The Vintage Beef Company
The Vintage Beef Company is an Australian take on Spanish Galicia style beef—similar to Vaca Vieja (old cow) beef from the Spanish/French Basque region. Because the cows are older, the meat has a rich, developed grass-fed flavor alongside superb marbling.
Vintage Beef Company cows are raised to a minimum age of 5 years old, grazing on only pristine grass pastures across southern Australia and Tasmania. This beef boasts a robust beef flavor, notes of savory cheese and a clean mineral grass-fed finish with buttery marbling.
The Vintage Beef Company Matriarch range are breeding stock from the finest Wagyu in Australia, chosen for consistent and high quality genetics. With ages of up to fifteen years, the meat holds a spectacular depth of flavor alongside creamy marbling – The Grande Dame of old cows.
- 100% grass-fed
- No antibiotics ever
- No added hormones
- GMO Free
- Free-range
- Tenderstretched
The Vintage Beef Company at a glance
| Style | An Australian take on Spanish Galician beef, most similar to Vaca Vieja ("old cow") beef from the Spanish and French Basque regions |
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| Cattle | Retired breeding cows: British-bred beef cows (no dairy cows) at least 5 years old, averaging about 8–9 years; the Matriarch range uses Wagyu breeding cows aged 9–15 years |
| Age at processing | At least 60 months, more than twice the age of regular cattle |
| Diet | 100% grass-fed, including the Wagyu; retired to pasture, where they feed only on grass |
| Farms | Small family farms in high-rainfall regions of southern Australia and Tasmania, with grass 52 weeks of the year |
| Grades | Reserva (MB 1–2), Galiciana (MB 3+, only about 25% of cattle qualify) and The Matriarch (vintage Wagyu) |
| Hanging | Natural State Hanging Method, hung from the hip for better eating quality in the striploin and rump |
| Never used | Grain, antibiotics, added hormones |