Figures (3)  Tables (3)
    • Figure 1. 

      The relative contents of volatile compounds classes of seventeen wine samples.

    • Figure 2. 

      (a) PCA plot, (b) LDA plot, (c) loading analysis of E-nose for 17 grape wines and (d) graph of sensory scores of the 17 grape wines.

    • Figure 3. 

      (a) Radar fingerprint chart of the sensory score, (b) PCA plot of E-tongue data for 17 grape wines.

    • Sample numberGrape wine varietiesCountry of originAlcohol content
      (V/V %)
      1Cabernet Sauvignon-AChina12.0
      2Cabernet Sauvignon-BChina13.0
      3Cabernet Sauvignon-CChina12.5
      4Cabernet Sauvignon-DChina12.0
      5Cabernet Sauvignon-EFrance12.0
      6Cabernet Gernischt-AChina12.5
      7Cabernet Gernischt-BChina12.5
      8Shiraz-AChina13.0
      9Shiraz-BAustralia14.5
      10Pinot Noir-AChina13.0
      11Pinot Noir-BChina12.0
      12Merlot-AAustralia13.5
      13Merlot-BAustralia14.0
      14Merlot-CAustralia13.8
      15Merlot-DChina12.5
      16TempranilloSpain13.0
      17ChardonnayAustralia13.0

      Table 1. 

      The details of the grape wines utilized in the experiment.

    • Phenolic acidsContents of phenolic acids (mg/L)
      Cabernet Sauvignon-ACabernet Sauvignon-BCabernet Sauvignon-CCabernet Sauvignon-DCabernet Sauvignon-ECabernet Gernischt-ACabernet Gernischt-BShiraz-AShiraz-BMerlot-AMerlot-BMerlot-CMerlot-DPinot
      Noir-A
      Pinot
      Noir-B
      TempranilloChardonnay
      gallic acid22.322 ± 2.408fg19.224 ± 2.945h19.187 ± 0.882h30.553 ± 4.171cd34.722 ± 0.512b22.912 ± 0.691f18.660 ± 1.355h39.721 ± 1.848a32.877 ± 0.162bc23.673 ± 0.179f27.293 ± 0.031e28.391 ± 0.055de31.806 ± 0.626c41.739 ± 1.206a15.424 ± 0.126i19.900 ± 0.039gh3.108 ±
      0.068j
      protocatechuic acid21.171 ± 1.289bc9.788 ± 1.216kl12.985 ± 0.209fgh19.860 ± 2.938cd10.796 ± 0.168jk11.607 ± 0.127hijk14.315 ± 1.597f10.949 ± 1.008ijk27.230 ± 1.376a8.658 ± 0.114l17.858 ± 0.134e18.319 ± 0.021de26.639 ± 0.207a22.171 ± 0.631b12.739 ± 0.985fghi13.551 ± 0.056fg12.295 ± 0.163ghij
      vanillic acid6.851 ±
      0.202h
      8.362 ±
      0.201g
      9.792 ±
      0.756f
      2.150 ±
