes were riper. Submerged Cap generated maximum color and polyphenolic extraction at the three maturity levels. Whole Berry wines were the most similar to the controls. The presence of stems (Crushed Cluster and Whole Cluster treatments) produced wines with a significantly higher pH at all maturity levels and with lower color intensity when the grapes were less ripe. The presence of stems also significantly increased the TPI in almost all cases. * Keywords: grape maturity, cluster treatment, stems, color, phenolic compounds Introduction

The quality of red wines is highly determined by the composition of phenolic compounds. Some of their sensory attributes , such as color, body and astringency , are mainly associated with the composition of anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins ( Gawel, 1998; Vidal et al., 2003 ). Anthocyanins are only present in grape skins of most grape cultivars, with the exception of teinturier varieties , whereas proanthocyanidins are present in skins, seeds, and stems ( Rib é reau -Gayon et al., 2000 ). Seed proanthocyanidins are made up of (+)-catechin, (-)-epicatechin, and (-)-epicatechin-3-gallate ( Prieur et al., 1994), whereas skin proanthocyanidins also contain (-)-epigallocatechin and a much lower concentration of (-)-epicatechin-3-gallate ( Souquet et al., 1996). Consequently, skin proanthocyanidins include procyanidins and prodelphinidins , whereas seed proanthocyanidins only consist of procyanidins. Little is known about stem proanthocyanidins, but it is thought that they are made up of the four monomers: (+)-catechin, (-)-epicatechin, (-)-epicatechin-3-gallate, and (-)-epigallocatechin ( Souquet et al., 2000 ; D el Llaudy et al., 2008). Skin proanthocyanidins have a higher mean degree of polymerization (mDP) than seed proanthocyanidins but the polymerization degree of stem proanthocyanidins is a subject of controversy ( Souquet et al., 2000; Vivas et al., 2004 ; D el Llaudy et al., 2008 ). It has also been reported that molecular sizes, and especially the monomeric composition of proanthocyanidins, have a considerable influence on the perception of astringency. More specifically, a greater degree of polymerization and a high er percentage of galloylation cause a greater perception of astringency (Vidal et al., 2004).

It is well known that the maturity of grapes strongly influence s the phenolic composition of red wines ( D el Llaudy et al ., 2008 ; Gil et al., 2012 ). Un ripe grapes have lower extractability of anthocyanins and skin proanthocyanidins , but higher extractability of seed proanthocyanidins ( Peyrot des Gachons and Kennedy, 2003 ; Canals et al., 2005 ). For this reason, immature grapes may produce more astringent wines because their seeds can release a greater quantity of highly galloylated proanthocyanidins ( D el Llaudy et al., 2008). It has also been shown that stems can release highly astringent and bitter proanthocyanidins. Moreover, the presence of stems causes significant color loss and contributes to a ‘ stemmy flavor ’ in the wine (Boulton et al., 1995; Hashizume and Samuta, 1997) . For this reason , destemming grapes is a common procedure in red wine making in order to avoid th ese negative attributes. Other arguments for removing stems are that they reduce the ethanol content and titratable acidity, increase pH and even take up valuable space in the tank (Sun and Spranger, 2005).

On the contrary, some winemakers argue that stems may occasionally have positive effects (Peynaud, 1984; Sun and Spranger, 2005). They claim that retaining stems produce s wines with a higher concentration of proanthocyanidins, which help s to stabilize color and improve mouthfeel. Moreover, the presence of stems makes the cap less compact , which favors color extraction. Traditionally, stems have been used in red winemaking in such traditional regions as Châteauneuf-du-Pape (Côtes du Rhône) , because their presence increased the polyphenolic content of wines and , therefore, improv ed the ir aging ability. Moreover , some winemakers in the M é doc region (Bordeaux) used to include a proportion of stems when grey rot was present , with the aim of inhibiting laccase and protecting wine color. S tems ha ve occasionally been partially or fully used for low-tannin varieties such as Pinot N oir in traditional regions ( Peynaud, 1981 ; Blouin, 2000 ). Nowadays , winemaking using the whole cluster is especially common in biodynamic/natural wine production , probably because the extra tannin contribution of stems can protect the wine against oxidation , which means that the doses of sulfur dioxide can be decreased .

Operations during winemaking can have a non-negligible effect on color and phenolic compound extraction ( Gómez-Plaza et al., 2000). Several studies have been carried out on the influence of temperature, enzymatic addition, maceration length, mechanical treatment of the cap, ethanol content, etc ( Sacchi et al., 2005 ; Gil et al., 2013 ) . However , to our knowledge , very little information exists about the influence of stem presence on winemaking , and wine composition and quality (Goode and Harrop, 2011). For this reason, the aim of this study was to investigate how different grape maturity levels and prefermentative cluster treatments, with or without stems, affect ed the color and phenolic composition of Grenache wines.

