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Effect of Artificial Ageing Using Different Wood Chips on Physico-chemical, Sensory and Antimicrobial Properties of Apple Tea Wine

Abstract:

Freshly prepared apple tea wine (a combination of tea extract and apple juice) is having yeasty and dull flavour, which needs to be improved to increase the acceptability of this product. Therefore, an attempt has been made for artificial ageing of apple tea wine using different wood chips to improve its physico-chemical, sensory and antimicrobial attributes. Different types of wood chips (Quercus spp., Bombax spp. and Acacia spp.) were added respectively (2.5 g/L to the freshly prepared apple tea wine) and allowed for ageing in carboys for the six months at the room temperature. The influence of each wood species on physico-chemical, sensory and antimicrobial attributes was tested upto 6 months of storage. Storage intervals significantly affected all the physico-chemical attributes (except total sugars, volatile acidity, and antioxidant activity), whereas, the addition of wood chips affected titratable acidity, ethanol, higher alcohols, total phenols, and amino acid. Cluster analysis of the physico-chemical attributes data revealed the same and showed that storage intervals exerted more effect on the physico-chemical and antimicrobial properties of the apple tea wine rather than the wood chips. The antimicrobial activity of 6 months aged wine was low as compared to the fresh wine. Among all the wood chips, apple tea wine aged with Quercus spp. possesses a significantly higher score (according to desirability) than the wine aged with other wood chips and control. In nutshell, apple tea wine matured with Quercus spp. wood chips for 6 months were the best with improved physico-chemical and sensory attributes.

Keywords:
Apple tea wine; artificial ageing; wood chips

INTRODUCTION

Brewing and consumption of various liquors were developed traditionally into art in ancient India, every single tribal society had a balanced and beautiful relationship with spirituous stimulants. Man’s relationship with wine is as old as history and nature. For centuries, wine has been used in religious ceremonies, for recreational and medicinal purposes. It has been a part of the society, meal and social gathering [11 Joshi VK, Sharma S. Importance, nutritive value and medicinal contribution of wines. Bev Food World. 2004;31(2):41-5.]. Wines have always been considered as safe and healthy drinks, besides an important adjunct to the diet [22 Stockley SC. Therapeutic value of wine: A clinical and scientific perspective. In: Joshi VK, editor. Handbook of enology: Principles, practices and recent innovations. New Delhi: Asia Tech Publishers, Inc.; 2011. p. 146-208.]. The wine possesses different types of health effects due to the presence of phenolics and alcohol in wine, which protects the human body from free radical attacks and increases HDL level in the body [33 Joshi VK, Thakur NS, Bhat A, Garg C. Wine and brandy: A perspective. In: Joshi VK, editor. Handbook of enology: Principles, practices and recent innovations. New Delhi: Asia Tech Publishers, Inc.; 2011. p. 3-45.].

With the advancement of time and upliftment of the economic status of people, the interest in health and wellbeing in life has been considerably raised which in turn increased the usage of natural materials to improve the nutritional quality of the diet [44 Kumar V, Joshi VK, Vyas G, Thakur NS, Sharma N. Process optimization for the preparation of apple tea wine with analysis of its sensory and physico-chemical characteristics and antimicrobial activity against food-borne pathogens. Nutrafoods.2016; 15: 111-121.]. Phenolic compounds play an important role in enology [as they are responsible for the colour and flavour of red and white wines] as well as human health [55 Gortzi O, Metaxa X, Mantanis G, Lalas S. Effect of artificial ageing using different wood chips on the antioxidant activity, resveratrol and catechin concentration, sensory properties and colour of two Greek red wines. Food Chem. 2013;141(3):2887-95.]. Besides being bactericidal, these are responsible for the ‘French paradox’ with antioxidants and vitamins that apparently protect consumers from cardiovascular diseases [66 Laplace JM, Jacquet A, Travers I, Simon JP, Auffray Y. Incidence of land and physico-chemical composition of apples on the qualitative and quantitative development of microbial flora during cider fermentations. J. Inst. Brew. 2001;107(4):227-34.]. However, besides the red wines, wine from non-grape fruits such as apple, pear etc. has the big issues of the low polyphenolics content and ultimately affecting the phytochemical potential of the wine. So, the same problems have been already taken care in our earlier attempts while preparing apple tea wine using different types of tea, their respective concentrations along with different types of fermentations i.e. natural and inoculated and their effect on the phytochemicals as well as antimicrobial activity [44 Kumar V, Joshi VK, Vyas G, Thakur NS, Sharma N. Process optimization for the preparation of apple tea wine with analysis of its sensory and physico-chemical characteristics and antimicrobial activity against food-borne pathogens. Nutrafoods.2016; 15: 111-121.,66 Laplace JM, Jacquet A, Travers I, Simon JP, Auffray Y. Incidence of land and physico-chemical composition of apples on the qualitative and quantitative development of microbial flora during cider fermentations. J. Inst. Brew. 2001;107(4):227-34.], different types of additives and their effect on the quality attributes of apple tea wine [88 Joshi VK, Kumar V. Influence of different sugar sources, nitrogen sources and inocula on the quality characteristics of apple tea wine. J Inst Brew. 2017; 123(2): 268-76.].

