- Ultrawine Perseo has been created so wineries that need it can manage early harvests to obtain lower alcohol content without compromising the polyphenol and polysaccharide content.
- This system extracts the maximum potential from the grapes through the use of high-power, low-frequency ultrasound while helping to mitigate the effects of climate change on the grape ripening lag.
- Ultrawine Perseo is an innovative eco-sustainable system, internationally patented by Agrovin, indicated to optimize winemaking processes in wineries, as it reduces maceration time by up to 50%, achieves energy savings of 15%, and avoids the last days of green tannin extractions.
Madrid, April XX, 2024. Every year, and more and more, wineries face many problems caused by the weather that bring harvests forward and all the consequences of this entails. Grupo Agrovin’s priority is to propose solutions to the possible effects of climate change on grape quality, and Ultrawine Perseo has been and is the system par excellence that potentially improves wine quality through the application of ultrasound.
In this context marked by the climate crisis, Ultrawine Perseo is a unique solution for wineries that need to harvest grapes early to obtain lower alcohol content without compromising the polyphenol and polysaccharide content. In addition, it allows rapid maceration in the case of unhealthy grapes and avoids using enzymes.
Its technology allows extracting the maximum potential of the grape by using high power and low-frequency ultrasound while helping to mitigate the effects of climate change on the grape ripening lag, controlling the alcohol content, and enhancing the quality of the grape to obtain a high-quality wine thanks to the application of cavitation, which provides a sensory improvement of the wine, respecting the varietal character of the grape, and resulting in obtaining more aromatic, structured and full-bodied wines.
It is an eco-sustainable system that also responds to wineries’ need to reduce the use of energy and resources in the winemaking process without sacrificing quality. Compared to the traditional maceration method, Ultrawine Perseo reduces maceration time by up to 50% and energy savings by 15%.
Ultrawine Perseo was developed by Grupo Agrovin’s R&D&I department in collaboration with the University of Murcia and the Polytechnic University of Valencia within the framework of the European Union’s HORIZON 2020 grants and approved by the OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine) for use in winemaking processes.
With this patented system, Grupo Agrovin has pioneered ultrasound in winemaking. Its results are very satisfactory for the wineries that are applying it, which are located in different wine regions such as Spain, Portugal, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Chile, and Romania.
Benefits of using Ultrawine Perseus:
Numerous trials in national and international wineries have shown that the application of Ultrawine Perseo in the winemaking process provides several benefits that improve the quality of the wines in terms of:
- The extract has the same polyphenolic potential but less maceration time than a traditional maceration, avoiding the last days of green tannin
- In the case of unhealthy grapes, it allows rapid maceration and avoids using enzymes.
- Extracts the maximum organoleptic potential of the grape while respecting its varietal character.
- Increased extraction of phenolic compounds: 35% increase in extraction of combined anthocyanins, 40% increase in tannins, 30% increase in oligosaccharides and polysaccharides
- Quality winemaking from grapes with a ripening deficit is known as climate change grapes.