Objective To explore the differences in volatile aromatic substances of Marselan wine from the eastern foot of Helan Mountain production area during the aging periods of 0, 3 and 6 months. Methods Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography-time of flight mass spectrometer (GC×GC-TOF MS) was used to detect the volatile aromatic substances in the wine. Key differential volatile substances were screened according to the variable importance in projection (VIP) value and orthogonal partial least squares-discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA). Results The types of volatile aromatic substances during the wine aging period mainly included alcohols, esters, acids, phenols, etc. A total of 1286 kinds of substances were detected in the 3 aging periods. The relatively high contents of volatile aromatic substances were alcohols, esters and hydrocarbons. With the increase of the aging period, the content of esters increased from 16.9% to 27.9%, and the content of hydrocarbons increased from 13.6% to 21.5%, both showing a significant upward trend. However, the content of alcohols decreased from 53.8% to 30.3%, showing a downward trend. Taking VIP≥1.22 and P<0.01 as the indicators, a total of 21 kinds of volatile aromatic substances with important contributions to the wine in different aging periods were determined, which were 2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexadiene-1-methanol, 2-propyl-1-heptanol, heptanal, 4-tert-butylbenzyl alcohol, (S)-1-phenylethanol, diethyl methylsuccinate, isoamyl propionate, acetal, methoxyacetaldehyde, 3-chloro-1-butene, 1,8-cyclopentadeca- 1,3-diyne, β-ionone, linalool, linalyl formate, 2-furanmethanol, rose oxide, hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine, 4-ethyl-5- hydroxy-3,5-dimethylfuran-2(5H)-one, 2(5H)-furanone,4,5,5-trimethyl-3-(3-methyl-2-methylidenebutyl), N-methylhexylamine, and dimethyl disulfide. Conclusion This study, by analyzing the volatile aromatic substances in Marselan wine during different aging periods, provides a theoretical basis for the control of the flavor quality during the wineaging period.