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Impact of Mechanical Harvesting and Optical Berry Sorting on Grape and Wine Composition

David A. Hendrickson, Larry. A. Lerno, Anna K. Hjelmeland, Susan E. Ebeler, Hildegarde Heymann, Helene Hopfer, Karen L. Block, Charles A. Brenneman, Anita Oberholster
Am J Enol Vitic. May 2016 : ajev.2016.14132; published ahead of print May 27, 2016 ; DOI: 10.5344/ajev.2016.14132
David A. Hendrickson
1Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616.
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Larry. A. Lerno
1Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616.
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Anna K. Hjelmeland
1Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616.
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Susan E. Ebeler
1Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616.
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Hildegarde Heymann
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Helene Hopfer
1Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616.
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Karen L. Block
1Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616.
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Charles A. Brenneman
1Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616.
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Anita Oberholster
1Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616.
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The impact of mechanical harvesting, optical berry sorting, and the possible synergistic effect of both on grape and wine composition was investigated. Pinot noir grapes from the Russian River Valley A.V.A. were harvested by hand, by a standard bow-rod mechanical harvester, and by a mechanical harvester with a Selectiv’ Process on-board. For each harvest method, half of the grapes were unsorted and half were optically sorted at the winery. The grapes, wines at bottling, and wines after three months of bottle aging were analyzed by reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), and headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for color expression and phenolic and aroma profiling. The machine-harvested grapes had higher levels of β-damascenone, linalool, β-myrcene, and α- terpinene, potentially caused by glycosidic hydrolysis resulting from berry damage during harvest or from inductions of synthesis as a wounding response. In general, differences in wine composition from harvest type were diminished or eliminated with the use of optical sorting. The machine harvester with the Selectiv’ Process on-board led to wines with the greatest phenolic content, although it is suspected that these differences may have been decreased or eliminated had the grapes been crushed before fermentation as wines were produced by whole-berry fermentation. Descriptive sensory analysis conducted on wines three months after bottling showed that the wines made from hand-harvested fruit had significantly greater tropical fruit aroma, while wines made from optically sorted treatments had lesser hue saturation. With only two significant differences among the 18 aroma, taste, and mouthfeel attributes tested, it was concluded that all treatments led to wines of similar character.

  • mechanical harvesting
  • optical berry sorting
  • Pinot noir
  • phenolics
  • volatiles
  • sensory
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David A. Hendrickson, Larry. A. Lerno, Anna K. Hjelmeland, Susan E. Ebeler, Hildegarde Heymann, Helene Hopfer, Karen L. Block, Charles A. Brenneman, Anita Oberholster
Am J Enol Vitic.  May 2016  ajev.2016.14132;  published ahead of print May 27, 2016 ; DOI: 10.5344/ajev.2016.14132

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David A. Hendrickson, Larry. A. Lerno, Anna K. Hjelmeland, Susan E. Ebeler, Hildegarde Heymann, Helene Hopfer, Karen L. Block, Charles A. Brenneman, Anita Oberholster
Am J Enol Vitic.  May 2016  ajev.2016.14132;  published ahead of print May 27, 2016 ; DOI: 10.5344/ajev.2016.14132
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