{"id":144093,"date":"2025-02-19T17:35:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/quesos-la-leze-an-old-fashioned-family-cheese-factory\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T17:35:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:35:54","slug":"quesos-la-leze-an-old-fashioned-family-cheese-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/araba\/what-to-see-in-araba\/quesos-la-leze-an-old-fashioned-family-cheese-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Quesos La Leze, an old-fashioned family cheese factory."},"content":{"rendered":"

Visit the cave of La Leze and taste one of the most awarded cheeses of the plains of Alava.<\/h2>\n

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The family formed by Jos\u00e9 Mari Jauregi, Elisabeth Gorrotxategi and their sons Arkaitz and Gaizka, decided in 1992 to leave behind the way of life they had been leading to start a way of life deeply rooted in our land, the shepherding and the elaboration of handmade cheese. La Leze cheese factory creates cheeses based on the millenary elaboration process of our ancestors under the Idiazabal denomination of origin. Don’t miss our argumentation to classify La Leze cheese factory as unique, keep reading! <\/p>\n

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Nightfall in the Alavese plains<\/p><\/div>\n

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7 characteristics that make La Leze cheese dairy unique<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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History: <\/strong>The father of the family, Jos\u00e9 Mari Jauregi, combined his work in the Basque industry with his hobby of shepherding until 1992, when the whole family decided to change their way of life and bet on the rural environment and its development.<\/p>\n

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Jos\u00e9 Mari and Elisabeth, La Leze<\/p><\/div>\n

The Artzai Gazta association, the Idiazabal Denomination of Origin and the Sheep Association of Alava (Agorala) supported them from the beginning, a help that is essential for this profession in low times. Although they took over the reins of the flock in 1992, they did not begin to produce La Leze cheese until 1996, since until then they used all the milk from their sheep for sale. The hard work carried out since 1992 had its first fruits in the 90’s, but it was in 2008 when they began to stand out in the great Basque cheese and sheepdog competitions. <\/p>\n

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Location: <\/strong>Located in an emblematic place of the plains of Alava, the cheese factory La Leze is located a few meters from the cave of the same name. A natural space of great beauty, visited annually by thousands of mountain and nature lovers. Ilarduia, the village where La Leze cheese factory is located, marks the entrance to the Aizgorri-Aratz Natural Park, an environment that enchants all those who visit it. <\/p>\n