TECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF THE SUKHOLYMANSKYI BILYI GRAPE VARIETY UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE: A STRUCTURED ANALYTICAL REVIEW AND AN ADAPTIVE VINIFICATION CONCEPT

Keywords: Sukholymanskyi Bilyi, grape, climate change, technological maturity, structured literature analysis, acidity, adaptive vinification

Abstract

Purpose. The study aimed to provide a structured analytical synthesis of evidence on the technological potential of the Ukrainian wine grape cultivar Sukholymanskyi Bilyi under climate variability, assess the level of evidence for adaptive technological approaches, and formulate a cultivar-specific concept of adaptive vinification. Methodology. The evidence base comprised 50 scientific, fundamental, and normative-methodological sources included in the article bibliography. A structured content analysis was applied, assigning publications to seven thematic blocks and three evidence levels: direct data for Sukholymanskyi Bilyi; mechanistically relevant evidence obtained for other Vitis vinifera L. cultivars; and technological approaches requiring cultivar-specific experimental verification. Results. Direct cultivar-specific studies accounted for 4 of 50 sources (8.0%), whereas the largest thematic blocks addressed climate, phenology and adaptation – 15 sources (30.0%) – and microbiology, nitrogen status and non-Saccharomyces – 11 sources (22.0%). Direct studies confirmed intravarietal clonal variability in agronomic, physicochemical and sensory characteristics and demonstrated relationships between crop quality indicators and thermal and moisture conditions. Under climate variability, technological maturity should therefore be assessed not only through soluble solids and titratable acidity but also through pH, organic-acid balance, aroma maturity and yeast-assimilable nitrogen. The evidence for cold pre-fermentation maceration, oxidation management, fermentation temperature, bioprotection and non-Saccharomyces yeasts was critically differentiated according to its direct applicability to the cultivar. Conclusions. A cultivar-specific sequence, “vintage climatic conditions – clone – technological maturity – grape composition – technological decision – sensory quality”, was proposed as an adaptive vinification framework. The framework converts the literature review into a system of testable technological decisions rather than a universal processing recipe. Priority research needs include multivintage monitoring of pH and tartaric/malic acids, volatile profiling, YAN determination, and controlled trials of maceration, bioprotection, fermentation temperature and biological acidification.

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LEONIDOV, D. (2026). TECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF THE SUKHOLYMANSKYI BILYI GRAPE VARIETY UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE: A STRUCTURED ANALYTICAL REVIEW AND AN ADAPTIVE VINIFICATION CONCEPT. Science Bulletin of Poltava University of Economics and Trade. Series "Technical Sciences", (2), 22-32. https://doi.org/10.37734/2518-7171-2026-2-3