Alta Expresión Luxury Collection 2020, a legendary limited edition.

Located in Pozoblanco, in the north of the province of Córdoba, and enshrouded in ancient holm oaks, the Valle de los Pedroches is a privileged, magical, unique place in the world that yields the most delicious products in our cuisine: COVAP Alta Expresión Dry-cured Acorn-fed 100% Ibérico products. Legend has it that more than 3,000 years ago, two ancient peoples from the Iberian Peninsula, the Celts and the Iberians, gathered here every year to celebrate the winter solstice. And that night, the longest of the year, they sat under the branches of the oldest holm oak waiting for the sunrise, to worship this tree, which they considered sacred, as it yielded its precious fruit: the acorn, a symbol of plenty and prosperity. Today, this incredible legend takes shape in Alta Expresión Luxury Collection 2020, the limited-edition collection that Ibéricos COVAP is releasing this Christmas.

The design of the elegant packaging for this collection is inspired by the history and symbolism of the two cultures that left their mark on the dehesas of Cordoba: the Celts and the Iberians. It features a large ornamental design that mimics the sun – the sunrise marked the beginning of the new year for these cultures – and an icon in the middle symbolizing the holm oak tree. Each of these exclusive pieces is a unique creation inspired by the region from where they come: the Valle de los Pedroches, and the history they harbor: the history which only Ibéricos COVAP can tell.

Luxury Collection 2020 has five packages of Dry-cured Acorn-fed 100% Ibérico products to savor this Christmas season:

• PACKAGE OF ALTA EXPRESIÓN DE LOS PEDROCHES DRY-CURED ACORN-FED 100% IBÉRICO PORK HAM, PRODUCTION YEAR 2016: This is the featured pack in the collection, which includes an exclusive COVAP Alta Expresión de los Pedroches Dry-cured Acorn-fed 100% Ibérico Pork Ham, with the Los Pedroches Designation of Origin, from production year 2016, weighing approximately 8.5 kg. The piece, which is crafted in the traditional way, was chosen by COVAP’s master ham-makers and slow-cured for more than 46 months in our natural drying houses. The pack also comes with a professional ham knife (made of ice-tempered German steel with an oak wood handle with a 30 cm hollow edge) and a bottle of Malabrigo 2015, one of the high-end wines from Cepa 21, one of the most prestigious and innovative wineries in the Ribera del Duero Designation of Origin. Exclusive gift box.
• CASE WITH 18 PACKAGES OF COVAP ALTA EXPRESIÓN DRY-CURED ACORN-FED 100% IBÉRICO PORK HAM: Perfect for anyone looking for the ease of a pre-sliced 100% Ibérico product, this case holds 18 70-gram packages of COVAP Alta Expresión Dry-cured Acorn-fed 100% Ibérico pork ham cut with a knife.
• PACKAGE OF COVAP ALTA EXPRESIÓN DRY-CURED ACORN-FED 100% IBÉRICO PORK LOIN AND DRY-CURED ACORN-FED IBÉRICO PORK UNDERLOIN: Especially designed for lovers of Ibérico sausage products, this set comes in an exclusive gift box containing half a Dry-cured Acorn-fed 100% Ibérico Pork Loin (500g), two pieces of Dry-cured Acorn-fed Ibérico Pork Underloin (350g), one with paprika and the other without, and a cotton tablecloth with silver silk embroidery.
• PACKAGE OF COVAP ALTA EXPRESIÓN DRY-CURED ACORN-FED 100% IBÉRICO PORK LOIN, SALAMI, AND CHORIZO: Designed for people who love Ibérico cold cuts, this exclusive gift box contains half a Dry-cured Acorn-fed 100% Ibérico Pork Loin, a 450-g Ibérico Salami, a 450-g Dry-cured Acorn-fed Ibérico Chorizo, and a cotton tablecloth with silver silk embroidery.
• COVAP ALTA EXPRESIÓN TASTING CASE: This tasting pack contains five hand-cut packs of slices of Dry-cured Acorn-fed 100% Ibérico Pork ham, pork shoulder, pork loin, salami, and Dry-cured Acorn-fed Ibérico Chorizo. Gift box with exclusive design.

There are limited exclusive units of all the packs in this Alta Expresión Luxury Collection 2020 for this Christmas season. They will be available starting in November.

COVAP ALTA EXPRESIÓN, INSPIRATION ELEVATED TO ITS UTMOST EXPRESSION.

The COVAP Alta Expresión de los Pedroches selection and COVAP Alta Expresión come from 100% Ibérico-bred pigs entered in a stud book. A unique lineage of animal, passed down by our ancestors, whose free-range rearing in our dehesa in the Valle de los Pedroches results in acorn-fed 100% Ibérico products with peerless flavor, texture, and personality.

Each of the pieces comes from a painstaking traditional production process which controls the aroma, the exact level of salt – from the Odiel salt flats, a natural park in the Huelva marshlands – and the optimal temperature over the almost 48 months of aging. In this collection, you will find all the pieces of COVAP Alta Expresión Dry-cured Acorn-fed 100% Ibérico Pork Ham with a tamperproof tag and a traceability card which offers clients all the information on the piece they are going to consume via the website www.elorigendeunaleyenda.com: the farm where the 100% Ibérico pig comes from, total days of montanera, and all the information on the aging process.