      0.151j
      4.939 ±
      0.042i
      2.117 ± 0.368j9.495 ± 1.301f2.832 ± 0.225j14.841 ± 0.188d2.980 ± 0.150j22.551 ± 0.327a16.620 ± 0.201c17.987 ± 1.514b17.272 ± 0.975bc9.006 ± 0.515fg11.034 ± 0.133e5.999 ± 0.705h
      catechin34.540 ± 2.871h20.991 ± 1.712l29.309 ±
      1.03i
      33.886 ± 1.693h55.238 ± 0.983c45.555 ± 0.632d24.244 ± 1.062k46.814 ± 0.439d40.728 ± 0.448ef34.660 ± 0.965h42.315 ± 0.987e37.839 ± 0.482g39.583 ± 1.280fg58.853 ± 0.347b63.725 ± 1.595a26.547 ± 0.947j13.135 ± 0.109m
      caffeic acid1.565 ±
      0.293i
      1.498 ±
      0.106ij
      3.313 ±
      0.029h
      9.050 ±
      0.149b
      11.735 ± 0.008a6.262 ± 0.557d5.050 ± 0.430f7.807 ± 0.480c3.991 ± 0.281g7.644 ± 0.026c5.588 ± 0.469e7.342 ± 0.243c4.098 ± 0.249g6.198 ± 0.201d1.026 ± 0.149j6.008 ± 0.428de2.010 ±
      0.045i
      syringic acid10.954 ± 1.501d9.369 ± 0.537ef10.348 ± 1.127de15.011 ± 0.497b8.751 ±
      0.007f
      17.211 ± 0.249a12.294 ± 0.786c13.370 ± 0.877c9.908 ± 0.359edf5.360 ± 0.019g5.755 ± 0.133g9.205 ± 0.283ef8.966 ± 0.623f14.902 ± 0.713b3.925 ± 0.372h5.416 ± 0.070g6.217 ± 0.683g
      p-coumaric acid6.128 ± 0.305cde4.327 ± 0.495fg5.560 ±
      0.233e
      7.353 ±
      0.480b
      6.309 ± 0.024cd6.351 ± 0.657cd4.311 ± 0.306fg7.897 ± 0.469b1.420 ± 0.301h5.828 ± 0.143de8.792 ± 0.055a4.733 ± 0.079f4.879 ± 0.013f4.229 ± 0.622fg6.697 ± 0.630c3.848 ± 0.087g0.741 ±
      0.042i
      ferulic acid1.444 ±
      0.250f
      0.643 ±
      0.101h
      0.956 ±
      0.078g
      0.954 ±
      0.075g
      1.023 ± 0.022g1.616 ± 0.079ef1.612 ± 0.164ef1.876 ± 0.131de1.596 ± 0.035f3.080 ± 0.177b1.903 ± 0.172d2.063 ± 0.054d2.011 ± 0.030d2.377 ± 0.171c0.999 ± 0.070g2.517 ± 0.191c4.817 ± 0.347a
      Total104.975 ± 3.850g74.204 ± 5.231j91.450 ± 2.602i118.816 ± 0.709e133.513 ± 0.701bc113.631 ± 1.378f89.982 ± 3.098i131.267 ± 3.470c132.591 ± 1.132bc99.539 ± 1.254h132.055 ± 1.331bc124.512 ± 0.298d135.969 ± 1.285b167.743 ± 2.395a113.542 ± 2.107f88.821 ± 1.140i48.321 ± 1.628k
      Each value is expressed as mean ± SD (n=3) and data in the same row with different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05).

