QUEBRANTA Q-C-A-C*(n=6) Green Must (incomplete fermentation)(n=6) Industrial (n=8) Falca (n=3)
mg/L min max av min max av min max av min max av
Acetaldehyde a, b 21.0 69.0 37.3 30.5 169 90.9 35.7 88.1 57.6 5.8 34.1 22.3
Isobutanal     1.5 2.4 2.0 1.4 3.2 2.2 1.7 4.5 2.5 1.3 2.1 1.7
Methyl acetate 2.9 5.4 4.2 3.3 6.9 5.3 3.4 7.6 5.3 3.6 4.3 4.0
Ethyl acetate 33.1 116 63.8 54.7 129 82.4 79.2 618 218 2.6 95.1 63.3
Propanol       19.7 52.2 34.5 26.1 77.6 43.1 31.0 163 66.2 22.4 57.8 42.6
Isobutanol 89.4 206 136 39.3 204 133 25.8 188 83.7 93.3 211 159
1-Butanol 2.1 8.2 4.2 2.7 7.8 4.1 1.9 5.8 3.9 7.5 65.7 31.2
2-Methyl-1-butanol b 71.7 121 104 48.7 127 102 34.5 120 66.1 70.6 132 110
3-Methyl-1-butanolb 328 598 497 207 658 516 132 556 326 378 619 533
3-Hydroxy-2-butanone 9.8 12.3 11.2 10.3 16.1 12.5 10.8 31.7 14.6 10.0 11.5 10.8
Ethyl lactate 11.2 41.8 24.1 11.1 36.4 22.2 10.6 343 72.8 22.4 33.4 27.8
1-Hexanol 1.7 3.9 2.4 1.7 5.2 3.5 1.3 3.4 2.4 1.6 4.7 3.4
Ethyl octanoate 0.5 1.3 0.8 0.7 3.9 1.4 0.4 5.6 1.8 0.1 1.2 0.6
Furfural 1.3 5.1 3.5 1.6 6.9 3.6 1.5 24.4 8.8 1.2 3.7 2.4
Acetic acid 15.6 124 84.1 39.7 141 93.3 38.6 319 139 89.1 173 140
2,3-Butanediol 11.7 32.2 22.1 14.4 22.3 19.1 10.5 31.7 21.9 10.7 23.5 18.8
Diethyl succinate 0.6 2.9 2.1 0.5 2.0 1.3 0.5 4.3 2.1 0.9 2.6 1.9
β-Phenylethanol b 16.6 48.8 37.5 6.4 53.1 33.8 5.2 37.8 17.2 26.3 48.3 39.0
µg/L                        
Isobutyl acetate 117 281 171 103 316 209 72.1 407 227 19.4 187 95.0
Ethyl butyrate b 89.3 206 147 110 460 203 65.6 588 343 135 380 255
Butyl acetate a ,b, c 0.8 5.7 2.0 3.6 18.8 9.5 6.7 31.3 15.6 11.9 13.1 12.4
Ethyl 2-methylbutyrate 8.9 126 54.0 8.8 84.4 39.6 14.2 248 71.0 8.5 34.5 20.5
Ethyl isovalerate 19.5 252 102 24.9 199 93.6 52.7 524 169 22.1 69.1 41.2
Isoamyl acetate 176 1593 502 447 2300 973 142 3422 918 29.6 388 199
Ethyl hexanoate a 69.9 142 100 113 179 137 78.3 244 157 11.5 230 94.0
t-Limonene oxide 1.9 7.8 4.0 2.5 29.0 11.6 1.2 61.3 14.9 2.4 154 67.2
c-3-Hexenol 49.8 177 105 82.7 412 155 59.7 556 209 108 397 230
c-Linalool oxide 33.4 185 82.8 49.5 574 221 18.1 2387 462 78.1 759 305
t-Linalool oxide 22.5 119 56.9 30.6 318 137 12.6 1347 249 33.1 737 273
α-Terpinolene c 1.5 3.7 2.8 2.8 39.6 15.4 2.6 79.1 15.9 4.5 21.1 13.5
Benzaldehyde 40.2 102 74.1 51.5 262 124 66.8 556 201 55.7 159 110
Linalool 99.2 548 272 90.8 2198 832 47.2 5562 810 193 425 286
Ethyl furoate 18.2 35.7 26.1 13.3 56.6 34.5 21.2 128 53.3 10.3 32.9 23.5
Phenylacetaldehyde b 1.8 5.8 3.8 0.7 13.1 7.2 6.3 16.5 10.5 2.4 106 44.0
Ethyl decanoate 660 1612 1099 518 11541 3495 81.8 9800 1957 37.6 2487 888
α-Terpineol 41.0 211 107 38.1 1072 324 17.7 4539 692 52.2 262 136
