TAPI'

-WINE

Masterworks of Micro Engineering and Design

p. 8

Technology & Achievements

p. 10

Performance & Innovation

p. 12

T-Wine® 23x39

p. 16

T-Wine Replica® 23x39

p. 18

T-Wine Replica® 22,5x44

p. 20

T-Spark S 300 Rings® 29x45

p. 22

General conditions of use of item T-Wine

p. 24

This catalog provides general information about the Tapì® products. The information contained in this catalog is not necessarily complete. This catalog was prepared to provide general information and does not constitute a contract. Tapì reserves the right, without prior notice, to change, delete, supplement, or otherwise amend at any time the information, requirements, and policies contained in this catalog or other documents.

Tapì® was established in 1998, just a few miles from the Italian city of Venice, to serve as the ideal partner for the spirits & wine industries and to answer market demands for high-quality, technical and synthetic closures.

The brand name Tapì® is an acronym, which stands for

The

Tapì®

Group

today

includes

a

Network of joint ventures, production facilities, commercial offi ces, research and

development

laboratories,

local

chapters and assembly facilities present in 19 countries and covering over 40 countries worldwide.

No other stopper

manufacturing company off ers such a complete set of closures and solutions to a global market to meet any project, challenge, design or customization need.

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Masterworks of Micro Engineering and Design T-Wine® – T-Wine Replica® The T-Wine® and the T-Wine Replica®

Engineered

to

were designed to meet the demands

permeability

through

of wine cellars worldwide for advanced

improvement of the internal structure

technical solutions. Tapì was the first

of the closure, the permeability rates

company to advance the concept of

of The T-Wine® and The T-Wine Replica®

“designer closures” with winemakers

are always stable. Process control and

choosing the appropriate closure to

rigorous quality checks throughout the

suit the wine under consideration. They

production process also guarantee very

are manufactured using state-of-the-

high quality standards and consistent,

art polymers and injection-moulding

reliable product performance (ease of

technology: Both closures represent a

extraction, preservation of aromas and

micro engineering masterwork, perfectly

no incidences of cork-related taint). Both

replicating the molecular cell structure

the T-Wine® and the T-Wine Replica®

of natural cork and employing over ten

do not necessitate any technical device

million

or any type of adjustments to the

preformed

microspheres

obtain a long-lasting resiliency.

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to

reduce

traditional bottling lines.

a

oxygen dramatic

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Technology & Achievements The “T-Wine Replica®” project

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The T-Wine Replica® allows the transition

the permeability values of the top-quality-

from a low-technology solution, to a hi-

one-piece natural corks.

tech one, where the winemaker becomes

The benefi ts of Replica® are obvious both aes-

protagonist once more as it was envisioned

thetically and technically. The closure performs

by men such as French chemical engineer,

uniformly and consistently, it is extremely de-

Jean Ribereau-Gayon and by oenologist

pendable and it doesn’t taint the wine. At the

Emile Peynaud, throughout the XX century.

same time it looks and feels like natural cork,

When Tapì advanced the Replica® proj-

allowing for customer satisfaction when a tra-

ect in 2005, it was a direct consequence

ditional closure for wine may be expected.

of market demands for environmentally

Just like natural cork, the T-Wine Replica®

friendly technologies and alternatives

provides an important role in wine’s successful

to agglomerated cork granules and dust

maturation process and in preserving the bou-

bonded with solvents.

quet and aromas of wine.

Tapì R&D developed a system of nano-cells

As

as to perfectly replicate the cellular struc-

engineering is the study of nature, and in

ture of natural cork within its synthetic

a sense, the T-Wine Replica® represents

counterpart, and by exactly duplicating

nature revealed in its synthetic form.

someone

pointed

out,

chemical

O2

O2 OxYGEN TRANFER RATE (OTR) The average oxygen transfer rate of the T-Wine and T-Wine Replica® is low and constant due to its nanocell structure with values similar to the highest quality natural corks.