Newly fermented wine possesses dull, yeasty and raw taste. Therefore, aging is highly required in wine to develop good appearance, mouthfeel, and flavour. Among the numerous again aging methods, the utilization of wood barrels and chips is the old and traditional wine making practice, which imparts positive effects on the organoleptic and chemical quality attributes of wine [99 Sánchez-Iglesias M, González-Sanjosé ML, Pérez-Magariño S, Ortega-Heras M, González-Huerta C. Effect of micro-oxygenation and wood type on the phenolic composition and color of an aged red wine. J. Agr. Food Chem.30;57(24):11498-509.]. The role of wood in wine aging is to transfer volatile aromatic compounds and astringency-related phenolics to wine, to improve the intensity and complexity of wine flavour and aroma [55 Gortzi O, Metaxa X, Mantanis G, Lalas S. Effect of artificial ageing using different wood chips on the antioxidant activity, resveratrol and catechin concentration, sensory properties and colour of two Greek red wines. Food Chem. 2013;141(3):2887-95.,1010 Madrera RR, Valles BS, García YD, del Valle Argüelles P, Lobo AP. Alternative woods for aging distillates-an insight into their phenolic profiles and antioxidant activities. Food Sci. Biotechnol, 2010; 19(4):1129-34.]. The selection of the woods for preparation of wood chips or barrels depends on its origin, physical characteristics of wood [grain, porosity, permeability] and it's chemical composition [polyphenols, tannins, volatile compounds] which can influence the composition of wine during the aging process[55 Gortzi O, Metaxa X, Mantanis G, Lalas S. Effect of artificial ageing using different wood chips on the antioxidant activity, resveratrol and catechin concentration, sensory properties and colour of two Greek red wines. Food Chem. 2013;141(3):2887-95.]. The wood of various species of white oak, red wood, Acacia, pine, chestnut, and eucalyptus have been frequently used to make barrels [1111 Singleton VL, Esau P. Phenolic substances in grapes and wine, and their significance. New York: Advances in food research.Academic Press; 1969.]. Aging of wines in wood barrels requires long periods and has been found to be very costly. This problem has been overcome by artificial aging using wood chips which are prepared using traditional methods in cooperage and subjecting them to boiling in water and toasting as documented by Bozalongo and coauthors [1212 Bozalongo R, Carrillo JD, Torroba MÁ, Tena MT. Analysis of French and American oak chips with different toasting degrees by headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A. 2007; 1173(1-2):10-7.]. Besides that, wood chips, however, have a greater and faster effect on wine than barrels or other methods of maturation [1313 Afonso VG. Sensory descriptive analysis of red wines undergoing malolactic fermentation with oak chips. J Food. Sci. 2003;68(3):1075-9.]. The woods of Quercus, Albizia, Bombax, Toona, Celtice, and Salix chips have been used successfully in the maturation of wines and significant changes in tannins, methanol, and sensory quality have been observed [1414 Joshi VK, Mahajan BV, Sharma RK.Treatment of wines with wood-chip effect on some physico-chemical and sensory qualities.J. Tree Sci. 1994;13(1):27.].

