Lagare

Shallow, thigh deep, open granite tanks used for fermenting Port wines.

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Tags: Late Bottled Vintage Port, Port, Tawny Port, Vintage Port

Shallow, thigh deep, open granite tanks used for fermenting Port wines. After the fruit is placed in the lagare it is foot stomped in a process called the corte, the cut. This gently extracts all colour, tannin and flavour from the grapes.

Watch Port being made at Taylor’s in the Duoro valley in these two videos.

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Sottimano Barbaresco 'Pajorè' 2021

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JM Sélèque Solessence Nature (2015) NV

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Benoît Moreau Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Clos Saint-Jean' Blanc 2023
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