 MATERIALS AND METHODS Chemicals and equipment

Methanol, acetonitrile, formic acid and acetic acid of high performance liquid chromatograph y (HPLC) grade (>99%) and absolute ethanol and hydrochloric acid (37%) were purchased from Panreac (Barcelona, Spain); acetaldehyde, polyvinylpolypyrrolidone, phloroglucinol, ascorbic acid, sodium acetate and ammonium formate were purchase from Sigma-Aldrich (Madrid, Spain ); the commercial standards trans-caftaric acid ( ≥ 95%) , quercetin 3-glucuronide ( ≥ 95%) , caffeic acid ( ≥ 99%) and p-coumaric acids ( ≥ 99%) were purchased from Phytolab (Vestenbergsgreuth, Germany); the commercial standards malvidin 3-glucoside ( ≥ 95%), kaempferol ( ≥ 99%) , quercetin dihydrate ( ≥ 99%) , isorhamnetin ( ≥ 99%) , myricetin ( ≥ 99%) and syringetin ( ≥ 99%) , the 3-glucosides of kaempferol ( ≥ 99%) , querceti n ( ≥ 99%) , myricetin ( ≥ 99%), isorhamnetin ( ≥ 95%) and syringetin ( ≥ 99%) were purchased from Extrasynthese (Genay, France). Vitisin A (10-carboxy-pyranomalvidin-3- glucoside) was quantified with a previously obtained standard of ≥ 9 5 % purity ( Blanco-Vega et al., 2011 ). All spectrophotometric measurements were carried out with a Helios Alpha UV-vis spectrophotometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, MA, USA).

Grapes and wines

The experiment was carried out with a Grenache variety (Vitis vinifera L ) from the AOC Montsant (Spain). About 230 kg of grapes were manually harvested at 3 maturity levels (3, 5, and 7 weeks after vera i son). Five different cluster treatments and maceration techniques were performed: Control, Submerged Cap, Whole Berry (destemming without crushing), Crushed Cluster (crushing without destemming), and Whole Cluster. All microvinifications were carried out in triplicate in 25 L tanks. Around 3/5 of the grapes were carefully destemmed (Delta, Bucher-Vaslin, Chalonnes-sur-Loire , France) and the intact berries were randomly distributed in 9 batches of 15 kg. The first three batches were introduced in three tanks without any treatment (Whole Berry), whereas the other six were crushed with a manual crusher. Three of these tanks were considered as “Control” while the other three were employed for “Submerged Cap” winemaking. The remaining 2/5 of the grapes were randomly distributed in batches of 15 kg without destemming. Three of them were crushed with a manual crusher (Crushed Cluster) while the other three were placed in the tanks intact (Whole Cluster). All the tanks were immediately sul f ited (100 mg K2S2O5/kg), inoculated with 200 mg/kg of selected yeast (EC1118, Lallemand Inc, Montreal, Canada) and maintained at a room temperature of 25 ± 1°C. All treatments were punched-down once a day until the end of fermentation, excluding the S ubmerged C ap system , which was carried out according to the winemaking method described by Sampaio et al. ( 2007 ) . After 2 weeks of maceration, the wines were racked into bottles (5 L pl astic). All the wines were sulfi te d (100 mg K2S2O5/L) and kept at 4°C for 1 month for stabilization. M alolactic fermentation was therefore inhibited to prevent any variations caused by it. The wines were s ubsequently bottled and stored in a dark cellar at 15°C until analysis.

This experiment was also performed on a larger scale (400 kg each) but only with well - ripe grapes from an other vineyard and with 3 treatments only (Control, Whole Berry and Whole Cluster). This experiment was performed without replicates in opened French oak barrels (500 L) placed vertically as fermentation tanks. These wines were aged in 225 L French oak barrels for six months.

Standard wine analysis

The analytical methods reco mmended by the OIV were used to d etermine the ethanol content, pH and volatile acidity ( Organisation Intern ationale de la Vigne et du Vin, 2014 ). The total polyphenol index (TPI) was analyzed by measuring the 280 nm absorbance of a 1:100 dilution of wine with a spectrophotometer, using a 10 - mm quartz cuvette and multiplying the absorbance value by 100 as described by Rib é reau -Gayon et al. ( 2006 ) . Condensed tannin concentration was estimated by precipitati on with methyl-cellulose ( Sarneckis et al., 2006) .

Color parameters

Ten microliters of a 10% (v/v) acetaldehyde solution was added to 1 mL of wine sample 20 min before color measurement to avoid sulfite interferences. The color intensity (CI) was estimated using the method described by Glories ( 1984 ) . The CIEL ab coordinates, lightness (L*), chroma (C*), hue (h*), red-greenness (a*), and yellow-blueness (b*), were determined accordin g to the method used by Ayala et al. ( 1997 ) and data processing w as performed with MSCV software (Ayala et al., 2001).