Until today to our knowledge, a lot of attempts have been made for the preparation and maturation of tea wine and other fruit wine, but especially the artificial aging of the apple tea wine using different wood chips is still lacking and not documented until date. Therefore, to fulfill this research gap, an attempt has been made in the present study for the artificial aging of the apple tea wine using different wood chips and to study their effect on the physico-chemical, sensory and antimicrobial properties.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Material

Apple fruits (Golden variety), apple juice concentrate (Himachal Pradesh Horticultural Produce Marketing and Processing Corporation Ltd.), CTC (crush, tear, curl) tea were procured from the local market of Solan (Himachal Pradesh, India). Yeast strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. ellipsoideus, (UCD 595) was procured from the Indian Institute of Horticulture Research, Bangalore (Karnataka, India), and was used for the production of the starter culture using apple juice as a base [88 Joshi VK, Kumar V. Influence of different sugar sources, nitrogen sources and inocula on the quality characteristics of apple tea wine. J Inst Brew. 2017; 123(2): 268-76.]. The crude pectinesterase used was procured from Triton Chemical, Mysore (India) and was used at a concentration of 0.5%. Woods of different trees viz.Quercus spp., Bombax spp. and Acacia spp. were collected from the Forest area of University (Dr. YSP UHF Solan HP India) field for the different treatments of apple tea wine. Chips were made of 5×2 cm (l × b) and 0.5 cm thickness and were oven-dried at 65 ºC, till the constant weight was achieved [1515 Joshi VK, Shah PK. Effect of wood treatment on chemical and sensory quality of peach wine during ageing. Acta Aliment Hung. 1998;27(4):307-18.].

Experimental

Apple tea wine was prepared using the standard method as standardized by Kumar and coathors [77 Kumar V, Joshi VK, Vyas G, Tanwar B. Effect of different types of fermentation (inoculated and natural fermentation) on the functional properties of apple tea wine. Res J Pharm Biol. Chem Sci. 2015; 6: 847-54.] i.e.infusion of tea leaves was prepared by boiling the 4 g tea per 100 mL of the apple juice for 3 minutes at 100 oC and sieved. The TSS (Total Soluble Solids) of these infusions was raised to 20 °B using apple juice concentrate as a source of sugar. After amelioration, diammonium hydrogen phosphorus followed by addition of sulphur dioxide (100 ppm) in the form of KMS (Potassium metabisulfite) to kill the wild microorganisms and 0.5% pectinesterase for clarification. After 2 hours, must was inoculated with 5% of 24h old incola (Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. ellipsoideus) having 106cells/mL and kept for fermentation at room temperature (24±2 oC). When a stable TSS was reached, the fermentation was considered complete. Airlocks were fitted in the mouth of carboys near the end of fermentation. After completing the fermentation, siphoning was done followed by filling in new carboys. To these carboys, different wood chips i.e. Quercus spp., Bombax spp. and Acacia spp. were added, respectively with a concentration of 2.5 g/L [1515 Joshi VK, Shah PK. Effect of wood treatment on chemical and sensory quality of peach wine during ageing. Acta Aliment Hung. 1998;27(4):307-18.]. One carboy was kept as control where no wood chips were added. Aging of all treatments was carried out for 6 months. During aging, apple tea wines were analyzed for different physico-chemical, antimicrobial and sensory characteristics at different storage intervals (0, 3 and 6 months of storage).

Physico-chemical analysis

The wines at different storage intervals were analysed for different physico-chemical characteristics i.e. TSS, titratable acidity, pH and sugars as per the standard methods [1616 Joshi VK and Sandhu DK. Influence of ethanol concentration, addition of spices extract, and level of sweetness on physico-chemical characteristics and sensory quality of apple vermouth. Braz Arch Biol Technol. 2000; 43(5): 537-45.]. Ethanol was measured colorimetrically by potassium dichromate method [1717 Caputi AJ, Veda M and Brown J. Spectrophotometer determination of ethanol in wine. Am J EnolVitic. 1968; 26: 201–207.]. Volatile acidity was estimated by titration methods as described by Amerine and coauthors [1818 Amerine MA, Berg HW, Kunkee RE, Ough CS, Singleton VL, Webb AD. The Technology of Wine Making, 4th ed. Westport, CT: Avi Publishing; 1980.] and expresses as per cent acetic acid, while the higher alcohols in apple tea wine were estimated by the method given by Guymon and coauthors [1919 Guymon JF, Ingraham JL, Crowell EA. Influence of aeration upon the formation of higher alcohols by yeasts. Am J Enol Vitic. 1961; 12(2): 60-6.]. Total phenols were measured colourimetrically using gallic acid as a standard [2020 Singleton VL, Rossi JA.Colorimetry of total phenolics with phosphomolybdic-phosphotungstic acid reagents. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 1965;16(3):144-58.]. Total amino acids were estimated by the standard procedure as described by Sadasivam and Manickam [2121 Sadasivam S, Manickam A. Biochemical methods. New Delhi, India: New Age International Ltd.; 1991]. Protein content in different wine samples was determined by Lowry’s method as described by Sadasivam and Manickam [2121 Sadasivam S, Manickam A. Biochemical methods. New Delhi, India: New Age International Ltd.; 1991]. Total esters were determined colorimetrically as per the method of Liberaty [2222 Liberaty V. Ester determination and their applications to wine, MSc Thesis. Davis, CA.: University of California. 1961.] using ethyl acetate as a standard at 510 nm.

