Monte Dorado 100% Iberian Acorn-Fed Pata Negra Shoulder Ham
Price range: 149,00€ through 179,00€
The Monte Dorado 100% Iberian Acorn-Fed Shoulder Ham is a piece of extraordinary nobility. It comes from pigs of pure Iberian breed, raised in complete freedom in the pastures of Andalusia and fed exclusively with acorns and wild herbs during the montanera season.
Smaller than the ham, but just as intense, this shoulder ham concentrates deep flavors and complex aromas thanks to its natural curing process, which extends between 24 and 36 months. Each piece is carefully monitored by our master ham makers, who respect silence and time as essential ingredients of the process.
When cut, it presents a bright meat, with dark red tones, veined by a white and soft fat that melts on contact with the palate. The aroma is enveloping, with notes of nuts, damp earth, and open countryside. On the palate, it is explosive, with a mellow texture and a long, deep, absolutely intoxicating flavor.
A piece that condenses the essence of the purest Iberian ham, ideal for those seeking an intense and authentic experience, without concessions.
The most Intense Expression of Pure Iberian
If you are looking to buy top-quality 100% Iberian acorn-fed shoulder ham, Monte Dorado offers you a gastronomic jewel born from respect for the land, time, and tradition. This shoulder ham comes from pure Iberian breed pigs, raised in freedom in the pastures of Andalusia and fed exclusively with acorns, wild herbs, and natural fruits of the field during the montanera (acorn-feeding season).
The pata negra shoulder ham, as it is popularly known, offers an even more concentrated flavor than the ham, due to its smaller size and faster but equally thorough curing process. At Monte Dorado, each piece rests for 24 to 36 months in natural cellars, where it is patiently refined, without haste, until it reaches its peak of fullness.
Buy Pata Negra Shoulder Ham Online: Trust, Authenticity, and Excellence
Monte Dorado offers you this piece in different presentations: whole, boneless, or knife-sliced, taking care of every detail of the cut, packaging, and shipping. We work to ensure that each shoulder ham arrives at your home with all its properties intact and an impeccable presentation.
Whether for personal consumption, for a celebration, or as an exclusive gourmet gift, this shoulder ham represents the soul of Iberian in a more accessible format than the ham, but with an even more powerful intensity.
What Distinguishes our 100% Iberian Acorn-Fed Shoulder Ham?
Black label – highest category of Iberian
Certified 100% Iberian breed
Acorn-based diet during the montanera season
Raised in freedom in the Andalusian pastures
Natural and slow curing, between 2 and 3 years
Deep, fatty, persistent, and complex flavor
Mellow texture and infiltrated fat that melts in the mouth
This shoulder ham is ideal for true lovers of pure Iberian ham, for those seeking an intense, uncompromising experience, full of nuances that evolve in the mouth: sweet notes of acorn, elegant saline touches, memories of the mountains, the countryside, noble smoke, and slow curing.
Nothing is rushed at Monte Dorado. The hams are cured in natural drying sheds for between 18 and 48 months, depending on their category, morphology, and character. The temperature, humidity, and silence work in harmony with the experience of our master ham makers. There is no rush, because haste is not part of authenticity.
During those months, the ham slowly transforms. The fat melts, the meat settles, the aromas are refined. It is an intimate, ancestral process, where time is the true secret ingredient.
