Food-grade silicone plugs for quality wines
Pamper your wine barrels with our silicone plugs
The function of silicone plugs for barrels is as “simple” as sealing the barrel so that the process of wine making runs its course, without intervening in the process itself. Nortap® plugs, made of 100% food grade silicone, are the best option to achieve the perfect closure or fit with the mouth of any barrel. And they are also more economical because they are easily reusable.
The barrel offers a wide variety of possibilities (type of oak, origin of the oak, level of toasting of the wood etc…) that will affect the final result of the wine. Just as the barrel brings specific qualities (oxygen, softness, complexity, aromas…) to the wine, the silicone plugs should NOT contribute anything at all.
In spite of its simplicity, closures for barrels have been one of the products that have “forced” us to adopt extra measures in terms of food safety.
One of those recent measures that we have taken to guarantee the safety of our plugs, has been to register JIOrings with the RGSEAA (General Sanitary Registry of Food and Food Companies). Added to that, we are also registered with the BfR (German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment) and the FDA (Food and Drug Administration).
These international certifications demonstrate that, during the wine making, and in the months that they are in the barrels, the silicone plugs (VMQ 40 SH A) do NOT contribute odor, flavour, or transmit any substances to the wines.
For JIOrings, the quality of the barrel plugs must be present throughout the entire production process, from manufacturing to final delivery to customers. And it is precisely the confidence that important cooperage and wineries continue to place in us, which drives us to continue improving.
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Silicon plugs for wine barrels: innovation progressing in the more traditional sectors
Nortap, silicon plugs for barrels
Our silicon plugs for barrels are made from quality materials which allow optimum wine storage in the barrel.
Tradition and modernity do not have to be antagonistic concepts. They can go hand-in-hand and result in a benefit from this alliance. This is the case of our silicon plugs for wine barrels, a sure-fire, innovative product for a sector like the winemaking one which has age-old customs.
Ten years´experience in the design and manufacture of rubber technical parts has driven us to develop this product and we are very happy with the result. Our plugs or bungs are made from high-quality materials and they adapt to the diameters of the barrel mouths used most often.
Though those best suited to bear testimony to this are our clients who include Bodegas Campo Viejo, Grupo CVNE and Rioja Alta SA. These three producers maintain and pamper the traditional wine-making methods and these age-old secrets that go to make up the essence of the broths, but, at the same time, without missing out in the advantages afforded by new technologies.
Our silicon plugs for barrels last for years by contrast to those made of wood which have to be changed every time wine racking is carried out for example. This is not necessary with JIOrings bungs which are totally hygienic and are made in line with the FDA standard (Food and Drug Administration). It is a harmless, odourless and insipid product which ensures the optimum storage of wine in the barrel.
We started marketing this product in 2015 and in 2016 we wish to consolidate, on the one hand, all the bung references we already have, with stocks which enable us to meet the demand of habitual clients and others who have begun to appear; and, on the other hand, we will gradually generate new bung references as and when demand evolves.
Basically, and as is already the case with seals and other products, here at JIOrings we also hope to become the perfect distributor of silicon plugs for wine barrels.
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