Caffeine content was determined by reversed phase-high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC, Waters India), equipped with UV Detector 2489, Autosampler 2707 and Pump 515 on a C18 column (250 × 4.6 mm). After maintaining the column temperature at 25 oC, a 10 μL filtered sample was loaded in HPLC through an automatic injector along with the mobile phase i.e. water, acetic acid, methanol (79.9, 0.1 and 20) at a flow rate of 1 mL/min. A calibration curve of peak areas versus concentration of the standard caffeine was plotted and the caffeine level of various samples was calculated using the regression equation of the best line of fit [77 Kumar V, Joshi VK, Vyas G, Tanwar B. Effect of different types of fermentation (inoculated and natural fermentation) on the functional properties of apple tea wine. Res J Pharm Biol. Chem Sci. 2015; 6: 847-54.].

Antioxidant activity (free radical scavenging activity) was measured as per the method of Brand-Williams and coauthors [2323 Brand-Williams W, Cuvelier ME, Berset CL. Use of a free radical method to evaluate antioxidant activity. Lebensm.-Wiss. Technol. 1995;28(1):25-30.] using DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl). The sample (0.1 mL) was added to 3.9 mL of DPPH (6x10-5mol/L) in methanol and incubated for 30 minutes at room temperature. The absorbance was measured at 515 nm. DPPH solution was used as a control and only methanol was used as blank. The per cent inhibition of DPPH was calculated according to the Equation 1.

A n t i o x i d a n t a c t i v i t y % = A b s o r b a n c e o f b l a n k A b s o r b a n c e o f s a m p l e A b s o r b a n c e o f b l a n k × 100 (1)

Antimicrobial analysis

Antimicrobial activity of different apple tea wines against all the test microorganisms i.e. Escherichia coli (IGMC), Enterococcus faecalis (MTCC 2729), Listeria monocytogenes (MTCC 839), Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA 252) and Bacillus cereus (CRI) was detected by Well diffusion method under aerobic conditions [2424 Schillinger U, Lücke FK. Antibacterial activity of Lactobacillus sake isolated from meat. Appl. Environ. Microb. 1989; 55(8):1901-6.].

Sensory analysis

Sensory analysis of different apple tea wines was conducted by 10 semi-trained panel of judges (The panels include the technical people who were having the knowledge of the different attributes of wine. They were capable for sensory analysis as per the prior instructions given.), using composite scoring as described by Amerine and coauthors [1818 Amerine MA, Berg HW, Kunkee RE, Ough CS, Singleton VL, Webb AD. The Technology of Wine Making, 4th ed. Westport, CT: Avi Publishing; 1980.]. The panel includes eight men and two women, having the age range from 24-41 years. Prior to sensory analysis, the respective judges were got familiarized in the training session with different treatments and the composite scale. The discussion was allowed only in the familiarizing session. The judges were asked to rinse their mouth before or in between testing of the given sample and evaluate them for various quality attributes, viz. colour and appearance, aroma and taste, flavour, bitterness, astringency and overall impression, and to award score depending upon their respective intensity. Evaluations were carried out in the isolated booths at room temperature (25±2 oC). The wines were served in tulip-shaped wine glasses, covered with glass dishes. The mean score of all these attributes was used to draw the overall acceptability of products of various treatments [2525 Joshi VK, Sharma SK, Goyal RK and Thakur NS. Effect of method of secondary fermentation and type of base wine on physico-chemical and sensory qualities of sparkling plum wine. Braz Arch Biol Technol. 1999; 42(3): 315-22.].

