Iberico ham cured 48 months, what it tastes like
The cellar time shows as soon as you cut, in the colour and in the fat.
After 44 to 48 months, the meat turns a deep red with purple glints. The fat is translucent and melts as soon as it touches your tongue. The aromas lean towards nuts, undergrowth and wild herbs, with a sweet note and a long finish. The meat holds firm under the knife and turns tender in the mouth. For a ham of this weight, Spanish rules set a two-year minimum, and this one spends almost two more years in the cellar. What that time adds to the bill is set out in the price of a pata negra ham.