CELL sTRUCTURE OF T-WINE & T-WINE REPLICA速

LIGHTWEIGHT FLEXIBLE TIGHT RESISTANT TOUGH Mag 66x

HV 20.0kV

Spot 5.0

Scan 111.11 s

WD 13.1 mm

Sig SE

HFW 4.09 mm

1.0 mm 3215/2 stopper cross section

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TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCE INNOVATION

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Performance & Innovation The Challenges Opening a bottle of wine is a ritual and

state-of-the-art research laboratories and

technology allows us to maintain tradition

highly

while

assembly processeses.

improving

on

performance

by

automated

manufacturing

and

preserving the full taste and fl avours and

Since the T-Wine Replica® was patented it

care that winemakers put into their product.

has been the object of much imitation, but

The essential assets of the Tapì Group and

for the time being nobody has been able

its global Network to face the challenge

to master the process that makes T-Wine

posed by the third millennium incorporate

Replica® so special, both on an aesthetic

innovation through a careful selection and

basis and most importantly for its properties

continuous search for new raw materials,

and high tech internal structure.

shELF LIFE A longer shelf life is greatly enhanced due to the T-Wine consistent density and uniform cell structure. The advantage over natural cork is that performance is specifi c and constant, whereas there is no such measure with natural.

EFFORT (N) 1200

600

0

0

10

20

30 TIME (SECONDS)

40

50

60

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Nature Revealed in its Synthetic Form

T-WINE速 23x39 Engineered to optimize materials and energy, the T-Wine速 perfectly replicates the cellular structure of high grade natural cork 16

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T-WINE® 23x39

DIMENSIONS

23

DIAMETER (mm)

23,00 ± 0,5

HEIGHT (mm)

39,00 ± 0,5

RAW MATERIALS A BLEND OF POLYMERS DERIVED FROM THE POLYMERIZATION OF ETHYLENE AND 1-OCTENE MONOMERS

TECHNICAL DATA OXYGEN TRANSFER RATE (cc x cork x 24h x air):

0,005

EXTRACTION FORCE RANGE TEMP. AMB. (N):

250-350 *

EXTRACTION FORCE RANGE TEMP. 8°C (N):

300 - 400 *

REMOVAL TORQUE from STD corkscrew (N*m):

max 1,0

WEIGHT (g):

7

*UNI 11311:2009 TR 23°C UR 40/50%

CUSTOMIZATION AVAILABLE COLOURS: PRINTING

Natural, Yellow, Burgundy, White Hot Stamp 17

T-WINE REPLICA速 23x39 A micro engineering masterwork, perfectly replicating the molecular cell structure of natural cork 18

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T-WINE REPLICA® 23x39

DIMENSIONS

23

DIAMETER (mm)

23,00 ± 0,5

HEIGHT (mm)

39,00 ± 0,5

RAW MATERIALS A BLEND OF POLYMERS DERIVED FROM THE POLYMERIZATION OF ETHYLENE AND 1-OCTENE MONOMERS

TECHNICAL DATA OXYGEN TRANSFER RATE (cc x cork x 24h x air):

0,005

EXTRACTION FORCE RANGE TEMP. AMB. (N):

250-350 *

EXTRACTION FORCE RANGE TEMP. 8°C (N):

300 - 400 *

REMOVAL TORQUE from STD corkscrew (N*m):

max 1,0

WEIGHT (g):

7,2

*UNI 11311:2009 TR 23°C UR 40/50%

CUSTOMIZATION AVAILABLE COLOURS:

Natural

PRINTING

Hot Stamp 19

T-WINE REPLICA速 22,5x44 The T-Wine Replica速 mirrors the aesthetics of the natural, provides a hermetically sealed closure and most importantly, is always free of taint 20

44,00

T-WINE REPLICA® 22,5x44

DIMENSIONS

22,50

DIAMETER (mm)

22,50 ± 0,5

HEIGHT (mm)

44,00 ± 0,5

RAW MATERIALS A BLEND OF POLYMERS DERIVED FROM THE POLYMERIZATION OF ETHYLENE AND 1-OCTENE MONOMERS

TECHNICAL DATA OXYGEN TRANSFER RATE (cc x cork x 24h x air):

0,0045

EXTRACTION FORCE RANGE TEMP. AMB. (N):

