North Mountain Supply #9 Premium Natural Agglomerated Corks 15/16" x 1 3/4" - Bag of 100

Love these corks, no issue so far but they are already way more reliable than the other styles of cork that I have used before. I'll be buying these again for sure. They are easy to get in the bottle and everything seals completely, no leaks and so far no cork taint.

This composite cork is ok if the wine is used in less than 3 months Here’s what happens. Bottle your red wine. Store it horizontally. The wine begins to permeate the cork. It goes unnoticed for about 3 months. At 6 months you can begin to see the darkness in the cork. I did nothing. At 12 months I test opened a bottle with an ordinary common cork screw. The cork broke as seen in the photo. What you see is the top 75% of the cork. 25% of the cork stayed in the bottle. It’s still in the empty bottle. The wine has been poured onto the lawn. Ok seems very bad, but. You could stand your bottles up at 3 months. The cork will not, maybe, dry out as it is permeated with wine. So this composite cork, very inexpensive might work. For me, having, now, poured out many bottles onto the lawn will buy a solid cork made of one piece, not composed of tiny pieces. Lesson learned. When folks say “experience counts” I get it. Also “you get what you pay for”.

The corks are correct, but they were definitely stored in a musty cellar because they came smelling of mold. I don't see any visible damage, and the corks in my cellar very likely have suffered the same effect, so I will use them. But, I just thought it worth mentioning. Still a good product. EDIT: I changed my review to a 5 star - the outer bag had the musty smell but the corks themselves were protected and smelled\worked fine. Perfect product if you are using a floor corker with the 750ml bottles for wine!

They work well with my floor corker and don’t have any problems removing them when uncorking. They are not the best grade so I wouldn’t trust them with wine that will be stored for more than a year. This is great for affordable corking for wines that will be consumed within the year.

good value to bottle home made wine. Let us be honest .. it will be "drunK' in the first 12 months of after bottling.