ABOUT LLURIACH ARTISAN CHEESE

For generations, Lluriach has been making artisanal cheese with milk obtained exclusively from its cows. It has the Mahón-Menorca Protected Designation of Origin, although it was marketed long before this denomination existed.

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Catalina Allès Pons

Owner of Lluriach

Nina and Joan belong to the fifth generation of farmers in Lluriach, one of the oldest farms of the island. Their family already worked these lands when wheat was the most cultivated crop in Menorca. With the transformation of the crops and the transition towards dairy cattle farming came cheese production, which for generations has been made artisanally on this farm, with milk obtained exclusively from its cows.

Lluriach cheese has the Mahón-Menorca Protected Designation of Origin, although it was marketed long before this denomination existed, when Joan’s grandfather went to Mallorca to sell his “Menorcan cheese”. The farm and the kind of livestock that is practiced there are one of the exponents of the traditional landscape composition of the island, ensuring habitat and biodiversity conservation. And their artisanal cheese-making technique, the “formatjar”, keeps one of Menorca’s immaterial cultural assets alive.

“It is the cheese that has always been made in Menorca. Artisanal, handmade and according to tradition. It is part of the island’s culture.”

CATALINA ALLÈS PONS, OWNER OF LLURIACH

AN EXAMPLE IN SUSTAINABILITY

This company carries out its business activities in accordance with numerous criteria for the protection of Menorca’s environment, identity and culture, and is exemplary in the following:

Best agricultural practices

Includes sustainability in its practices and agricultural production methods by applying ecological agriculture, regenerative agriculture, agreements for agrarian custody or traditional methods, and cultivates high-quality products that preserve the environment in which they grow.

Use of local produce

Makes use of local farm-to-table produce in its supply and production and prioritises produce from farms and fisheries that implement practices that are respectful with the environment.

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OTHER CERTIFICATIONS

In addition to the Menorca Biosphere Reserve Brand, this company also holds the following guarantees: