INFLUENCE OF LEES PRESENCE DURING THE RESTING TIME OF BASE WINE IN SOME VOLATILE COMPOUNDS OF PERUVIAN ITALIA GRAPE PISCO

Abstract

The influence of lees presence during the resting time of base wines in some volatile compounds in Pisco obtained therefrom were studied, such as: acetic acid, higher alcohols, esters and acetaldehyde. Two dry base wine fractions (with and without lees) were stored for five time intervals: 0, 7, 20, 60, 150 days, and distilled afterwards. The results indicated that piscos obtained from base wines with longer resting time show higher acetic acid contents (with lees: from 0.15 g/L with 0 resting days to 0.30 g/L with 60 resting days and 0.69 g/L with 150 resting days; without lees: from 0.14 g/L with 0 resting days to 0.26 g/L with 150 resting days), propanol contents (with lees: from 72.15 mg/100 mL A.A. with 0 resting days to 105.34 mg/100 mL A.A. with 150 resting days), ethyl acetate contents (with lees: from 22.00 mg/100 mL A.A. with 0 resting days to 43.10 mg/100 mL A.A. with 150 resting days) and iso-amyl acetate contents (with lees: from 0.00 mg/100 mL A.A. with 0 resting days to 10.57 mg/100 mL A.A. with 150 resting days); and lower acetaldehyde contents (with lees: from 22.71 mg/100 mL A.A. with 0 resting days to 4.29 mg/100 mL A.A. with 60 resting days and 3.30 mg/100 mL A.A. with 150 resting days; without lees: from 16.98 mg/100 mL A.A. with 0 resting days to 4.30 mg/100 mL A.A. with 150 resting days). Piscos coming from base wines with lees show higher ethyl acetate (22.00 vs. 16.61 mg/100 mL A.A.) and acetaldehyde (22.71 vs. 16.98 mg/100 mL A.A.) contents than those coming from base wines without lees, with 0 resting days.