RT journal article T1 FT-IR, Vis spectroscopy, color and multivariate analysis for the control of ageing processes in distinctive Spanish wines A1 Ferreiro González, Marta A1 Ruiz Rodríguez, Ana A1 Fernández Barbero, Gerardo A1 Ayuso Vilacides, Jesús A1 Álvarez Saura, José Ángel A1 Palma Lovillo, Miguel A1 García Barroso, Carmelo A2 Química Analítica A2 Química Física K1 Sherry wines K1 Ageing process K1 FT-IR spectroscopy K1 Vis spectroscopy K1 Multivariate analysis Partial least squares AB During the ageing period, diverse physicochemical changes occur affecting the quality of the final product. For this reason, it is important to study and optimize this step. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and UV–visible (UV–Vis) spectroscopic techniques combined with multivariate analysis were used to obtain regression models to correlate both spectroscopic data and chromatic parameters with the ageing level of high quality Sherry wines. Three spectral ranges were obtained that contain the highest variance: two different fingerprint ranges in FT-IR (1100–2000 cm−1 and 2300–2999 cm−1) and one range in the visible region (380–450 nm). The regression model has enabled full differentiation between the seven levels of ageing in the wine explored. A good linear regression fit (R2 above 0.95) was obtained regardless of the ranges used. The results demonstrate that both spectroscopic techniques can be used to optimize the ageing process in a simple and fast way. PB ELSEVIER SN 0308-8146 YR 2019 FD 2019 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/29970 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/29970 LA eng DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz RD 08-nov-2026