Description
For fresh and fruity “Nouveau” wines.
Isolated by the team led by J.Maugnet at INRA (National Agricultural Research Institute), Narbonne, France. Lalvin 71B™ is a high ester producer, which gives the wines a characteristic fruity (fruit salad) aroma. It is known for the production of the ester isoamyl acetate (3-methylbutyl acetate), an ester described as having a banana and pear aroma. Hence it is useful to use in ‘neutral’ grape varieties to increase the expression of fruity characters. The cell walls of Lalvin 71B™ are also highly adsorptive of polyphenolic compounds, thus limiting the tannic structure of red wines.
