“…In fact, the main roles of the wood are to improve the intensity and complexity of flavour and aroma of wines, to reduce the astringency and bitterness, to stabilize the colour and decrease the vegetative herbaceous aromas (Bozalongo, Carrillo, Fernándet Torroba, & Tena, 2007;Garde Cerdán, Torrea Goñi, & Ancín Azpilicueta, 2004;Macedo et al, 2008;Rayne, Sheppard, Di Bello, & Eggers, 2011). Furthermore, using alternative techniques, such as use of oak chips, allows fermentation in stainless tanks, obtaining wines with decreased astringency and bitterness, similar like those fermented in barrels (Rodríguez-Bencomo, Ortega-Heras, & Pérez-Magariño, 2010).…”