      Table 2. 

      Phenolic acids in seventeen grape wines using HPLC.

    • FAAsContents of FAAs (mg/L)
      Cabernet Sauvignon-ACabernet Sauvignon-BCabernet Sauvignon-CCabernet Sauvignon-DCabernet Sauvignon-ECabernet Gernischt-ACabernet Gernischt-BShiraz-AShiraz-BMerlot-AMerlot-BMerlot-CMerlot-DPinot
      Noir-A
      Pinot
      Noir-B
      TempranilloChardonnay
      Aspartic acid (Asp)21.525 ±
      1.519c
      13.433 ±
      1.031f
      17.666 ±
      0.575d
      14.921 ±
      0.762e
      25.437 ±
      0.502b
      15.846 ±
      1.601e
      11.094 ±
      0.09g
      15.391 ±
      0.05d
      13.668 ±
      0.06f
      8.076 ±
      0.168h
      22.347 ±
      0.339c
      7.850 ±
      0.210h
      6.347 ±
      0.451i
      33.736 ±
      0.464a
      24.744 ±
      0.267b
      7.291 ±
      0.152hi
      24.332 ±
      1.113b
      Threonine (Thr*)16.269 ±
      1.056c
      12.063 ±
      0.853ef
      10.578 ±
      0.714g
      11.488 ±
      0.611gf
      13.503 ±
      0.262d
      12.406 ±
      0.507ef
      8.693 ±
      1.461h
      13.749 ±
      0.110d
      9.002 ±
      0.039h
      8.181 ±
      0.056h
      13.022 ±
      0.231de
      5.339 ±
      0.144i
      3.458 ±
      0.251j
      27.163 ±
      0.401b
      13.234 ±
      0.121de
      6.562 ±
      0.139i
      31.053 ±
      2.011a
      Serine (Ser)16.291 ±
      0.906c
      10.945 ±
      0.827g
      12.117 ±
      1.050f
      10.472 ±
      0.498g
      14.156 ±
      0.282d
      12.004 ±
      0.791f
      8.572 ±
      0.105h
      13.099 ±
      0.113e
      7.701 ±
      0.038hi
      6.924 ±
      0.119i
      13.434 ±
      0.189de
      6.768 ±
      0.180i
      4.393 ±
      0.314j
      22.375 ±
      0.321b
      13.233 ±
      0.142de
      5.119 ±
      0.095j
      37.086 ±
      1.283a
      Glutamic acid (Glu)49.592 ±
      1.962c
      29.761 ±
      1.331i
      37.523 ±
      0.552f
      33.494 ±
      1.637h
      42.911 ±
      0.879d
      36.752 ±
      1.665e
      29.229 ±
      0.262i
      40.975 ±
      0.0918de
      22.722 ±
      0.097j
      24.139 ±
      0.344j
      35.406 ±
      0.557g
      22.510 ±
      0.547j
      19.312 ±
      1.210k
      82.522 ±
      0.901a
      35.544 ±
      0.415g
      17.984 ±
      0.270k
      78.470 ±
      1.532b
      Proline (Pro)47.364 ±
      1.523c
      44.537 ±
      1.459d
      41.971 ±
      1.562e
      36.592 ±
      0.454f
      12.211 ±
      0.253j
      40.114 ±
      1.500e
      36.604 ±
      0.997f
      40.966 ±
      0.212e
      35.376 ±
      1.341fg
      33.374 ±
      0.677g
      45.784 ±
      2.334cd
      37.380 ±
      1.495f
      22.142 ±
      0.251i
      65.491 ±
      0.840a
      33.837 ±
      1.868g
      30.493 ±
      0.151h
      59.197 ±
      1.503b
      Glycine (Gly)23.421 ±
      2.099b
      14.103 ±
      0.939f
      16.887 ±
      0.242de
      16.110 ±
      0.835e
      18.429 ±
      0.352c
      15.579 ±
      1.300e
      13.557 ±
      0.137f
      16.509 ±
      0.188e
      12.292 ±
      0.054g
      10.829 ±
      0.127h
      18.142 ±
      0.337cd
      10.299 ±
      0.289h
      10.842 ±
      0.771h
      32.777 ±
      0.752a
      18.313 ±
      0.188c
      7.6452 ±
      0.142i
      18.943 ±
      0.631c
      Alanine (Ala)39.205 ±
      1.851bc
      26.972 ±
      1.254g
      30.702 ±
      1.026e
      35.004 ±
      1.763d
      38.996 ±
      1.659bc
      34.357 ±
      1.659d
      28.894 ±
      0.451f
      38.139 ±
      0.197c
      27.647 ±
      0.134fg
      22.450 ±
      0.235h
      40.208 ±
      1.078b
      20.594 ±
      0.587i
      18.195 ±
      1.326j
      75.277 ±
      0.950a
      37.903 ±
      0.413c
      16.628 ±
      0.304j