Analysis of individual low molecular mass (MM) phenolic substances in wine

T he individual low MM phenolic substances in wines were prepared with solid phase extraction and analy z ed with a reversed-phase HPLC diode array detector-electrospray ioni z ation-tandem mass spectrometr y system (RP-HPLC-DAD-ESI-MSn) ( Blanco-Vega et al., 2011; Lago-Vanzela et al., 2013 ) . The system comprised an Agilent 1100 Series HPLC (Agilent, Waldbronn, Germany), equipped with a DAD (G1315B) and a n LC/MSD Trap VL (G2445C VL) ESI-MSn, coupled to an Agilent Chem Station (version B.01.03) data processing station. The mass spectra data were processed with the Agilent LC/MS Trap software (version 5.3). The samples (0.25 mL of wine diluted with 4.75 mL of water:formic acid, 98.5:1.5) were injected (100 μL) after filtration (0.20 μm, polyester membrane, Chromafil PET 20/25, Macher e y-Nagel, Düren, Germany) on a Ascentis Express C18 reversed-phase column (4.6 × 150 mm; 2.7 μm particle size) (Supelco, Sigma-Aldrich, Madrid, Spain), maintained at 16°C. The solvents were A [water/methanol/formic acid (89:10:1, v/v/v)] and B (methanol), and the flow rate was 0.5 mL/min. The linear gradient for solvent B was: 0 min, 1%; 2 min, 1%; 60 min, 23%; 75 min, 70%; 80 min, 95%; 90 min, 95%; 95 min, 1%; 100 min, 1%. Two MS scan types were used: enhanced MS for compound identification , and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) for quantification. The c onditions for both MS scan types were ion spray voltage, −4000; ion source temperature, 450°C; collision gas, high; curtain gas, 15; ion source gas 1, 70; ion source gas 2, 50; declustering potential, −35; entrance potential, −10; collision energy, −30; and collision cell exit potential, −3. Two injections of (+)-catechin standard solution, one at the beginning and the second at the end of every injection series, were performed to updat e the response factors before quantification. The analyses were carried out in duplicate. The chromatographic system was managed by an Agilent Chem Station (version B.01.03) data processing station. The mass spectral data were processed with the Analyst MDS software (Applied Biosystems, version 1.5).

Analysis of wine proanthocyanidins

The proanthocyanidins of the wines were extracted and analy z ed by acid depolymeri z ation in the presence of an excess of phloroglucinol ( Pastor del Rio and Kennedy, 2006 ) ; the products of the reaction were separated by RP-HPLC-DAD ( Kennedy and Jones, 2001 ) . Proanthocyanidins were analy z ed with an Agilent 1200 Series HPLC equipped with a G1362A refractive index detector (RID), a G1315D DAD, a G1311A quaternary pump, a G1316A column oven and a G1329A autosampler (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA). The chromatographic system was managed by an Agilent Chem Station (version B.01.03) data processing station.

Sensory analysis

Sensory analyses were only performed with the wines obtained by barrel winemaking because they were considered more representative of what occurs in the wineries than micro-scale wines. Two sensory triangle tests were conducted by eleven expert tasters to compare the control wine versus the wines obtained with the Whole Berry or the Whole Cluster. In all the cases, the main objective was to determine whether the tasters were able to recognize the wine that was different. The second ary objective was to determine which wine was preferred by the panelists who had correctly identified the different wines.

Statistics

All the data for micro-scale wines are expressed as the arithmetic average ± standard deviation of three replicates. One-factor ANOVA tests were carried out with XLSTAT software, and multiple comparisons were performed using the Student–Newman–Keuls post-hoc test. The level of significance of sensory triangle tests was determi ned following Jackson’s method ( Jackson, 2002) .

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Table 1 shows the general parameters of the micro-scale wines. In o verall terms, these results indicate clearly that the maturity level exert s a major influence on wine composition regardless of the cluster treatment and maceration procedure. As expected , the greater the maturity the higher the ethanol content, pH, TPI and tannin concentration in all the treatments. All th ese data confirm that grapes underwent the correct maturation process. Volatile acidity also increased with grape maturity , probably due to the higher ethanol content.

