Natural cork stoppers

Description

Made from a single piece of 100% natural cork, this iconic wine stopper is the perfect match for the world’s best wines, and the closure of choice for the world’s leading winemakers and the most sophisticated wine lovers. Our top-of-the-range product is the ideal closure for premium wines, which may need to age in the bottle, playing a critical role in their evolution.

The industry’s best natural cork stoppers are now even better thanks to Naturity®, the world’s latest anti-TCA technology, and the culmination of years of research and development at Amorim. A milestone in our fight against sensory-deviation compounds, Naturity® delivers premium value with superior neutrality.

At Amorim we want the best for the cork stoppers and for the wine. From the cork’s core to its surface, nothing is left to chance.

Combining two of nature’s most precious treasures – cork and beeswax – Bee W® is the ultimate coating for natural cork stoppers, ensuring wine’s full aromatic freshness and expression of fruitiness.

This biopolymer-origin coating guarantees stability and consistency, enhancing SO2 (sulphur dioxide) preservation in wine due to low and consistent oxygen ingress.

CORKING CONDITIONS

Ensure any dust its removed before corking.
Ensure the cork is compressed smoothly, to a diameter no less than 15,5 mm.
Ensure insertion of the cork is a quick as possible.
For standard bottlenecks, the cork should be inserted to 1 mm below the top of the neck.
Minimise moisture on the inside of the bottleneck.
Headspace should be at least 15 mm at 20ºC.
Don’t leave the cork stoppers in the feeder as to avoid dust.
Always use stoppers with a surface treatment suitable for the type of beverage, bottling process and selected bottle.
A vacuum must be created in order to prevent internal pressures.

SPECIFICATIONS

Physical – Mechanical
Length (l) l ± 0,7 mm
Ovalisation ≤ 0,7 mm
Extraction force 15 – 45 daN
Diameter (d) d ± 0,5 mm
Moisture 4% – 8%

Chemical
Peroxide content ≤ 0,1 mg/stopper
Dust content ≤ 2 mg/stopper
Visual grade (1) ≥ -5%
CO2 balance -288 g/stopper

SPME GC/MS/ECD
2,4,6 – Trichloroanisol(TCA)
99%<0,5ng/L(*)and1%≤1,0ng/L