SmartCork®
A new cork stopper, offering remarkable technical and organoleptic performances, made with a micro-agglomerated body, whose micro cork grains are submitted to a steam stream treatment to extract all the volatile substances that could taint the wine.
On both tops, two natural cork discs of very high quality, organoleptically checked; an excellent closure for the wines having a good aromatic fullness and that can age up to three years.
The used granulometry gives to the Smartcork 2 T a perfect elasticity, easy to cork or uncork; the micro cork grains, submitted to a treatment of sterilization, make of this cork stopper a TCA free closure. The cork discs are submitted to our Genesis® treatment, in order to completely remove those volatile compounds that could taint the wine. All the processing steps are submitted to strict organoleptic controls.
Technical Characteristics
Parameters / Tolerances
Tolerances on normal dimensions
- Peroxides: <0.2 mg / cap
- Resistance to boiling: Absence of disaggregation
- Elastic recovery: > 92% (30 sec)
- Height: Nom. Value +/- 0,4 mm
- Diameter: Nom. Value +/- 0,3 mm
- Humidity: Min: 3% Max :8%
- Ovalization: ≤ 0,3 mm
- Apparent volumetric mass: 275 +/- 35 Kg/m3
- Body: Granina Size 0,5-1 mm
- Washer: Natural Cork
Characteristics physical / chemical
- Resistance to boiling: Absence of disaggregation
- Dust transfer: < 0,3 mg/cap
- Rondelle removal: Absent
Sensorial
- Organoleptic test (Washer): ≤ 2%
- 2,4,6 – TCA*:< 1,5 ng/L
- 2,3,4,6 – TeCA*:< LD
- PCA*:< LD
- TBA*:< LD
(*) LD =Detection limit: 2,4,6 – TCA (0,3 ng/L); 2,3,4,6 – TeCA (1,0 ng/L);\ PCA (1,0 ng/L); TBA (0,3 ng/L)
Finishing Treatments
Agglomeration: Individually Moulded Body.
Steam treatment: microgranulate for the elimination of TCA and other volatile substances.
Washing: different types of washing.
Surface treatment: silicone lubricants.
Marking: in focus or in ink.
Packaging: as requested by the customer.
Silicone lubricant for food contact.