HAMS WITH THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATION OF QUALITY OF TREVELEZ

Hams from La Alpujarra have been recognised traditionally as ones with a great quality. La Alpujarra is an area of Granada situated in the south side of Sierra Nevada. This area has got a climate suitable for the curing of the hams because of its cold and humidity. Some familiar firms have been settling here during the last decades. Trevélez (see below), is the main village considering the fame of these hams, but their quality spreads for all La Alpujarra Alta, from Capileira to Los Bérchules, through Pitres, Pórtugos and Juviles.

 Trevelez, original quality ham

For some years, several owners of drying factories of these areas have been having meetings in order to get that the Admistration would recognised officially the quality of their hams. As a consequence, the Junta de Andalucía, identified in 1998 The Regulating Council of the Jamón de Trevelez (El Consejo Regulador del Jamón de Trevelez), that certificates the quality of the ham of the area - not only from Trevélez- with the name: Hams with the Original Certification of Quality of Trevelez.

CATEGORIES OF THE HAM OF TREVELEZ

There are three categories in the hams with Trevelez denomination:

• 1st. Hams with more than 14 months of curing.

• 2nd. Hams with more than 17 months of curing.

• 3rd. Hams over 20 months.

Jamones de Juviles S.A.
Phone/Fax: 958 769130  Private: 958 769034.
Carretera, nº 1, 18452 JUVILES (Granada)
e-mail: jjuviles@andalucia.cc