The results of MDS analysis showed the split in the sensory attributes in dimension 1, reaffirming the results from the cluster analysis, and providing a better explanation of the results. Dimension 1 showed the division of the sensory attributes in all the wine samples, with appearance BIBW2992 price and odor in one cluster and flavor and overall acceptance in another one. Body acceptance was allocated in different clusters according to the sample analyzed. Dimension 2 presented a certain tendency for division of the physicochemical properties, showing that the properties related to wine density (DENS, RSG, TSG) were on

the opposite side from the visual properties

(TON, INT, OD). This result indicates that visual perception presented relevant dissimilarity Ku-0059436 in relation to the properties linked to wine density. The data from the Bordô samples were divided into two distinct clusters (Fig. 1). Etaio, Elortondo, Albisu, Gaston, Ojeda and Schlich (2008) described the influence of the phenolic compounds and color parameters on the appearance of wines. The acceptance of the appearance of the Bordô wines was correlated with the parameters of color, optical density and total phenolic content, corroborating the results of the study mentioned above. The alcohol content interfered in the odor, as described by Le Berre, Atanasova, Langlois, Etiévant, and Thomas-Danguin (2007), and the body showed an association with the total and reducing sugars, alcohol content and fixed acidity as described by Jackson (2008). The flavor was connected with the total and volatile acidity, total and residual dry extract, density and some parameters associated with the color of the wine, which, in addition, influenced the overall acceptance of the samples, since flavor and overall Tyrosine-protein kinase BLK acceptance were always allocated in the same cluster. The total and fixed

acidity positively influenced the release of the odor of the PDB wine since high acidity (low pH) enhances the release of odor due to hydrolysis of the glycosidic compounds (Baumes, 2009 and Mira de Orduña, 2010). The appearance of the PDB wine was associated with the total phenolic content, color and OD at 420 nm, a result that was expected since these physicochemical properties are connected to visual perceptions. The reducing sugar content, as well as the total and residual dry extracts enhanced the body of the wines, confirming the results obtained by Yanniotis, Kotseridis, Orfanidou, and Petraki (2007). The flavor of the PDB wine was associated with the alcohol content, which, in turn, presented additional interference in the body of wine (Jones et al., 2008 and Meillon et al., 2010).