Statistical analysis

The data obtained from the physico-chemical attributes of the apple tea wines were subjected to analysis of variance using the completely randomized design (CRD) and the means with critical differences have been reported. Cluster analyses of data were performed to get a comparative comprehensive overview of physico-chemical and functional properties of the apple tea wine by using SPSS 16.0 software. The output obtained was plotted as a dendrogram and the interpretation of data was made, accordingly. The statistical analysis of the data obtained from the sensory evaluation of the apple tea wine was done by Randomized Block Design (RBD) as given by Cockrane and Cox [2626 Cochran, WG, Cox GM. Experimental designs. 14th ed. Bombay: Asia Publishing House. 1963.]. To get the effect of different storage intervals and types of wood chips on physico-chemical and sensory attributes of apple tea wine independently, the means of the respective measures as given in the tables, irrespective of the others.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Effect of different storage intervals on the physico-chemical attributes of apple tea wine

The maturation of apple tea wine significantly affected all the physico-chemical attributes of apple tea wine except total sugars, volatile acidity and antioxidant activity (Table 1). With advancement in the storage duration, an increase in reducing sugars, pH, higher alcohol, protein, amino acid and total sugars was observed, whereas, a decrease in TSS, titratable acidity, total phenols, and caffeine can be easily seen (Figure 1).

Table 1
Effect of different storage intervals on physico-chemical properties of apple tea wine
Figure 1
Effect of storage intervals on physico-chemical attributes of apple tea wine as compared to zero month of storage

A decrease in TSS during maturation (Table 1) might be due to the precipitation of soluble solids during the interaction of various components. With the advancement of the maturation, a significant increase in the reducing sugars was observed (Table 1) which is apparently the result of hydrolysis of non-reducing sugar into reducing sugar during maturation [1818 Amerine MA, Berg HW, Kunkee RE, Ough CS, Singleton VL, Webb AD. The Technology of Wine Making, 4th ed. Westport, CT: Avi Publishing; 1980.]. It is significant from taste and quality point of view of wine and is one of the desirable effects of maturation of wine. Whereas, the effect of the maturation was non-significant on the total sugars content of apple tea wine (Table 1), which was neither expected also. Precipitation of different acids in terms of their respective salts might be the reason for the decrease in the titratable acidity during the maturation [1818 Amerine MA, Berg HW, Kunkee RE, Ough CS, Singleton VL, Webb AD. The Technology of Wine Making, 4th ed. Westport, CT: Avi Publishing; 1980.] as it is desirable in wines from more acidic fruits during maturation as it increases the palatability of wine. However, no relation was observed among pH value and titratable acidity of apple tea wine (Table 1) which might be due to the protein contents of apple tea wine which are known to have buffering capacity thus, not reflecting the changes in the acidity in their respective pH values [44 Kumar V, Joshi VK, Vyas G, Thakur NS, Sharma N. Process optimization for the preparation of apple tea wine with analysis of its sensory and physico-chemical characteristics and antimicrobial activity against food-borne pathogens. Nutrafoods.2016; 15: 111-121.]. The legal limits for volatile acidity in different wines are 0.12 per cent for red wines and 0.11 per cent for other wines [1818 Amerine MA, Berg HW, Kunkee RE, Ough CS, Singleton VL, Webb AD. The Technology of Wine Making, 4th ed. Westport, CT: Avi Publishing; 1980.]. From this point of view, wines of all the storage intervals fell within the range and are desirable. The increase in volatile acidity during maturation of apple tea wine (Table 1) might be due to oxidation of wine phenolics to yield peroxide, which in turn oxidizes ethanol to acetaldehyde and subsequently to acetic acid [2727 Wildenradt HL, Singleton VL. The production of aldehydes as a result of oxidation of polyphenolic compounds and its relation to wine aging. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 1974; 25(2):119-26.].