Neryl acetate b, c 2.5 2.7 2.6 0.9 3.3 2.2 <0.2 1.6 0.9 0.7 1.8 1.4
β-Citronellol 29.6 62.3 43.3 22.9 313 129 9.4 662 106 45.8 110 71.6
Nerol 14.5 71.1 37.2 26.1 256 107 9.8 837 123 39.5 71.2 51.3
β-Damascenone a 6.1 31.9 20.6 38.7 90.5 63.0 8.8 66.2 28.9 16.9 58.9 32.5
β-Phenylethyl acetate 603 5885 2711 1059 9865 4311 120 1948 881 917 3743 2350
Geraniol 24.1 82.2 51.6 31.4 486 186 14.7 1108 158 43.3 100 66.6
Guaiacol b 8.5 15.2 12.5 0.1 54.4 15.1 <0.1 2.5 0.5b 7.9 18.5 12.6
Benzyl alcohol 303 932 456 150 525 319 106 2514 628 385 4054 1664
Ethyl dihydrocinnamate c 1.1 4.0 2.2 1.4 19.7 6.4 1.0 12.7 3.5 3.0 41.1 22.1
c-Whiskylactone   <0.5   <0.5 7.2 1.6 <0.5 15.5 5.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
o-Cresol c 4.7 6.4 5.5 3.0 13.6 6.1 2.6 9.8 6.1 8.1 20.4 12.5
γ-Nonalactone a 18.1 44.2 29.0 30.1 98.9 55.5 9.5 110 48.2 32.0 121 64.0
4-Ethylguaiacol 3.2 35.1 14.4 3.7 309 57.9 <0.1 23.3 5.6 3.5 26.8 11.7
m-Cresol b 2.3 5.3 4.0 0.1 5.3 3.2 <0.1 5.0 2.3 4.3 10.7 7.0
4-Propylguaiacol 0.1 0.8 0.3 <0.02 1.5 0.4 <0.02 0.7 0.2 0.5 3.4 1.5
Ethyl cinnamate b 0.4 1.7 1.1 0.8 54.7 10.4 0.8 4.5 2.6 0.9 16.5 6.3
γ-Decalactone 2.0 6.3 3.9 2.5 6.0 4.6 1.5 8.3 3.9 2.2 4.2 3.5
4-Ethylphenol 5.2 48.6 21.1 8.9 207 71.9 0.2 261 80.1 10.6 39.4 22.9
δ-Decalactone c   <0.1   <0.1 10.5 2.4 <0.1 6.2 1.5 1.0 2.2 1.7
4-Vinylguaiacol 3.3 21.0 9.1 4.0 32.7 11.6 0.3 22.3 8.0 1.6 4.5 3.4
2,6-Dimethoxyphenol   <0.1     <0.1     <0.1     <0.1  
Farnesol b 242 1015 473 405 912 623 15.8 188 63.1 121 356 277
4-Vinylphenol b, c 437 777 552 65.4 1320 520 18.6 291 108 32.5 97.2 67.8
Vanilline b 0.5 2.4 1.3 0.8 5.0 2.4 <0.03 1.0 0.1 0.2 8.2 3.1
Methyl vanillate   <0.04   <0.04 2.0 0.4   <0.04   <0.04 121 40.7
Ethyl vanillate 0.3 1.4 0.9 <0.05 9.7 4.1   <0.05b   <0.05 92.0 31.4
Acetovanillone   <0.03     <0.03   <0.03 0.09 0.04   <0.03  
Syringaldehyde   <0.02     <0.02     <0.02   <0.02 64.2 21.4
* pisco samples of Quebranta variety produced by complete fermentation of must, distilled in alembic, and produced on an artisan scale.
a Statistically significant differences measured by ANOVA at p < 0.05 according to fermentation process, b scale of the process, and c distillation instrument.
av: average concentration, min: minimum concentration, max: maximum concentration, n: number of samples analysed.
The identification of all these compounds was based on the coincidence of gas chromatographic retention index in DB-WAX column and mass spectrum with those pure compounds.
Table 2: Compounds analyzed by GC-FID and GC-MS in Quebranta pisco samples produced by complete and incomplete fermentation of wine, on an industrial or nonindustrial scale, and distilled in alembic and falca.