“…The wine constituents linked to grape variety are the monoterpenols, abundant in Muscat varieties, the methoxypyrazines, which characterize the Cabernet family, the C 13 -norisoprenoids, numerous in Chardonnay, volatile thiols in Sauvignon, volatile phenols in Traminer aromatico and dimethyl sulphide in Syrah, but these compounds could also contribute significantly to the aroma of several other varieties (Allen et al, 1991;Sefton et al, 1993;Segurel et al, 2005;Tominaga & Dubourdieu, 2000;Versini, 1985). Except for the methoxypyrazines, these constituents occur in grapes in the form of non-volatile precursors like unsaturated fatty acids, glycosides, carotenoids, cysteine S-conjugates and phenolic acids, which can originate flavour compounds during or after the technological sequence of winemaking .…”