A decrease in ethanol content during maturation (Table 1) is apparently the result of the interaction between alcohols and acids to form esters [1818 Amerine MA, Berg HW, Kunkee RE, Ough CS, Singleton VL, Webb AD. The Technology of Wine Making, 4th ed. Westport, CT: Avi Publishing; 1980.,2828 Zoecklein BW, FugelsangKC, GumpBH and Nury FS.Wine analysis and production.New york: Chapman Hall, New York; 1995.]. It is desirable as total ester formation results in higher fruity flavour in the wine. A significant increase in higher alcohols was observed during the maturation of apple tea wine (Table 1). The quantity of higher alcohols, irrespective of treatment, in general, is quite low than the threshold value of 420 mg/l [1818 Amerine MA, Berg HW, Kunkee RE, Ough CS, Singleton VL, Webb AD. The Technology of Wine Making, 4th ed. Westport, CT: Avi Publishing; 1980.], above which these alcohol produce hang over [2929 Fowles G. The complete home wine-maker. New Sci. 1989;123(1680):38-43.]. Since in apple tea wine fermentation nitrogen source was added, therefore, the level of higher alcohols was curtailed to a significantly lower level, which is quite desirable. Results indicated that during maturation, a significant decrease in total phenols or tannins took place (Table 1) which might be due to the degradation, condensation and polymerization, and subsequent precipitation of the polyphenolic compounds [3030 Somers TC. Assessment of phenolic components in viticulture and oenology.In: Lee T. editor.Proceedings of Sixth Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference. Australia: Australian Industrial Publishers, Australia.;1987.p. 257-261.] responsible for improving the palatability of wine. These results were in line with the findings of Jayabalan and coauthors [3131 Jayabalan R, Malbaša RV, Lončar ES, Vitas JS, Sathishkumar M. A review on kombucha tea-microbiology, composition, fermentation, beneficial effects, toxicity, and tea fungus. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf. 2014; 13(4): 538-50.], who reported that storage intervals influenced the stability of polyphenols. On another hand, oxidation and precipitation of the tannins with proteins might be the cause of their decrease during the maturation of wine [2828 Zoecklein BW, FugelsangKC, GumpBH and Nury FS.Wine analysis and production.New york: Chapman Hall, New York; 1995.]. The highest caffeine was observed in apple tea wine at 0 months of storage and it reduced significantly up to 6th month of storage (Table 1). Results of the current study are in line with the findings of Jayabalan and coauthors [3131 Jayabalan R, Malbaša RV, Lončar ES, Vitas JS, Sathishkumar M. A review on kombucha tea-microbiology, composition, fermentation, beneficial effects, toxicity, and tea fungus. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf. 2014; 13(4): 538-50.] who reported that caffeine contents of the Kombucha tea decreased up to 60 days of storage.

There was non-significant difference among the different storage intervals on the antioxidant activity of apple tea wine (Table 1). The results of the current study are contrary to the findings of Jayabalan and coauthors [3131 Jayabalan R, Malbaša RV, Lončar ES, Vitas JS, Sathishkumar M. A review on kombucha tea-microbiology, composition, fermentation, beneficial effects, toxicity, and tea fungus. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf. 2014; 13(4): 538-50.], who reported that free radical scavenging properties of Kombucha tea also linearly decreased during the storage period. With the advancement of the maturation period from 0 to 6 months, an increase in protein content and amino acid content was observed (Table 1). This might be due to yeast autolysis responsible for the release of proteins, peptides and amino acids by the action of proteases [3232 Bhushan S, Sharma, S. Maturation of Wines and Brandies. In: Joshi VK, editor. Handbook of enology: Principles, practices and recent innovations. New Delhi: Asia Tech Publishers, Inc.; 2011. p. 861-900.], and is considered to have an important role in producing aroma and flavour. Total esters concentration significantly increased with the advancement of the maturation time (Table 1) which is attributed to the phenomenon of aging [1818 Amerine MA, Berg HW, Kunkee RE, Ough CS, Singleton VL, Webb AD. The Technology of Wine Making, 4th ed. Westport, CT: Avi Publishing; 1980.]. Oxidation of ethanol into acetic acid and their interaction and the subsequent increase in the ester content of wine during maturation might have contributed to the increase of total esters [3333 Castino M, Cravero MC, Ponzetto L. Some considerations on the use of barrels for ageing of red wines. Enotecnico.1994; 49-53.]. A similar increase in total esters was observed by Joshi and Shah [1515 Joshi VK, Shah PK. Effect of wood treatment on chemical and sensory quality of peach wine during ageing. Acta Aliment Hung. 1998;27(4):307-18.] in peach wine.

Effect of different wood chips on the physico-chemical attributes of apple tea wine

The addition of different wood chips exerted a significant effect on titratable acidity, ethanol, higher alcohol, total phenols, and amino acids, whereas, on the other attributes under study, the effect was non-significant (Table 2). The per cent increase or decrease as compared to the control (without wood chips) is given in Figure 2.

