Our technical cork, comprising of an agglomerated body and a disc of natural cork at each end, can be used on the same bottling lines as natural cork stoppers.
Silktop Technical corks provide the appearance of natural cork, and undergo the SARA® process for
further enhanced integrity and neutrality. Steam and pressure-treated agglomerated cork granules with a high quality natural cork disk at each end.
This technical cork stopper is recommended for wines that will be consumed within 3 to 4 years.
Only FDA food-grade bonding agents are used on our technical and agglomerated corks.
Did you know? The carbon absorbency of natural cork is equivalent to the annual savings from 17 solar panels per 1,000 cases of wine.