Fingerprints for Main Varieties of Argentinean Wines: Terroir

ROMINA D. DI PAOLA-NARANJO; MARÍA V. BARONI; NATALIA S. PODIO; HÉCTOR R. RUBINSTEIN; MARÍA P. FABANI; RAÚL G. BADINI; MARCELA INGA; HÉCTOR A. OSTERA; MARIANA CAGNONI; ERNESTO GALLEGO; EDUARDO GAUTIER; PILAR PERAL-GARCÍA; JURIAN HOOGEWERFF; DANIEL A. WUNDERLIN

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Lugar: Washington; Año: 2011 vol. 59 p. 7854 - 7854

p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal">Our main goal was to investigate if robust chemical fingerprints could be developed for three Argentinean red wines based on organic, inorganic, and isotopic patterns, in relation to the regional soil composition. Soils and wines from three regions (Mendoza, San Juan, and C¨®rdoba) and three varieties (Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, and Syrah) were collected. The phenolic profile was determined by HPLC-MS/MS and multielemental composition by ICP-MS; 87Sr/86Sr and ¦Ä13