Modulating Wine Aromatic Amino Acid Catabolites by Using Torulaspora Delbrueckii in Sequentially Inoculated Fermentations Or Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Alone
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microorganisms Article Modulating Wine Aromatic Amino Acid Catabolites by Using Torulaspora delbrueckii in Sequentially Inoculated Fermentations or Saccharomyces cerevisiae Alone M. Antonia Álvarez-Fernández 1 , Ilaria Carafa 2, Urska Vrhovsek 2 and Panagiotis Arapitsas 2,* 1 Departamento de Nutrición y Bromatología, Toxicología y Medicina Legal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain; [email protected] 2 Department of Food Quality and Nutrition, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; [email protected] (I.C.); [email protected] (U.V.) * Correspondence: [email protected] or [email protected]; Tel.: +39-0461615656 Received: 25 August 2020; Accepted: 2 September 2020; Published: 4 September 2020 Abstract: Yeasts are the key microorganisms that transform grape juice into wine, and nitrogen is an essential nutrient able to affect yeast cell growth, fermentation kinetics and wine quality. In this work, we focused on the intra- and extracellular metabolomic changes of three aromatic amino acids (tryptophan, tyrosine, and phenylalanine) during alcoholic fermentation of two grape musts by two Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains and the sequential inoculation of Torulaspora delbrueckii with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. An UPLC-MS/MS method was used to monitor 33 metabolites, and 26 of them were detected in the extracellular samples and 8 were detected in the intracellular ones. The results indicate that the most intensive metabolomic changes occurred during the logarithm cellular growth phase and that pure S. cerevisiae fermentations produced higher amounts of N-acetyl derivatives of tryptophan and tyrosine and the off-odour molecule 2-aminoacetophenone. The sequentially inoculated fermentations showed a slower evolution and a higher production of metabolites linked to the well-known plant hormone indole acetic acid (auxin). Finally, the production of sulfonated tryptophol during must fermentation was confirmed, which also may explain the bitter taste of wines produced by Torulaspora delbrueckii co-fermentations, while sulfonated indole carboxylic acid was detected for the first time in such an experimental design. Keywords: nitrogen metabolism; chardonnay; pinot gris; sulfonation; wine atypical aging; tyrosol; bitter taste; non-Saccharomyces yeast; winemaking 1. Introduction Wine is an ancient beverage obtained mainly by the fermentation process of grape juice or must (juice and solids), which results in partial or complete transformation of the sugars principally into ethanol and CO2. During alcoholic fermentation, the action of yeasts produces a large number of metabolites, and the combination of yeast strain(s) and must(s) is the major key to determine the quality of the final product, as different metabolite proportions make each wine unique. In winemaking, Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains dominate over non-Saccharomyces, which are also present in the must at the beginning of fermentation. For a long time, the presence of non-Saccharomyces strains, which are normally detected in grapes, was considered negatively in terms of the final characteristics of wine because they produce high concentrations of acetic acid and off-flavour and because some of them are even considered spoilage microorganisms [1]. Nevertheless, nowadays, many studies confirm that the influence of non-Saccharomyces on wine characteristics is not always negative [2–8]. 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