Ibéricos Montesano has once again received the highest Three Star Taste Award from the International Taste Institute in Brussels in 2023 for its 100% Iberian acorn-fed ham from Montesano Extremadura.
Congratulations Ibéricos Montesano! Great news that we want to share with the entire Ibéricos Montesano community.
/wp:paragraph wp:paragraphThe 100% Iberian acorn-fed ham once again received the highest award, the Three Star Taste Award, from the International Taste Institute in Brussels in 2023
/wp:paragraph wp:paragraphThis new award, granted by a panel of chefs and sommeliers of the highest international level, consolidates Montesano Extremadura in the select club of the best acorn-fed Iberian products in the world.
The jury defined the piece as “Delicious natural flavour and lots of fragrance. Sweet, smooth with pleasant floral notes and hints of spices. Elegant and exquisite flavour that is truly impressive.”
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With this, six years of achieving the three-star Superior Taste Award from the International Taste Institute of Brussels, and the grand prize Prestige Crystal 2021, they place the 100% Iberian acorn-fed ham from the well-known family business Montesano Extremadura at the pinnacle of the best hams in the world. With the added bonus that, if in 2024 it again achieves the maximum score of three stars, it will receive the world's top award: The Diamond Award, "the best of the best", as pointed out by the Institute itself.
/wp:paragraph wp:paragraph/wp:paragraph wp:paragraph /wp:paragraph wp:paragraphThe well-known family-run Iberian company can win, if it repeats the award next year, the world's top prize: the Diamond Award, which is obtained after winning the three-star award 7 times.
With this new award of the highest organoleptic standards, awarded by a jury made up of 200 chefs and sommeliers from all over Europe (including El Bulli sommelier Ferran Centelles) from among more than 2,000 strictly evaluated products, 100% Iberian Montesano Extremadura ham is consolidated as one of the best gastronomic products on the planet.
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/wp:paragraph wp:paragraphWith a very high overall rating of 94.9 (97.3 for flavour) , the jury has described the 100% Iberian Montesano Extremadura ham in recent editions with the following comments:
/wp:paragraph wp:paragraph-General comment: “An excellent product , with a delicious flavour and high juiciness. An impressive product that shows fine craftsmanship and a beautiful infiltration. Elegant, with a wonderful structure and fantastic aroma.”
/wp:paragraph wp:paragraph-Appearance: “Beautiful reddish color , perfect fat infiltration, which suggests that it is a very high quality product.”
/wp:paragraph wp:paragraph-Aromas: “Fantastic aromas , with notes of acorn, ripe fruit and hay. All aromas are well developed.”
/wp:paragraph wp:paragraph-Flavor: “Delicious natural flavor and lots of fragrance. Sweet, smooth with pleasant floral notes and hints of spice. Elegant and exquisite flavor that is truly impressive.”
/wp:paragraph wp:paragraph-Texture: “Excellent texture that melts in your mouth. Compact meat, well-distributed marbling, this ham has the perfect balance between meat and fat and extraordinary tenderness.”
/wp:paragraph wp:paragraph-Suggested pairings: “Vegetables, fresh fruit, foie gras, fresh and aged cheeses, risotto and pear and fig compotes.”
/wp:paragraph wp:paragraphMontesano Extremadura and the García Pascual family, in addition to being leaders in the highest Iberian quality and international recognition, are also pioneers in managing sustainability in the Iberian sector and in exporting their pieces from their own Extremadura pastures to more than 40 countries.
/wp:paragraph wp:paragraphYou can see the product on the Taste Institute website here .
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