Castavinol

Castavinols are natural phenolic compounds found in red wines.¹ These molecules are colorless and are derived from anthocyanin pigments. Thus their formation leads to a wine color loss.

Known molecules

Castavinol C1
Castavinol C2
Castavinol C3
Castavinol C4

References

Castagnino, Chantal; Vercauteren, Joseph (1996). "Castavinol, a new series of polyphenols from Bordeaux red wines". Tetrahedron Letters. 37 (43): 7739–7742. doi:10.1016/0040-4039(96)01761-3.

External links

1996 : Les molécules des futurs millésimes Bordelais ? C. Castagnino, C. Chèze and J. Vercauteren, Bull. Soc. Pharm. Bordeaux, 1997, 136, pp. 19-36 Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (French)

[1] Castagnino, Chantal; Vercauteren, Joseph (1996). "Castavinol, a new series of polyphenols from Bordeaux red wines". Tetrahedron Letters. 37 (43): 7739–7742. doi:10.1016/0040-4039(96)01761-3.

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