The best bellota ham comes from Iberian pigs raised in dehesas located in:
Extremadura
Area of Los Pedroches, in Córdoba
Sierra de Aracena, between Huelva and Seville
These dehesas are unique ecosystems both because of their expanse and their capacity to supply the Iberico pigs with acorns throughout the animal’s most intense fattening period, the montanera, from October to March. These areas afford pigs the freedomof movement that they need and a wealth of bellotas from holm and cork oaks.
The quality of bellota ham relies both on the pig’s Iberian race and the exercise it does in the vast dehesas, as well as on its exclusive bellota diet.