The closures are 100% recyclable and renewable, and are made from plant-based polymers derived from sugar cane.
“Essentially, it is an engineered cork that is also bio-based, and is an almost perfect solution for closing wine,” said Marcello Zaccagnini, owner of Azienda Zaccagnini.
“We wanted a closure for our wines that pushed us further towards becoming carbon neutral, that let the wine breathe, and still allowed for the charm of cork extraction,” says Zaccagnini. “But most importantly, as a producer of three million bottles a year, we wanted to eliminate cork taint problems that could affect the quality of up to 10% of our stock.”
In order to find a sustainable closure that met the company’s needs, Zaccagnini winemaker Concenzio Marulli launched a research project in collaboration with Antonella Bosso from the Centro di Ricerca per l'Enologia1 in Asti. Over a period of 18 months, they studied the evolution of wine with different kinds of closures: natural cork, screw cap, and Nomacorc.
Marulli said “Quite simply, we saw the best results with Nomacorc. The ability to choose from one of three styles of Select Bio closures – each with different oxygen ingress levels – gives us the power to fine-tune the consistent delivery of the right amount of oxygen to our wines.”
For any further queries, please contact Chris Wium at Cork Supply South Africa on 021 8813904 or email chris@corksupply.co.za.