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Parameter Maturity Level Control Submerged Cap Whole Berry Crushed Cluster Whole Cluster
Ethanol (%v/v) 1 14,2 ± 0,1 A β 14,3 ± 0,1 A β 14,1 ± 0,1 A αβ 14,3 ± 0,1 A β 13,9 ± 0,1 A α
2 16,0 ± 0,2 B αβ 16,2 ± 0,1 B β 15,8 ± 0,1 B α 15,9 ± 0,2 B αβ 15,7 ± 0,1 B α
3 16,5 ± 0,1 C αβ 16,7 ± 0,1 C β 16,6 ± 0,0 C β 16,7 ± 0,1 C β 16,3 ± 0,1 C α
pH 1 3,17 ± 0,03 A α 3,19 ± 0,03 A α 3,20 ± 0,03 A α 3,38 ± 0,07 A β 3,28 ± 0,03 A β
2 3,55 ± 0,06 B α 3,59 ± 0,01 B α 3,61 ± 0,03 B α 3,73 ± 0,03 B β 3,73 ± 0,01 B β
3 3,79 ± 0,02 C α 3,79 ± 0,02 C α 3,77 ± 0,02 C α 3,89 ± 0,04 C β 3,94 ± 0,01 C β
AV (g/L) 1 0,27 ± 0,02 A α 0,28 ± 0,04 A α 0,26 ± 0,00 A α 0,29 ± 0,03 A α 0,22 ± 0,04 A α
2 0,48 ± 0,04 B δ 0,39 ± 0,02 B γ 0,27 ± 0,02 A α 0,41 ± 0,02 B γ 0,32 ± 0,02 B β
3 0,51 ± 0,04 B α 0,48 ± 0,02 C α 0,55 ± 0,07 B α 0,54 ± 0,04 C α 0,48 ± 0,02 C α
TPI 1 42,0 ± 2,2 A α 53,0 ± 1,9 A β 46,0 ± 0,7 A α 43,9 ± 1,6 A α 50,5 ± 3,0 A β
2 51,7 ± 0,8 B α 55,3 ± 2,6 A α 52,6 ± 2,8 B α 54,5 ± 1,3 B α 54,9 ± 2,3 A α
3 55,0 ± 3,1 B α 66,4 ± 2,6 B β 61,9 ± 2,1 C β 63,1 ± 0,9 C β 64,6 ± 1,1 B β
Tannins (mg/L) 1 509 ± 45 A α 637 ± 28 A γ 584 ± 10 A β 529 ± 58 A αβ 612 ± 66 A βγ
2 566 ± 63 AB α 590 ± 52 A α 588 ± 25 A α 646 ± 55 B α 619 ± 30 A α
3 655 ± 74 B α 839 ± 39 B β 688 ± 36 B α 811 ± 87 C β 779 ± 41 B β

The different prefermentative cluster treatment of the grapes showed some interesting differences in some of the general parameters. The ethanol content was very similar in all the treatments at each maturity level. However, the ethanol content of Whole Cluster wines was slightly lower than in the other treatments , and these differences were significant in some cases. This somewhat lower ethanol content may be related to the presence of stems which can absorb ethanol and release water ( Hashizume et al., 1998 ). It ha s been reported that the moisture conte nt of stems is around 65% (González-Centeno et al., 2010). Considering this value and that stems represent a percentage of about 4-5% of the cluster weight, the observed decrease in ethanol content can be considered as quite logic once the osmotic equilibrium is reached. However, the Crushed Cluster wines showed similar values to the other experimental treatments although stems were also present. The influence of the presence of stems was clearer on the pH since both treatments containing stems, Crushed Cluster and Whole Cluster, had significant ly higher values in this parameter. This is probably because stems can release potassium which neutralizes the acids ( Hashizume et al., 1998 ).

Overall Submerged Cap wines have higher TPI and tannin concentrations than Control wines , although in some of the maturity levels these differences were not significant. These results confirm that this winemaking procedure improve s polyphenol extraction , as has been previously reported ( Bosso et al., 2011; Ichikawa et al., 2012 ). Whole Berry wines also presented general ly higher TPI and tannin concentration than the Control wines , although these differences were only significant in some maturity levels. T hese differences were in any case smaller than those observed in Submerged Cap wines. As expected, Crushed Cluster and Whole Cluster wines also had higher TPI and t annin concentration s than the Control wines , although these differences were only significant in some cases . This data confirms that stems are a source of tannins (Suriano et al., 2015).

Table 2 shows the general parameters of the barrel -scale wine s. Since no replicates were performed in that experiment, it is impossible to draw statistical differences. However, some tendencies can be confirmed in comparison with the micro-scale experiments. F or example, the ethanol content of Whole Cluster wine was lower and the pH higher than in Control and Whole Berry wines in a similar way to observations in the micro-scale trials. Whole Berry and especially Whole Cluster wines also have higher TPI and tannin concentrations than the Control wine. This data suggest s that winemaking with Whole Berry favors phenolic compound extraction. This behavior was also observed in micro-scale assays , although the differences were smaller and not always significant. These results also confirm that the stems enrich wine in tannins , and probably also favor the extraction of phenolic compounds from skins and seed because their presence makes the cap less compact ( D el Ll audy et al., 2008).

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Parameter Control Whole Berry Whole Cluster
Ethanol (%v/v) 16,6 16,5 16,1
pH 3,86 3,76 4,03
AV (g/L) 0,51 0,49 0,49
TPI 38,3 45,7 51,1
Tannins (mg/L) 300 371 474

Table 3 shows the influence of grape maturity and prefermentative cluster treatment on t he anthocyanin concentration and color parameters of micro-scale wines . In overall terms , total anthocyanins tended to increase with maturity in all treatments , although the differences were not always significant. This tendency was also observed in non-acylated anthocyanins but was not clear in acylated anthocyanins (acetylated and coumaroylated), maybe because the latter are minor anthocyanins in Grenache wines ( Noriega and Casp, 2007 ). T he influence of ripeness on wine color was also very clear. In s pecific terms , the color intensity (CI) and hue (h*) increased whereas the l uminosity (L*) decreased when the grapes were riper. This data confirms that riper grapes produced wines richer in anthocyanins and with a deeper color.

