PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hironori Kobayashi
AU  - Shuhei Matsuyama
AU  - Hideki Takase
AU  - Kanako Sasaki
AU  - Shunji Suzuki
AU  - Ryoji Takata
AU  - Hiroshi Saito
TI  - Impact of Harvest Timing on the Concentration of 3-Mercaptohexan-1-ol Precursors in <em>Vitis vinifera</em> Berries
AID  - 10.5344/ajev.2012.12051
DP  - 2012 Dec 01
TA  - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture
PG  - 544--548
VI  - 63
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/63/4/544.short
4100  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/63/4/544.full
SO  - Am. J. Enol. Vitic.2012 Dec 01; 63
AB  - The effect of harvest timing on the concentration of flavor precursor 3-mercaptohexan-1-ol (flavor precursor 3MH) in Vitis vinifera grape berries was investigated. The accumulation of flavor precursor 3MH in Chardonnay grape increased in early morning and decreased during the day. The daily fluctuation of flavor precursor 3MH accumulation in grape was common to several grape cultivars irrespective of the sampling year. These results suggested that early morning harvest might yield higher concentrations of 3MH and 3-mercaptohexyl acetate in wines than daytime harvest. These findings could contribute to improving viticultural and enological practices with the aim of producing aromatic wines.