      16.820 ±
      0.008j
      Cysteine (Cys)5.540 ±
      0.104cd
      1.783 ±
      0.082g
      1.354 ±
      0.095h
      2.178 ±
      0.084f
      1.465 ±
      0.021hg
      5.280 ±
      0.511ed
      1.401 ±
      0.084hg
      5.873 ±
      0.100c
      1.281 ±
      0.025h
      5.126 ±
      0.084e
      1.352 ±
      0.148h
      1.131 ±
      0.061h
      1.132 ±
      0.62h
      7.094 ±
      0.151b
      1.467 ±
      0.039hg
      5.095 ±
      0.041e
      9.678 ±
      0.677a
      Valine (Val*)17.734 ±
      0.779b
      11.333 ±
      0.920g
      10.746 ±
      0.591g
      11.000 ±
      0.547g
      12.718 ±
      0.219ef
      12.414 ±
      0.624f
      8.266 ±
      0.139h
      14.721 ±
      0.071c
      7.854 ±
      0.042h
      8.522 ±
      0.194h
      13.401 ±
      0.334de
      6.770 ±
      0.183i
      4.781 ±
      0.329j
      27.156 ±
      0.393a
      13.798 ±
      0.141d
      8.534 ±
      0.065h
      17.712 ±
      0.611b
      Methionine (Met*)8.801 ±
      0.302b
      4.274 ±
      0.253f
      3.833 ±
      0.311g
      4.509 ±
      0.208ef
      5.550 ±
      0.272d
      2.976 ±
      0.332hi
      3.393 ±
      0.090h
      7.962 ±
      0.039c
      2.733 ±
      0.011ij
      2.167 ±
      0.603k
      4.914 ±
      0.144e
      2.118 ±
      0.055k
      1.543 ±
      0.11l
      11.846 ±
      0.131a
      4.765 ±
      0.056e
      2.429 ±
      0.026jk
      5.465 ±
      0.466d
      Isoleucine (Ile*)7.964 ±
      0.353b
      5.198 ±
      0.235hg
      5.155 ±
      0.258hg
      4.997 ±
      0.249hg
      6.017 ±
      0.111de
      5.337 ±
      0.677fg
      3.611 ±
      0.044i
      5.623 ±
      0.045ef
      3.388 ±
      0.026i
      1.805 ±
      0.066k
      6.385 ±
      0.113cd
      2.878 ±
      0.081j
      1.708 ±
      0.118k
      9.591 ±
      0.158a
      6.544 ±
      0.083c
      1.776 ±
      0.003k
      4.836 ±
      0.329h
      Leucine (Leu*)17.252 ±
      0.553d
      16.345 ±
      0.735e
      14.193 ±
      0.407g
      15.124 ±
      0.783f
      21.805 ±
      0.425b
      11.825 ±
      0.750h
      10.729 ±
      0.104i
      14.612 ±
      0.025fg
      11.344 ±
      0.057hi
      5.575 ±
      0.073k
      18.994 ±
      0.339c
      8.527 ±
      0.262j
      5.383 ±
      0.400k
      25.117 ±
      0.451a
      17.209 ±
      0.215d
      5.225 ±
      0.162k
      17.531 ±
      0.642d
      Tyrosine (Tyr)ND13.138 ±
      0.663d
      12.427 ±
      0.839e
      10.907 ±
      0.445g
      9.98 ±
      0.156h
      ND16.776 ±
      0.129c
      12.025 ±
      0.019e
      6.011 ±
      0.012k
      7.871 ±
      0.062i
      23.243 ±
      0.342b
      6.382 ±
      0.130k
      7.041 ±
      0.463j
      ND10.059 ±
      0.06g
      4.621 ±
      0.338l
      28.734 ±
      0.508a
      Phenylalanine (Phe*)17.956 ±
      0.721d
      15.889 ±
      0.609f
      14.612 ±
      0.535g
      16.983 ±
      0.871e
      23.974 ±
      0.416c
      14.005 ±
      0.601g
      11.978 ±
      0.104h
      17.690 ±
      0.060de
      12.123 ±
      0.083h
      10.386 ±
      0.083i
      18.076 ±
      0.293d
      10.289 ±
      0.263i
      5.070 ±
      0.367j
      29.293 ±
      0.341b
      18.266 ±
      0.184
      10.089 ±
      0.107i
      33.473 ±
      1.008a
      Lysine (Lys*)25.432 ±
      0.979b
      17.212 ±
      0680f
      18.807 ±
      0.749
      19.639 ±
      0.963e
      26.293 ±
      0.475b
      21.102 ±
      0.684d
      14.359 ±
      0.082h
      23.706 ±
      0.062c
      15.486 ±
      0.053g
      14.371 ±
      0.189h
      23.719 ±
      0.378c
      11.691 ±
      0.339i
      9.576 ±
      0.613j
      35.700 ±
      0.679a
      21.965 ±
      0.276d
      12.052 ±
      0.061i
