Bodegas Lustau - East India Solera Sherry Tenuta Lena di Mezzo

Tenuta Lena di Mezzo

Dirk wanted to grow his own grapes and make his wine using the traditional ways (foot-treading in lagares)–an expensive way to do the maceration of the grapes

with native plantings surrounding the vineyards to provide food and refuge for native fauna

and walnut

But Pedro goes beyond terroir: he has an abiding interest in granitic soils

Bodegas Lustau - East India Solera Sherry Tenuta Lena di MezzoThe origins of Emilio Lustau S. A. date back to 1896, when Mr. Jos Ruiz Berdejo, a secretary to the Court of Justice, started cultivating the vines of the familys state, Nuestra Seora de la Esperanza, in his spare time. With these humble beginnings he made wines which were then sold on to larger Sherry producers. This business role in the production of Sherry is traditionally designated as almacenista or stock keeper. In 1931, his daughter, Mara Ruiz