SELEZIONE MOLINAS®

Simply perfect.

From the best cork bark to your wine, each cork stopper is individually checked by our sensory analysts.

Ultra selected, natural and TCA free, the cork stoppers “Selezione Molinas®” pass the most stringent quality controls to ensure the absence of possible defects, taint and off-flavours, without any invasive treatment to respect their natural characteristics.

From the best cork bark to your wine, each cork stopper is individually checked by our sensory analysts.

THE WORK STEPS AT A GLANCE

To get a cork stopper “Selezione Molinas” we need to start from the batches of VIP cork stoppers (with TCA < 1.0 ng/l) or VIP PREMIUM (with TCA < 0.5 ng/l) 100% TCA free, guaranteed by the instrument.

1 - SELECTION OF CORK PLANKS

both visually and sensorially, aimed at eliminating the defects detectable on the raw cork bark

2 - FAST SNIFFING

of each cork stopper to detect and eliminate TCA and negative off-flavours

3 - INSTRUMENTAL QUANTIFICATION

to detect TCA presence in each cork stopper

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Once the work phases are completed

Only afterwards a panel of analysts will re-test every single cork stopper of the batch, to ensure the total neutrality of the supply and not just the absence of cork taste.

Why not only the instrumental selection?

WITH “SELEZIONE MOLINAS”, THE COMPARISON BETWEEN OPINIONS, THE VALUE OF EXPERIENCE, PERCEPTION AND INTUITION BY EXPERT SENSORY ANALYSTS PREVAILS

Despite being a valuable ally, the instrumental analysis has limits not to be overlooked: from the need for a constant verification and calibration of the instrument until the inability to identify all the defects that the cork could hide (as off flavours attributable to mould, wet rag, unpleasant tannin, vanilla nuances and much more).

A panel of sensory analysts ensures that criticalities and imperfections are immediately identified. These operators are specifically trained to recognize a wide range of sensory defects and deviations potentially present in each individual cork stopper.

The key to perfection

Double selection

Technology is very important and offers us a big help, but we believe that perfection comes from the union of two methods of analysis, instrumental and sensory, which integrate and complement each other.

With the instrumental selection 100% TCA is rejected, without errors or false negatives.

With sensory selection the panel can focus only on off -flavours that technology cannot detect, making an intrinsic verification of the first phase and perfecting the sensorial performances of the lot, overcoming the limits of technology.

Guarantee of Authenticity

In order to demonstrate the nobility of Selezione Molinas, each batch is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, which guarantees the quality and value of the product and, in the event of a sensory defect caused by the cork, the full value of the bottle will be reimbursed.

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