250-350 *

EXTRACTION FORCE RANGE TEMP. 8°C (N):

300 - 400 *

REMOVAL TORQUE from STD corkscrew (N*m):

max 1,0

WEIGHT (g):

7,5

*UNI 11311:2009 TR 23°C UR 40/50%

CUSTOMIZATION AVAILABLE COLOURS:

Natural

PRINTING

Hot Stamp 21

T-sPARK s 300 RINGs速 29x45 T-Spark S 300 Rings速, the sparkling wine closure with a perfect retention

22

45

T-SPARK S 300 RINGS® 29x45

DIMENSIONS

29

DIAMETER (mm)

29,00 ± 0,5

HEIGHT (mm)

45,00 ± 0,5

RAW MATERIALS A BLEND OF POLYMERS DERIVED FROM THE POLYMERIZATION OF ETHYLENE AND 1-OCTENE MONOMERS

TECHNICAL DATA REMOVAL TORQUE TEMP. AMB. (N*m):

max 1,5

REMOVAL TORQUE TEMP. 8°C (N*m):

max 1,7

WEIGHT (g):

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CUSTOMIZATION AVAILABLE COLOURS:

Natural

PRINTING

Hot Stamp 23

General conditions of use of item T-Wine 10 25 C°

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sTORAGE OF CORKs

bOTTLEs

bOTTLING

• The T-Wine, the T-Wine Replica and the T-Spark are packed and sealed in polyethylene bags • The bags should be stored in a clean and dry environment • All stoppers should be used within 12 months from date of delivery • The bags should not be opened until immediately before bottling • Any leftover stopper, after the bottling process is completed, should be sealed hermetically and can be used again within 1 month

• All stoppers in the T-Wine family were designed to be used in standard bottles in compliance with the following standards: • European Standard CE.T.I.E., GPI 3115, GME 50.1 - diameter at 3 mm from the top of the fi nish 17.5 mm ± 0.4 mm - diameter at 45 mm from the top of the fi nish 20.0 mm ± 1.0 mm • Italian Standard - diameter at 3 mm from the top of the fi nish 18.5 mm ± 0.4 mm - diameter at 45 mm from the top of the fi nish 19.0 mm ± 1.0 mm Tapì declines any responsibility for the usage of its own stoppers on bottles that are not in compliance with the abovementioned standards • The bottleneck must be correctly cleaned and dried

• Before bottling make sure that the stoppers have reached a stable temperature between 10ºC and 25ºC • Regular maintenance to manufacturer’s standards of the bottling system jaws is mandatory • The jaws should not scratch or leave any marks or wrinkles on the stoppers • The jaws should not compress the stoppers to less than 16.0 mm • Do not heat the jaws when bottling with either the T-Wine, the T-Wine Replica or the T-Spark • After using natural corks please make sure that all parts of the bottling machine that come in contact with the stoppers are clean • Synthetic and natural corks should never be used during the same bottling session • It is preferable to use a vacuum corking system (suggested setting: -0.5 bar) • We strongly advise against using a machine without a vacuum corking system.

FILLING LEVEL

TEMPERATURE

Establishing Maximum Temperature Limits

• The fill height should be calculated at 20° C. • Calculate the filling level following bottle specifications • The information should be indicated on the bottom of the bottle (the measure indicates the distance between the fill height and the brim of the neck) • If this information is not inscribed on the bottle, refer to the capacity of the bottle • In any case there should always be an empty space of at least 20 mm

• Do not subject to pasteurization any bottles stoppered using the T-Wine or the T-Wine Replica • Do not use T-Wine synthetic corks with pasteurized wine.

• The complete anchorage (tight seal) of the closure inside the neck of the bottle is reached 24 hours after bottling. During this period do not subject the bottles to swift variations in temperature.

The stoppers are designed to perform throughout the product life cycle.

The ability of the closure to withstand high temperatures during stocking or transport is strongly tied to the type of bottle employed and most importantly to the filling height of the liquid inside the bottle.

Tapì recommends testing the bottles (in ovens or in thermostatic baths) as they come out of the bottling line, as to establish on the premises the maximum temperature guaranteed.

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