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Parameter Maturity Level Control Submerged Cap Whole Berry Crushed Cluster Whole Cluster
Total Anthocyanins 1 280 ± 69 A a 388 ± 29 A bg 291 ± 56 A α 342 ± 34 A αβ 416 ± 8 A g
2 322 ± 34 A a 401 ± 24 A β 388 ± 39 A αβ 434 ± 23 B β 506 ± 15 B g
3 365 ± 42 A a 426 ± 15 A β 361 ± 13 A α 439 ± 7 B β 497 ± 7 B g
Non-Acylated 1 259 ± 61 A a 352 ± 26 A bg 259 ± 50 A α 308 ± 31 A αβ 373 ± 4 A g
2 287 ± 31 A a 360 ± 22 A β 346 ± 35 B αβ 401 ± 20 B β 464 ± 13 B g
3 338 ± 39 A a 394 ± 13 A β 333 ± 10 B α 411 ± 6 B β 465 ± 6 B g
Acetylated 1 8 ± 2 A a 8 ± 1 A α 7 ± 1 A α 9 ± 1 A α 11 ± 2 A a
2 10 ± 1 A a 10 ± 1 A α 10 ± 2 A α 9 ± 1 A α 11 ± 2 A a
3 8 ± 1 A a 8 ± 1 A α 7 ± 1 A α 6 ± 2 A α 8 ± 2 A a
p-Coumaroylated 1 22 ± 6 A a 29 ± 3 AB ab 25 ± 5 AB αβ 25 ± 2 A α 32 ± 2 B b
2 25 ± 3 A a 31 ± 2 B β 32 ± 3 B β 30 ± 2 B αβ 32 ± 2 B b
3 20 ± 2 A a 24 ± 1 A β 21 ± 2 A α 22 ± 2 A α 25 ± 3 A a
Pyranoanthocyanins 1 21 ± 4 A b 13 ± 2 A α 9 ± 2 A α 28 ± 7 B β 38 ± 16 B b
2 32 ± 2 B g 24 ± 2 B β 19 ± 1 B α 34 ± 7 B g 50 ± 4 B d
3 27 ± 3 AB b 29 ± 3 B β 24 ± 9 B β 9 ± 1 A a 10 ± 1 A a
CI 1 6,4 ± 0,1 A β 7,6 ± 0,2 A γ 6,1 ± 0,2 A β 5,4 ± 0,3 A α 5,5 ± 0,3 A α
2 7,8 ± 0,1 B β 9,7 ± 1,0 B γ 7,9 ± 0,3 B β 7,7 ± 0,6 B β 6,7 ± 0,3 B α
3 10,5 ± 1,0 C αβ 13,5 ± 0,6 C γ 11,6 ± 0,4 C β 11,0 ± 1,0 C β 9,6 ± 0,4 C α
L* 1 64,4 ± 0,4 C β 59,7 ± 0,8 C α 65,6 ± 0,8 C β 68,6 ± 1,5 C γ 68,1 ± 1,5 C γ
2 59,5 ± 0,2 B β 53,1 ± 3,6 B α 58,8 ± 1,2 B β 59,4 ± 2,1 B β 63,2 ± 1,2 B γ
3 48,0 ± 3,0 A βγ 39,8 ± 1,4 A α 44,6 ± 1,0 A β 45,8 ± 2,7 A βγ 49,8 ± 1,4 A γ
C* 1 41,7 ± 0,8 A β 50,8 ± 1,1 A γ 41,0 ± 0,8 A β 33,7 ± 1,9 A α 38,3 ± 3,2 A β
2 47,6 ± 0,8 B β 53,0 ± 2,4 A γ 49,5 ± 1,1 B β 42,9 ± 1,1 B α 41,1 ± 1,1 A α
3 44,9 ± 2,6 AB αβ 50,7 ± 0,4 A γ 47,5 ± 0,9 B β 43,3 ± 2,3 B α 40,7 ± 2,3 A α
h* 1 357,3 ± 0,2 A γ 355,5 ± 0,8 A αβ 356,4 ± 0,5 A βγ 356,8 ± 0,1 A βγ 354,5 ± 0,8 A α
2 357,7 ± 0,6 A β 358,2 ± 1,3 B β 356,2 ± 0,3 A α 358,5 ± 0,6 B β 355,7 ± 0,9 A α
3 362,3 ± 0,7 B α 362,2 ± 0,6 C α 361,8 ± 0,4 B α 361,5 ± 0,8 C α 362,4 ± 2,1 B α

The total anthocyanin concentration of Submerged C ap wine was significant ly higher than in the C ontrol wine at all maturation levels. This trend was also observed in non-acylated anthocyanins but not in acylated anthocyanins. Submerged Cap wine also had higher CI, C* and lower L* than the Control wines , although these differences were not significant in some of the maturity levels . This data confirms that this winemaking procedure improves the anthocyanin extraction.

