Flor Yeast Diversity and Dynamics in Biologically Aged Wines

Wine biological aging is characterized by the development of yeast strains that form a biofilm on the wine surface after alcoholic fermentation. These yeasts, known as flor yeasts, form a velum that protects the wine from oxidation during aging. Thirty-nine velums aged from 1 to 6 years were sampled...

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Main Authors: Vanessa David-Vaizant, Hervé Alexandre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02235/full