HEDONYS™
The perfect harmony for your wine
HEDONYS™ unique composition enhances sweetness, brings better balance, and increases aromatic intensity when used in red must or finished wines (red, white, rosé). It also helps decrease bitterness, contributing to improved overall drinkability and a more harmonious profile. Rich in mannoproteins with unique sensory properties, HEDONYS™ offers a distinctive signature that upgrades wine quality.
Selected by Lallemand Oenology
Wine types
Technical information
- Application: Added in must, in finished wine or in nolow wines
- Impact: Sensory, texture
- Usage: Sweetness, balance, decrease bitterness, increase drinkability
- Dosage: 10-30 g/hL in must, 5-15 g/hL in finished wine or nolow wine
Product documentation
FAQ
HEDONYS™ is a specific wine yeast fraction from non-Saccharomyces (Torulaspora delbrueckii) produced with Lallemand’s exclusive MEX production process. This unique combination results in a product with a very high content of bioavailable mannoproteins with distinctive sensory properties.
HEDONYS™ enhances sweetness perception and balance to improve drinkability, a key sensory attribute highly valued by wine consumers. It is an ideal solution for early-release wines.
HEDONYS™ can be applied both in musts (at the beginning of alcoholic fermentation) and in finished wines. Dosage depends on the timing of application:
• In musts: 10 to 30 g/hL
• In wines: 5 to 15 g/hL
Yes, it is perfectly suited for this type of application. It can be applied to wines before or after the dealcoholisation process.
A minimum contact time of 7 days is recommended.
Yes. In red wines, HEDONYS™ helps polish tannins and reduce astringency. In acidic white and rosé wines, it enhances sweetness perception and balance.