In general terms , Crushed Cluster and Whole Cluster wines also had significant higher anthocyanin concentration than control wines . This higher anthocyanin concentration may seem surprising because stems have been reported as being able to absorb anthocyanins ( Suriano et al., 2015 ) and their presence should consequently reduce anthocyanin concentration. By contrast , stems release tannins and other phenolic compounds that can protect antho cyanins against oxidation ( Bautista-Ortín et al., 2005 ). Moreover, the presence of stems makes the cap less compact , which favors anthocyanin extraction ( D el Llaudy et al., 2008). In our particular case, the presence of stems enhanced total anthocyanin concentration at almost all matur i t y levels. This behavior was similar for non-acylated a nthocyanins but not in acylated anthocyanins. However , C* of Crushed Cluster and Whole Cluster wines tended to be lower than in Control wines, although these differences were not always significant. In the case of Whole Cluster wines, CI also tended to be lower and L* to be higher than in Control wines. However , this tendency was not observed in Crushed Cluster wines. As a whole, these results indicate that the presence of stems has a negative effect on wine color , in contrast to the higher anthocyanin concentration detected in these wines. A possible cause for this higher anthocyanin concentration and poorer color is probably rela ted to the higher pH observed in the wines made in the presence of stems.

In general terms, Whole Berry wine showed similar anthocyanin concentration s to Control wine. The color parameters of Whole Berry wines were also very similar to Control wines in the first harvest. However, CI and C* tended to be somewhat higher and L* to be lower in Whole Berry wines of the third harvest, when the grapes were riper.

The pigments derived from anthocyanins, pyranoanthocyanins , did not show a clear tendency according to the maturity level of the grapes or of the prefermentative cluster treatment . This result could be expect ed, as the main pyranoanthocyanins found in the Grenache wines , vitisin A , at this stage, namely young red wines, were produced by alcoholic fermentation yeast by-products ( Blanco-Vega et al., 2011 ) and we used the same yeast strain for all vinifications.

Table 4 shows the anthocyanin concentration and color parameters of barrel -scale wines . Although it is not possible to draw statistical conclusions because no replicates were performed, some tendencies can be highlighted . Whole Berry wine has a higher anthocyanin concentration than Control wine. However, these data do not match with those obtained at micro-scale level , in which only small differences were found. A possible reason for this may be related to the fact that on a micro-scale level , the solubilization of anthocyanins from skins during maceration process is easier than on a barrel-scale because the punch down are more effective in small volume. T his fact has probably reduced the differences. Whole Berry wine also has higher CI and C*, and lower L* and H* than the Control wine.

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Parameter Control Whole Berry Whole Cluster
Total Anthocyanins 236 331 297
Non-acylated 225 313 280
Acetylated 3 5 4
p-Coumaroylated 7 13 12
Pyranoanthoxyanins 16 19 14
CI 6,8 7,8 7,1
L* 65,2 59,3 63,1
C* 32,6 40,3 32,5
h* 12,4 2,4 7,8

Whole Cluster wine also has higher anthocyanin concentration s than the Control wine , but in this case the color parameters CI, C* and L* were very similar. This higher anthocyanin concentration of Whole Cluster wine is consistent with those obtained in the micro-scale trials , which would confirm that the presence of stems favors anthocyanin extraction and /or provides protection against oxidation. The lack of differences in CI, C* and L* between Whole Cluster wine and Control wine despite the differences in anthocyanin concentration can be attributed to the higher pH of Whole Cluster wine , as mentioned in the comments on the micro-scale trials.

T he hue (h*) of the control wine at barrel-scale was somewhat higher than in Whole Berry and Whole Cluster wines. This high value indicates that the color of the Control wine was more yellowish and consequently indicates a greater oxidation . Grenache is a cultivar with a great tendency to color oxidation ( De Andres-De Prado et al., 2007 ). Winemaking in open barrel can favor a greater oxygen intake that may be the cause of the higher h*. The other winemaking conditions did not have this disadvantage , probably due to two different reasons. In the case of Whole Berry, the extract ion of anthocyanins took place inside the berry at the beginning of the alcoholic fermentation , protecting the anthocyanins against oxygen. In the case of Whole Cluster, the presence of stems releases tannins and other phenolic compounds that can act as antioxidants , protecting anthocyanins from oxidation.

Table 5 shows the influence of grape maturity and prefermentative cluster treatment on t he hydroxycinnamic acid and derivative, flavonol and flavan-3-ol concentration of micro-scale wines . In general, the total hydroxycinnamic acid and derivative concentration showed an erratic behavior throughout the maturity process. In the case of the Control wines, the total hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives increased significantly between the first and second harvest but decreased in the third. In the case of Submerged Cap, the concentration did not change throughout ripening. Finally, in the other three prefermentative cluster treatment s, the total hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives tended to increase , although the differences were not always significant. It is therefore very difficult to draw conclusions.