Table 2
Effect of different types of wood chips on physico-chemical properties of apple tea wine
Figure 2
Impact of different wood chips on physico-chemical attributes of apple tea wine as compared to control during storage

The effect of wood chips on the titratable acidity was significant especially in the wine treated with Acacia spp. wood chips (Table 2) which might be probably due to the dissolution of fixed acids [3434 Shah PK, Joshi VK. Effect of Different Sugar Sources and Wood Chips on the Quality of Peach Brandy. J. Sci. Ind. Res. 1999;58 (6): 995-1004.] and volatile acids [3535 Aiken JW, Noble AC. Comparison of the aromas of oak-and glass-aged wines. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 1984;35(4):196-9.] from the wood chips. However, the difference in the extraction rate of the initial concentration of acid in the wood chips might be due to the different rate of solubilization by the liquid penetrating to the chips, followed by a different rate of diffusion from inner to outer; and the outer part to liquid i.e. wine [3636 Kadim D, Mannheim CH. Kinetics of phenolic extraction during aging of model wine solution and white wine in oak barrels. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 1999;50(1):33-9.]. Wood treated wines had more ethanol content than the control wine (Table 2), which might have occurred due to loss of water by evaporation and soaking of wood chips [1818 Amerine MA, Berg HW, Kunkee RE, Ough CS, Singleton VL, Webb AD. The Technology of Wine Making, 4th ed. Westport, CT: Avi Publishing; 1980.,3434 Shah PK, Joshi VK. Effect of Different Sugar Sources and Wood Chips on the Quality of Peach Brandy. J. Sci. Ind. Res. 1999;58 (6): 995-1004.]. Between wood chips, the difference for higher alcohol could be attributed to the hydrolysis of various wooden components during maturation which might have altered the higher alcohols content. Further, the increase in higher alcohols may be the result of transamination of amino acid, decarboxylation, and reduction of particular ketoacids [3737 Wondra M, Berovic M. Analyses of aroma components of Chardonnay wine fermented by different yeast strains. Food Tech. Biotechnol. 2001; 39(2):141-8.].

The higher phenol contents in the wood treated wines as compared to control (Table 2) might be due to the extraction of more phenolic compounds from wood during the maturation period [1515 Joshi VK, Shah PK. Effect of wood treatment on chemical and sensory quality of peach wine during ageing. Acta Aliment Hung. 1998;27(4):307-18.,3838 Quinn MK, Singleton VL. Isolation and identification of ellagitannins from white oak wood and an estimation of their roles in wine. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 1985; 36(2):148-55.-3939 Wilker KL, Gallander JF. Comparison of Seyvalblanc wine aged in barrels and stainless steel tanks with oak chips. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 1988;39(1):38-43.]. Although, the difference among the woodchips was non-significant but the slight difference might be due to the different rates of diffusion of the phenolic [3636 Kadim D, Mannheim CH. Kinetics of phenolic extraction during aging of model wine solution and white wine in oak barrels. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 1999;50(1):33-9.]. Higher amount of the amino acid content was observed in apple tea wine treated with Bombax spp. wood chips followed by apple tea wine treated with Quercus spp. wood chips (Table 2). The differences might be due to the respective initial composition of the woodchips [4040 Özcan T. Total protein and amino acid compositions in the acorns of Turkish Quercus L. taxa. Genet.Resour. Crop Ev. 2006;53(2):419-29.].

