lagar
/laˈɡɑː
/noun (plural lagares)
(In Spain and Portugal) a large, typically stone trough in which grapes are trodden.Every farm had a winery equipped with lagares, low stone troughs, usually built from granite, in which the grapes were trodden and fermented....
- The hands are softer now, demonstrating the movement of the grapes in the lagares as they roll underfoot.
Origin
Spanish, from Latin lacus, denoting a vat for freshly pressed wine.