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Resumen: Aroma contribution of individual esters has been studied in complex mixtures mimicking red wine models. A mixture containing 14 ethyl esters at concentrations found in wine (V1) was prepared and kept as reference. Isointense and qualitatively similar aroma vectors with a reduced number of esters (V2-V7) were prepared. Those vectors were introduced in two reconstituted wines to assess whether simpler vectors could replace V1 without compromising wine quality. In the simpler young wine model, V1 could be replaced by a vector containing just 3 odorants (ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, ethyl butyrate and hexanoate). In the oaky model, a vector containing just ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (V7) could replace V1 without any discernible sensory change. Results also reveal that sub- or perithreshold odorants play outstanding roles on the overall odour intensity of the mixture and that aroma simplification concomitantly implies an increase in the amount of odorant required to keep the intensity of the aroma vector. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125553 Año: 2020 Publicado en: Food Chemistry 307 (2020), 125553 [10 pp.] ISSN: 0308-8146 Factor impacto JCR: 7.514 (2020) Categ. JCR: CHEMISTRY, APPLIED rank: 7 / 74 = 0.095 (2020) - Q1 - T1 Categ. JCR: NUTRITION & DIETETICS rank: 6 / 88 = 0.068 (2020) - Q1 - T1 Categ. JCR: FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY rank: 7 / 144 = 0.049 (2020) - Q1 - T1 Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.772 - Analytical Chemistry (Q1) - Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Food Science (Q1)