Antimicrobial activity

With the advancement of maturation period from 0 to 6 month, a decrease in antimicrobial activity was observed, which might be due to decrease in titratable acidity, total phenolics (Figure 3) which play in an important role in antimicrobial activity, irrespective of the type of indicator microbes [44 Kumar V, Joshi VK, Vyas G, Thakur NS, Sharma N. Process optimization for the preparation of apple tea wine with analysis of its sensory and physico-chemical characteristics and antimicrobial activity against food-borne pathogens. Nutrafoods.2016; 15: 111-121.]. Phenolic compounds may affect the growth and metabolism of bacteria and have an activating or inhibiting effect on microbial growth depending upon composition and concentration [4141 Vaquero, M. R., Alberto, M. R., and De Nadra, M. M. (2007).Antibacterial effect of phenolic compounds from different wines, Food Control. 18(2), 93-101.]. The inhibitory effect of phenolic compounds could be due to their adsorption to cell membranes, interaction with enzymes, substrate and metal ion deprivation [4141 Vaquero, M. R., Alberto, M. R., and De Nadra, M. M. (2007).Antibacterial effect of phenolic compounds from different wines, Food Control. 18(2), 93-101.-4242 Vaquero MR, Alberto MR, De Nadra MM. Antibacterial effect of phenolic compounds from different wines. Food Control. 2007;18(2):93-101.]. Titratable acidity (citric acid and malic acid) contributes to pH reduction, which depresses the internal pH of bacteria by ionizing the un-dissociated acid molecules, therefore altering the permeability of microbial membrane by disrupting their substrate transport [4343 Scalbert A. Antimicrobial properties of tannins. Phytochemistry. 1991;30(12):3875-83.-4444 Allende A, McEvoy J, Tao Y, Luo Y. Antimicrobial effect of acidified sodium chlorite, sodium chlorite, sodium hypochlorite, and citric acid on Escherichia coli O157: H7 and natural microflora of fresh-cut cilantro. Food Control .2009; 20(3):230-4.].

Figure 3
Effect of different wood chips and storage duration on the antimicrobial activity (zone of inhibition; mm) of apple tea wine

Cluster analysis of the different apple tea wines matured with different wood chips

To get an overview of the effect of different storage duration and wood chips on the physico-chemical attributes of apple tea wine, overall data were analyzed using rescaled distance cluster analysis (Figure 4). It is evident from the figure that major clustering was on the basis of storage duration rather than the wood chips where 0 months of storage grouped in one group than the other treatments indicating that maturation brought a significant change in apple tea wine. It was further observed that further clustering was based on wood chips up to some extent.

Figure 4
Dendrogram of different treatments of apple tea wine matured with different wood chips using various physico-chemical characteristics analysed based on rescaled distance

Sensory evaluation of 6 months matured wine

The composite scoring test was carried out for the sensory evaluation of 6 months matured apple tea wine. Table 3 summarizes the results of composite scoring of 6 months matured apple tea wine with different wood chips. On the basis of rating, apple tea wines matured with different wood chips after 6 months of storage fell in the ‘superior’ category; whereas, apple tea wine matured without wood chips after 6 months of storage fell in the ‘standard’ category. Out of three wood chips used, Quercus spp. treated wine was more preferred by the judges. Similar results have been reported for the Quercus spp. treated peach wine [1515 Joshi VK, Shah PK. Effect of wood treatment on chemical and sensory quality of peach wine during ageing. Acta Aliment Hung. 1998;27(4):307-18.]. Better quality of Quercus spp. wood chips treated wine could be correlated with the process of extraction of phenolic substances, which are known to improve the astringency and colour of wines [4545 BischofVukušić S, FlinčecGrgac S, Budimir A, Kalenić S. Cotton textiles modified with citric acid as efficient antibacterial agent for prevention of nosocomial infections. Croat Med J. 2011;52(1):68-75.].

Table 3
Effect of different wood chips treatments on sensory characteristics of apple tea wine

CONCLUSION

An appraisal of the results and cluster analysis obtained from the current study showed that storage intervals exerted more effect on the physico-chemical and antimicrobial properties of the apple tea wine rather than the wood chips. Wood chips had a significant effect on the sensory quality of the apple tea wine. Based on the results, it is concluded that apple tea wine matured with Quercus spp. wood chips for 6 months were the best with improved physico-chemical and sensory attributes.

Acknowledgments:

The authors want to thanks Dr. Y S Parmar UHF Nauni, Solan (HP) India for providing infrastructure facilities and providing financial support.

  • HIGHLIGHTS
  • • To overcome the yeasty and dull flavor of freshly prepared apple tea wine, aging is required.
  • • Different types of wood chips (2.5 g/L) were added to the freshly prepared apple tea wine and allowed for the ageing i.e. 6 months.
  • • Storage intervals significantly affected all the physico-chemical attributes.
  • • Addition of wood chips affected titratable acidity, ethanol, higher alcohols, total phenols and amino acid.
  • • Apple tea wine matured with Quercus spp. wood chips for 6 months was the best with improved physico-chemical and sensory characteristics.

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    08 May 2020
  • Date of issue
    2020

History

  • Received
    06 Aug 2018
  • Accepted
    07 Feb 2020
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