What are the use cases for amaea MIP use?
There are a number of applications that amaea can be use for. Smoke remediation, Palate fining and novel use in remediations such removing pyrazines, frost taint, powdery mildew taint, Brett and many others.
What is the process to use MIPs?
Get in touch. The first step is to understand the application that you are looking to implement. The next step is to schedule a bench top trial. One of our fantastic representatives will come to your facility and run the bench trial with you tasting through different application rates. Bench trials typically take 1-2
What are the advantages of MIPs over other taint mitigation methods?
Molecular precision. amaea's molecularly imprinted polymers are designed to capture specific molecules and classes of compounds. The selectivity of our MIPs ensures our system only removes what is needed while leaving desirable sensory markers in place.
What are MIPs (Molecularly Imprinted Polymers)?
Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are materials designed to selectively recognize and bind specific target molecules. They are created through a process that leaves cavities in the polymer matrix complementary in shape, size, and chemical functionality to a template molecule. amaea has created unique template molecules that effectively bind problematic molecules that can be found
My wine has smoke taint. I hear RO removes smoke taint, but that it returns?
There are several important factors with regards to processing smoke taint affected wines. The first factor is processing at the appropriate time, which is as late as possible. For a red, well past ML fermentation, but prior to going into oak. For a white, just prior to going into bottle. The second factor is treating
Can I concentrate my wine, or increase the alcohol content?
Yes you can, and we have extensive experience doing this. This is an easy process that can significantly increase the quality of a wine that is light in flavour and body.
Does the wine need to be filtered before RO? What do I need for tanks?
The wine needs to be under 10 NTU. We normally recommend filtering first, and then doing RO. If we are adjusting alcohol, just prior to bottling is the best time, as you only need to filter once. RO is normally recirculating back to the same tank.
I want to lower the alcohol content of my wine, how does this work?
RO removes an alcohol and water mix. The water component is then added back to the wine. This is a simple process and reversible after processing and before the water being added back. The wine can be “sweet spotted” just before water addition to determine the alcohol concentration that produces the best wine.
I have a wine with higher than normal alcohol, should I reduce the alcohol level?
Decreasing the alcoholic content of your wine can have a profound effect on quality. The market is moving to wines with alcohol levels at more reasonable levels. High alcohol content wines have a sharper, vodka aftertaste which significantly decreases quality and drinkability.
My wine has acetaldehyde, will RO fix it?
RO does not remove acetaldehyde. We have found using STARS may have a positive effect, as lowering the ph of the wine will free bound SO2, which may effectively remove some of the oxidative qualities of the wine.