      25.346 ±
      0.916b
      Histidine (His)3.439 ±
      0.038j
      3.164 ±
      0.157j
      3.604 ±
      0.145j
      6.410 ±
      0.276g
      11.158 ±
      0.181b
      1.513 ±
      0.130l
      2.186 ±
      0.10k
      10.079 ±
      0.033c
      5.502 ±
      0.022h
      6.711 ±
      0.060fg
      4.287 ±
      0.052i
      7.488 ±
      0.195ed
      7.033 ±
      0.423ef
      4.784 ±
      0.137i
      7.797 ±
      0.091d
      3.409 ±
      0.076j
      27.230 ±
      1.189a
      Arginine (Arg)21.602 ±
      1.500f
      23.530 ±
      0.928e
      14.266 ±
      0.564h
      34.958 ±
      1.719b
      12.218 ±
      0.282j
      23.194 ±
      1.510e
      31.221 ±
      0.515c
      17.041 ±
      0.141h
      25.002 ±
      0.318d
      23.730 ±
      0.317de
      17.294 ±
      0.242h
      10.844 ±
      0.304j
      16.746 ±
      1.144h
      20.205 ±
      0.315g
      46.065 ±
      0.512a
      13.638 ±
      0.313i
      16.389 ±
      0.768h
      Essential amino acids111.389 ±
      3.63c
      82.317 ±
      3.414ef
      77.924 ±
      3.549f
      83.739 ±
      1.636e
      109.860 ±
      1.636c
      80.0643 ±
      3.377ef
      61.030 ±
      2.024g
      98.063 ±
      0.178d
      61.931 ±
      0.305g
      51.007 ±
      0.474h
      98.511 ±
      1.831d
      47.612 ±
      1.328h
      31.519 ±
      2.177i
      165.887 ±
      2.473a
      95.782 ±
      1.076d
      46.668 ±
      0.543h
      135.415 ±
      5.299b
      MSG-like71.118 ±
      3.171c
      43.195 ±
      2.346h
      55.189 ±
      1.059ef
      48.415 ±
      2.400g
      68.348 ±
      1.382c
      52.597 ±
      3.263f
      40.323 ±
      0.356i
      56.365 ±
      0.142e
      36.390 ±
      0.159j
      32.216 ±
      0.492k
      57.753 ±
      0.896de
      30.363 ±
      0.757k
      25.659 ±
      1.661l
      116.256 ±
      1.241a
      60.288 ±
      0.682d
      25.275 ±
      0.420l
      102.806 ±
      2.626b
      Bitter94.728 ±
      3.420d
      80.185 ±
      3.159f
      66.410 ±
      3.045h
      93.981 ±
      4.683d
      93.439 ±
      1.361d
      71.264 ±
      4.026g
      71.264 ±
      4.026g
      87.728 ±
      0.060e
      67.946 ±
      0.342gh
      58.895 ±
      0.430i
      83.351 ±
      1.516f
      48.914 ±
      1.343j
      42.264 ±
      2.879k
      128.010 ±
      1.877a
      114.444 ±
      1.282c
      45.101 ±
      0.744jk
      122.636 ±
      3.935b
      Sweet95.186 ±
      5.489c
      64.083 ±
      3.794f
      70.283 ±
      1.930e
      73.073 ±
      3.707e
      85.084 ±
      1.674d
      74.346 ±
      4.020e
      59.716 ±
      2.155fg
      81.496 ±
      0.587d
      56.643 ±
      0.264g
      48.384 ±
      0.521h
      84.384 ±
      1.834d
      43.001 ±
      1.200i
      36.888 ±
      2.661j
      157.592 ±
      2.405a
      82.684 ±
      0.863d
      35.961 ±
      0.672j
      103.903 ±
      3.889b
      Total339.369 ±
      13.086c
      264.133 ±
      8.793h
      266.442 ±
      6.253h
      284.785 ±
      11.827g
      296.221 ±
      5.321fg
      264.703 ±
      12.407h
      240.567 ±
      4.807i
      308.159 ±
      0.947ef
      219.133 ±
      0.527j
      200.237 ±
      1.429k
      320.009 ±
      7.448de
      178.862 ±
      5.324l
      144.702 ±
      8.589n
      510.153 ±
      6.708a
      324.744 ±
      1.333d
      158.597 ±
      2.238m
      452.296 ±
      13.074b
      Each value is expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3) and data in the same row with different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05). a ND: not detected. * Means essential amino acids.

      Table 3. 

      Comparison of free amino acids (FAAs) in different kinds of grape wines.