title: Discrimination of Cognacs and other distilled drinks by mid-infrared spectropscopy.
abstract: Mid-infrared spectroscopy was applied to the analysis and discrimination of Cognacs and other distilled drinks (Armagnacs, whiskies, brandies, bourbons, rums, and counterfeit products). Strong correlations were found between dry extract spectra, polyphenolic dry extract spectra, and the total polyphenol concentration of samples, notably of Cognacs. Principal component analysis applied to spectral data made it possible to emphasize the importance of dry extract data when a distinction is made between Cognacs and Armagnacs, whiskies, bourbons, and rums, and of polyphenol concentration when Cognacs, brandies, and counterfeit products are separated. Ninety-six percent of samples in the test set were correctly assigned to Cognacs and non-Cognacs by partial least-squares discriminant analysis.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité Mixte de Recherche Génie et Microbiologie des Procédés Alimentaires, 78850 Thiverval Grignon, France. picque@grignon.inra.fr
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Picque
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lieben
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corrieu
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cantagrel
authors.forename: Odile
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lablanquie
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Snakkers
mesh_terms: D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000032:analysis* / Q000145:classification*; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000032:analysis; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis; D059808:Polyphenols; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D005419:Flavonoids; D010636:Phenols; D059808:Polyphenols