SmartCork® for Sparkling Wines
A natural innovation of the traditional champagne cork stopper, The SmartCork is the ideal closure for the sparkling wines having to age in bottles for long periods.
Made with an micro-agglomerated individual moulded body TCA free, with two selected discs of natural cork .
Every problem due to the contact of the wine with the cork stopper body is avoided thanks to its innovative composition; the natural process of the wine evolution is assured by the natural cork discs. The SmartCork is one of the best new closures for sparkling wines and champagne.
Technical Characteristics
Parameters / Tolerances
Dimensional
- 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: Microgranina grain 0,5-1 mm
- Washer: Natural Cork
Physical / Mechanical
- Resistance to boiling: Absence of disaggregation
- Breaking moment: > 40 daN.cm
- Torsion angle: > 30°
- Dust transfer: < 0,2 mg/stopper
- Unstuck washers: Absent
Sensorial Test
- Organoleptic test (Washer): ≤ 2%
- 2,4,6 – TCA*:< 0,5 ng/L
- 2,3,4,6 – TeCA*:< LD
- PCA*:< LD
- TBA*:< LD
(*) LD =Limit detection: 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.
Washing: different types of washing.
Surface treatment: silicone lubricants.
Packaging: as requested by the customer.
Products used: in accordance with CE regulations on food contact.
Steam treatment: microgranulate for the elimination of TCA and other volatile substances.
Polyurethane adhesives: used for the agglomeration of the body and gluing of washers.
Marking: in focus or in ink.
Surface treatment: silicone lubricants.