80 Day Dry-Aged Arouquesa, Portugal

Bespoke Edition 13.10 Rare Portuguese Arouquesa, Eighty Days Dry-Aged Eighty days on this one, and it is something else. Arouquesa — a native Portuguese mountain breed from the Arouca region in the north, and one of the rarest things we have ever had through the door. These are small, hardy cattle that have worked those hills for centuries, grazing rough upland pasture and scrub on small family holdings. Slow growing, long living, and kept in numbers that make commercial production impossible. It is a breed held in high regard in Portugal and almost never seen anywhere else. The meat is finely marbled, deeply coloured and genuinely distinctive — the product of slow growth on poor ground rather than anything forced. Eighty days of dry-ageing takes it somewhere else entirely: concentrated, nutty, with that proper aged funk and a texture that gives way completely. Serious beef for people who know what they are looking at. * All Bespoke Page products must be booked in for delivery within 7 days of the edition being live. Any dates selected after this may be sent frozen * Please feel free to enquire about this piece but please be quick as this one is sure to sell out soon.