Emilio LUSTAU - Xérès - Amontillado Los Arcos
Bodegas Lustau is a famous sherry producer in Andalusia, Spain. La Bodega is arguably the most recognised fortified wine producer in the world. The estate was founded in 1896 by José Ruiz-Berdejo as Almacenista, and also cultivated his own vines. Almacenistas usually bought young wine (Ruiz made his own) and raised it in their own soleras, before selling them to larger houses, who mixed it with older wine or matured it longer in their larger soleras. It wasn't until the 1950s that Ruiz's son-in-law Emilio Lustau Ortega started bottling and exporting his own wine. Now based in Jerez, Lustau is the only winery to have sites in the three towns of the Sherry Triangle: Jerez de la Frontera, El Puerto de Santa María and Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Lustau buys grapes, while maintaining two of its own vineyards. The first is the Montegilillo vineyard, which is on white limestone albariza soil, local to the region. The second is the Las Cruces vineyard, which is found on sandy coastal soils.
Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos is made with the Palomino grape variety. It is aged for equal periods under flor and in contact with the oxygen, in Bodega Emperatriz Eugenia in Jerez de la Frontera. This dry sherry has an average age of 4 + 4 years. It shows rich, nutty flavour pairing perfectly with mature cheeses, mushroom risottos, spiced dishes, tapas.
Grape variety: 100% Palomino
