The meat is a deep red color, beautifully marbled, shiny, and unctuous. This lightly fatty meat has sweet, nutty undertones and melts in your mouth. Monte Nevado’s acorn-fed Bellota ham Iberico breed comes from free-range animals that roam in the Dehesa oak forests where they feed on acorns and grass. To achieve the black seal category, the regulation establishes a minimum of 2 months in Montanera with 2,5 Acres per pig. However, the minimum period in Montana for Monte Nevado Bellota pigs is 4 months and the surface to roam is 6 acres per pig. Our pigs live in meadows populated with holm oaks, cork oaks, and gall oaks located in Sierra de los Pedroches and Trujillo.
The slow and natural curing process of an average of 42 months allows to get outstanding aromas and flavor from each piece, each one reaches its perfection at a different moment. Our master ham artisans review and classify each piece one by one many times until they decide that each ham has reached the ideal maturation.