This study was conducted to improve the sensory properties such as taste and flavor in wine brewing using domestic grape varieties, and investigated to the optimal condition of malolactic fermentation (MLF). In addition, the possibility of simultaneou...
This study was conducted to improve the sensory properties such as taste and flavor in wine brewing using domestic grape varieties, and investigated to the optimal condition of malolactic fermentation (MLF). In addition, the possibility of simultaneous progression of MLF and oak aging of Muscat Bailey A (MBA) wine was investigated using a technique to immobilize malolactic bacteria (MLB) causing MLF on oak chips.
The MLB for the progression of MLF was selected from L. plantarum JH287 with the highest acid resistance and O. oeni KCTC3091 with the highest alcohol resistance in environmental resistance tests such as sulfurous acid resistance, alcohol resistance, heat resistance, sugar resistance and acid resistance. two selected strains were inoculated into grape juice prior to alcoholic fermentation (AF) at a constant concentration (1×106, 1×107, 1×108 CFU/mL) to perform MLF. also, at the time when the malic acid content was the lowest the quality characteristics of wine prepared by sequential AF by inoculation with S. cerevisiae Fermivin were investigated. as a result, when inoculated with L. plantarum JH287 at 1×108 CFU/mL concentration, all of 1.06±0.02 mg/mL malic acid was converted to 0.76±0.02 mg/mL lactic acid within 24 hours after inoculation and this was the shortest with about 11 days. However, inoculation with O. oeni KCTC3091 showed little MLF activity at all inoculation concentrations, 0.97±0.02 mg/mL malic acid remained and only 0.27±0.02 mg/mL lactic acid was produced. through this, the concentration of 1×108 CFU/mL showing the shortest MLF time was established as the optimal MLF inoculation concentration, and the quality characteristics of wine prepared by inoculating two strains after AF according to the established optimal inoculation concentration were examined. as a result, when inoculated with L. plantarum JH287 at 1×108 CFU/mL 1.20±0.02 mg/mL of malic acid was converted to 0.18±0.04 mg/mL of lactic acid and 0.79±0.02 mg/mL of malic acid was remained. On the other hand, when inoculated with O. oeni KCTC3091 0.31±0.03 mg/mL of lactic acid was produced and 0.57±0.02 mg/mL of malic acid remained which was 1.5 times higher than that of the former.
American oak chips (Quercus alba) and french oak chips (Quercus robur) were explosion treatment at a constant temperature (160℃, 180℃, 200℃) and time (3 min, 4 min, 5 min). as a result, the conditions of 180℃ and 4 min, which showed the best appearance for the field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) observation, were established as the optimum processing conditions for oak chip explosion. when the degree of pore formed on the surface of two types of oak chips were examined using FE-SEM, american oak chips having relatively constant pore were finally selected as an MLB immobilized support.
L. plantarum JH287 and O. oeni KCTC3091 were immobilized on exploded oak chips and unexploded oak chips, respectively. in case of L. plantarum JH287 showed 8.9 log CFU/mL for the exploded oak chips, and 7.7 log CFU/mL for the unexploded oak chips. also in case of O. oeni KCTC3091 showed 8.9 log CFU/mL for the exploded oak chips, and 6.6 log CFU/mL for the unexploded oak chips. In addition, MLB immobilized oak chips were stored at 4℃. and 20℃. for 120 days, and the survival rate of the immobilized MLB was calculated for each period. As a result, L. plantarum JH287 and O. oeni KCTC3091 showed a survival rate of over 90% for up to 60 days when stored at 4℃. On the other hand, when stored at 20℃, a sudden decrease in survival rate appeared from 15 days.
Finally, MBA wine was prepared using MLB immobilized oak chips. As a result, sugar and reducing sugar decreased as fermentation progressed, and after completion of fermentation, sugar content ranged from 6.1~6.2 °Brix and reducing sugar was 0.14~0.25%, similar concentration under all conditions showed. In addition, the total acid finally showed a content of 0.72±0.03%, and showed similar concentration under all conditions. when fermented by O. oeni KCTC3091 culture medium (Sc-Oo-Oak) and immobilized oak chip (Sc-(i)Oo), pH was finally 3.62±0.04. also, fermented by L. plantarum JH287 culture medium (Lp-Sc-Oak) and immobilized oak chips ((i)Lp-Sc), pH was finally 3.50±0.01. The final alcohol content was 11.6±0.4% at all conditions and showed the general alcohol content. In case of Lp-Sc-Oak and (i)Lp-Sc was increased of the organic acid content of acetic acid. so, In sensory evaluation, the color score of (i)Lp-Sc received the highest score, but (i)Lp-Sc and Lp-Sc-Oak scored highest in sour taste and the lowest score in overall preference. On the other hand, Sc-Oo-Oak and Sc-(i)Oo scored the lowest in sour taste and Sc-(i)Oo scored the highest in overall preference.