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Parameter Maturity Level Control Submerged Cap Whole Berry Crushed Cluster Whole Cluster
Non-flavonoids Total hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives 1 102 ± 5 A a 167 ± 12 A b 94 ± 55 A a 82 ± 28 A a 89 ± 31 A a
2 133 ± 1 B b 163 ± 14 A g 136 ± 24 A bg 85 ± 13 A a 107 ± 12 A a
3 93 ± 32 A a 164 ± 9 A b 133 ± 19 A ab 148 ± 10 B b 165 ± 7 B b
Flavonols Total flavonols 1 27 ± 5 A b 47 ± 9 A g 23 ± 8 A ab 16 ± 4 A a 26 ± 12 A ab
2 47 ± 2 B b 55 ± 10 AB b 46 ± 5 B bg 30 ± 11 AB a 31 ± 5 AB a
3 36 ± 13 AB a 64 ± 3 B b 49 ± 15 B ab 49 ± 10 B a 43 ± 3 B a
Aglycones 1 6 ± 2 A a 13 ± 3 A b 9 ± 1 A ab 6 ± 2 A a 12 ± 4 A b
2 11 ± 2 B a 14 ± 6 A a 15 ± 2 B a 13 ± 3 B a 13 ± 3 AB a
3 14 ± 7 B a 26 ± 1 B b 20 ± 3 B a 17 ± 4 B a 17 ± 1 B a
Flavan-3-ols Proanthocyanidins (mg/L) 1 876 ± 59 A α 919 ± 315 A α 846 ± 59 B α 835 ± 106 A α 1118 ± 137 B α
2 987 ± 114 A α 882 ± 79 A α 972 ± 53 C α 955 ± 55 A α 913 ± 101 AB α
3 776 ± 197 A α 921 ± 260 A α 731 ± 12 A α 711 ± 151 A α 794 ± 86 A α
mDP 1 5,24 ± 0,26 A α 5,70 ± 0,39 A α 5,36 ± 0,05 A α 5,17 ± 0,28 A α 5,94 ± 0,47 A α
2 6,96 ± 0,32 B α 6,93 ± 0,26 B α 6,56 ± 0,09 B α 6,33 ± 0,60 B α 6,13 ± 0,21 A α
3 8,19 ± 0,60 C β 8,92 ± 0,45 C αβ 7,94 ± 0,23 C αβ 7,80 ± 0,30 C αβ 6,74 ± 0,99 A α
Prodelphindins (%) 1 19,2 ± 0,3 A αγ 22,4 ± 0,4 A β 19,7 ± 0,2 A αγ 18,2 ± 0,5 A α 21,9 ± 1,1 A β
2 22,2 ± 0,5 B βγ 23,1 ± 0,8 A β 21,5 ± 1,0 B βδ 19,9 ± 0,6 AB α 20,4 ± 0,0 A αδ
3 20,1 ± 0,3 A α 22,3 ± 0,3 A αβ 20,9 ± 0,5 AB α 22,4 ± 2,4 B αβ 24,5 ± 1,4 B β
Galloylation (%) 1 6,2 ± 0,6 B β 4,8 ± 0,3 A α 5,9 ± 0,5 B β 6,2 ± 0,2 B β 5,8 ± 0,2 A β
2 4,6 ± 0,1 A α 4,4 ± 0,1 A α 4,2 ± 0,1 A α 4,3 ± 0,3 A α 3,8 ± 1,0 A α
3 6,9 ± 0,2 B β 7,0 ± 0,1 B β 6,8 ± 0,3 C β 6,8 ± 0,3 C β 4,4 ± 1,3 A α

In overall terms , the total flavonols and their aglycones tended to increase when the grapes were riper in all the experimental conditions, with the Submerged Cap wines being the richest in these substances. The Control and Whole Berry wines had similar levels of flavonols. By contrast, when stems were present, Whole Cluster and Crushed Cluster wines, the total flavonol concentration was significantly lower in some of the maturity levels than in Control wines.

The total proanthocyanidin concentration obtained by p hloroglucinol y sis is also shown in Table 5. T hese data are high er than those obtained by the methyl cellulose method and do not show a similar tendency than that observed for TPI or tannin concentration obtained by the methyl cellulose method. In fact , the total proanthocyanidin concentration measured by this method showed an undefined behavior throughout maturity and among the different cluster treatments. However , phloroglucinol y sis provides some interesting information about the structural characteristics of proanthocyanidins , such as the mDP, the percentage of prodelphi ni dins and the percentage of galloylation (Kennedy and Taylor, 2003). T he mDP of the proanthocyanidins clearly tended to increase with maturity in all the prefermentative cluster treatment s, al though in the case of Whole C luster wine this increase was not significant . The mDP of the proanthocyanidins of all treatment s was similar in wines from the first harvest and tended to be lower in wines fermented in the presence of the stems in the other two harvests , although these differences were only significant in the case of Whole Cluster wines. Finally, the percentage of prodelphinidins and galloylation did not show any clear tendency in terms of ei the r the maturity level or the prefermentative cluster treatments.

