Abstract
To estimate the possibility of wine-making with Korean dried persimmon, its homogenized and filtered solution was fermented at $15^{\circ}C$ and $25^{\circ}C$ for 12 weeks with Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Japan Alcoholic Beverage Association N0.7). Sugars of dried persimmon were mainly composed of 27.02% of glucose, 19.81% of fructose and 5.12% of mannose. In the fermentation at $25^{\circ}C$, glucose was almost completely consumed in 8 days, but fructose and mannose were consumed up to 64% and 74%, respectively, in the same period and were not utilized any more afterwards. In the fermentation at $15^{\circ}C$, 75% of glucose, 20% of fructose and 49% of mannose were consumed in 8 days and these sugars were continuously utilized for 12 weeks. Organic acids in the homogenized and filtered solution were levulinic acid (148.6 mg%), 4-methylvaleric acid (73.5 mg%), oxalic acid (28.7 mg%), acetic acid (8.5 mg%), N-butyric acid (8.4 mg%) and succinic acid (6.7 mg%). Irrespective of fermentation temperature, levulinic acid rapidly reduced according to progression of fermentation. Oxalic acid, N-butyric acid and succinic acid decreased at 2nd day of fermentation, and then increased at 4th and 6th days and subsequently decreased again under the levels of the solution. Acetic acid and 4-methylvaleric acid increased with the proceeding of fermentation and at 12th week of fermentation these contents were more than those of the solution. The contents of total free amino acid significantly reduced at 2th day of fermentation and then increased to the level of the solution at 12th week irrespective of fermentation temperature. Ethanol content rapidly increased to the levels of 5.3(v/v) at $15^{\circ}C$ and 9.4%(v/v) at $25^{\circ}C$ to 8th day after fermentation, but at 12th week its content was 14.5%(v/v) at $15^{\circ}C$ and 9.4%(v/v) at $25^{\circ}C$. The higher alcohots identified were 2-methyl-l-propanol, 3-methyl-ibutanol, 2-methyl-l-butanol and 2-methyl-2-propanol and the range of those contents was from 0.001% (v/v) to 0.06%(v/v). The color of the wine fermented at $15^{\circ}C$ was slightly superior but flavor and taste were slightly superior in the wine fermented at $25^{\circ}C$.
곶감중 당은 주로 glucose, fructose, mannose였다. 당도 조절을 위하여 가한 sucrose는 즉시 단당류로 분해되었다. Glucose는 $25^{\circ}C$ 발효의 경우 발효 8일째 거의 발효가 완료되었으나 $15^{\circ}C$ 경우 75% 정도 발효되었다. 발효속도는 발효온도에 관계없이 glucose>fructose>mannose 순이었다. 곶감에서 검출된 유기산은 acetic acid, levulinic acid, 4-methylvaleric acid, oxalic acid, N-butyric acid, succinic acid 등이었고 발효온도에 관계없이 발효초기에 감소하다 4일, 6일째 증가후 다시 감소하는 경향이었다. Levulinic acid는 발효가 진행됨에 따라 가장 급격히 감소하였다. Acetic acid와 4-methylvaleric acid는 발효가 진행됨에 따라 증가하였다. 유리 아미노산은 Ala, Gly, Val, Leu, Ile, Met, Ser, Pro, Phe, Asp, Hyp, Glu, Asn, Lys, Gln, Arg, His, Trp, Tyr 등 19가지가 검출되었다. 총 유리아미노산의 함량은 발효온도에 관계없이 발효 2일까지는 감소하다가 다시 증가하여 2주에서 원료용액과 같은 수준이었다. Ethanol함량은 발효 8일째까지는 $25^{\circ}C$우 9.4%(v/v), $15^{\circ}C$ 발효의 경우는 5.3%(v/v)였으나 12주째에는 $25^{\circ}C$ 경우 9.4%(v/v), $15^{\circ}C$ 경우 14.5%(v/v)로 $15^{\circ}C$ 경우가 알코올함량이 높았다. 고급 알코올은 2-methyl-1-propanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol, 2-methyl-1-butanol, 2-methyl-2-propanol 등이 0.001%(v/v)에서 0.06%(v/v) 범위에서 검출되었고 발효기간의 경과에 따라 증가하는 경향이었다.