PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jenny Nelson
AU  - Helene Hopfer
AU  - Greg Gilleland
AU  - Daniel Cuthbertson
AU  - Roger Boulton
AU  - Susan E. Ebeler
TI  - Elemental Profiling of Malbec Wines under Controlled Conditions Using Microwave Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
AID  - 10.5344/ajev.2015.14120
DP  - 2015 Aug 01
TA  - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture
PG  - 373--378
VI  - 66
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/66/3/373.short
4100  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/66/3/373.full
SO  - Am. J. Enol. Vitic.2015 Aug 01; 66
AB  - Microwave plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (MP-AES) was used for elemental analysis of Malbec wines from Argentina and the US. Using results from the analysis of six elements (Sr, Rb, Ca, K, Na, and Mg), Malbec wines from Mendoza, Argentina, and California were compared. The Malbec wines from these two countries were distinguished based on the results of their elemental profiles in a partial least squares-discriminant analysis. To our knowledge, this is the first time that MP-AES was used to determine the geographical origin of Malbec wines using six different elements.