Table 6 shows the influence of grape maturity and prefermentative cluster treatment on hydroxycinnamic acid and derivative, flavonol and flavan-3-ol concentration in barrel -scale wines . Although no replicates were performed, some conclusions can be drawn. Whole Berry wine has a higher concentration of hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives, flavonol s and proanthocyanidins than Control wine. The mDP and the percentage of prodelphinidins were also higher in Whole Berry wine than in Control wine, whereas the percentage of galloylation was similar. By contrast , Whole Cluster wine has similar levels of hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives than the Control wine, but the total flavonol and proanthocyanidin concentration s were higher than in the Control wine. The mDP and the percentage of prodelphinidins were also higher than in the controls.

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Parameter Control Whole Berry Whole Cluster
Non-flavonids Total hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives 79 119 72
Flavonols Total flavonols 15 24 22
Aglycones 5 9 9
Flavan-3-ols Proanthocyanidins (mg/l) 447 555 647
mDP 5,7 6,6 6,4
Prodelphinidins (%) 12,3 15,6 16,0
Galloylation (%) 5,0 5,4 5,8

Table 7 shows the results of the sensory analysis of the various wines produced in oak barrels. The Whole Berry and Whole Cluster wines were compared with the Control wine by means of triangular tests. The results were very clear. T he t asters were able to distinguish significantly between the Whole Berry wine and the C ontrol wine (9/11). Of all the tasters wh o distinguished them correctly, seven preferred the Whole Berry wine, whereas the other two tasters preferred the Control wine. T he t asters were also able to distinguish significantly between the Whole Cluster wine and the C ontrol wine (8/11) and 5 of the tasters that selected the wines correctly preferred the Control wine, while the other three tasters preferred the Whole Cluster wine.

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Triangular test Positive identifications P Preference
Control Whole berry Whole cluster
Control vs Whole Berry 9/11 < 0.05 2 7 -
Control vs Whole Cluster 8/11 < 0.05 5 - 3

A principal component analysis was performed i n order to obtain a better understand ing of the influence of prefermentative cluster treatment on wine composition. Figure 1 shows the plot s of varimax-rotated principal component analys e s of wines from the three harvests. In the first harvest (Fig 1A) , t he first co mponent explains 58.89 % of the vari ance, and the second accounts for 27.79 % ( meanin g that the aggregate variance explained by the firs t two components was 86.68 %). The loadings are presented as vectors, and the ir length and direction indicate the contribution made by both components. A clear tre nd can be observed in this plot, and it is possible to separate the different experimental groups. The two experimental wines produced with the presence of stems, the Crushed Cluster and Whole Cluster wines, were located on the lower side of the graph , w h ere the vectors for pH, t annins, TPI and L* were directed. By contrast , the Control, Submerged Cap and Whole Berry wines were located in higher positions , and nearly all the points were at the top of the graph , where the vectors for C I and C* were directed.

This behavior was general ly consistent in the other two levels of maturity. In the second harvest (Fig 1B) , t he first co mponent accounts for 54.30 % of the vari ance, and the second component accounts for 21.03 % ( making the aggregate variance explained by the firs t two components 75.33 %). This time, the Crushed Cluster and Whole Cluster wines were located on the left side of the graph , in the direction of the pH, t annins and L* vectors , whereas the other experimental wines were located on the right side , w h ere the CI and C* vectors were again directed. Finally, in the case of the third harvest (Fig 1C) , t he first co mponent accounts for 56.19 % of the vari ance, and the second accounts for 27.03 % ( making the aggregate variance explained by the firs t two components 83.22 %). Once again, the experimental wines produced in the presence of stems were separated from those produced without them . In this case, Crushed Cluster and Whole Cluster wines were located towards the top of the graph , in the direction of the pH and t annins vectors. By contrast, the C ontrol wines were located in the lower left quadrant and the other two experimental wines, Whole Berry and Submerged Cap , were located on the right side of the graph , w h ere once again the CI and C* vectors were directed.

In general, the PCA of the three levels of maturity confirms that the presence of stems generates wines with higher tannin extraction, less color and higher pH than in wines produced without stems.

It can be concluded that grape ripening and cluster treatments have a clear effect on color and polyphenol extraction. Specifically, TPI, anthocyanin , proanthocyanidin concentrations and mDP were higher when the grapes were riper. Regarding the different treatments, there is strong evidence to suggest that Submerged Cap presents a higher polyphenol extraction tha n conventional winemaking. The presence of stems under Crushed Cluster and Whole Cluster conditions increase s proanthocyanidin extraction. However, stems also decrease color and anthocyanin concentration, increase pH, and produce wines with poor sensory attributes. The analytical micro-scale results of Whole berry wines were very similar to the Control wine, but these presented a clearly better composi tion in oak winemaking , which was also preferred by the taster s .

Further studies are required on a more realistic scale, for a better understanding of how cluster treatment affects the composition and quality of red wine.

Acknowledgments : We would like to thank CICYT (Pr ojects AGL2011-29708-C02-01, AGL2011-29708-C02-02 , AGL2014-56594-C2-1-R and A GL2014-56594-C2-2-R ) for its financial support.

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