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Castavinols are natural phenolic compounds found in red wines.Castavinol, a new series of polyphenols from Bordeaux red wines. Chantal Castagnino and Joseph Vercauteren, Tetrahedron Letters, Volume 37, Issue 43, 21 October 1996, pp. 7739-7742, These molecules are colorless and are derived from anthocyanin pigments. Thus their formation leads to a
wine color The color of wine is one of the most easily recognizable characteristics of wines. Color is also an element in wine tasting since heavy wines generally have a deeper color. The accessory traditionally used to judge the wine color was the tastevin, ...
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Known molecules

* Castavinol C1 * Castavinol C2 * Castavinol C3 * Castavinol C4


References


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
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