By @wine.gini Happy Feet 😄🍇🦶! We stomped some grapes then slept inside ..wine barrels!! How come? Swipe! But first > Lagar Mode On
Lagar is a shallow stone or cement in which grapes are stomped by foot (usually for several hours) in order to crush them and mix the skins with the juice. Treading grapes by foot, an ancient method, is widely practiced in Portugal 🇵🇹, where many wineries have ancient lagares.
This fermentation method was historically usual in Douro because of the Port wine production. The indigenous grape varieties associated with lagar fermentation have superior results – a very concentrated and intense must, ideal for Port vinification 🍷.
The advantage of this process to obtain the most from both skin and seeds – where there’s more concentration of color and tannins. This happens through pressing and crushing the must (feet against granite stone), which is a much more intense work but softer 💦, than the fermentation vat’s mix and maceration.
With more tannins and color concentration they are able to achieve reserves and grand reserves with greater longevity for longer vat and bottle aging, which results in wines with more smoothness, volume and complexity! Best part? The traditional musicians setting the tempo 🎵!
After this experience we relaxed in a wine lover's dream: wine barrel rooms 💥! Can you imagine yourself waking up in the middle of a vineyard, and experience the rurality of one of the most famous wine regions in the world? Well it can happen! A bold architectural project: suites in the form of wine barrels, s-t-u-n-n-i-n-g!
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