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Vorfreude · Oregon · Willamette Valley
No. 14
Holstein · Autumn Reserve
In Release · Selection Limited
VFR / RESERVE / 014 / 2026
The Animal
No. 14
No. 14 was a Holstein from the Willamette Valley who came to the Reserve after five years in a pasture-based dairy herd. She was selected individually for the character her body had developed through slow maturation.
Breed
Holstein
Origin
A Willamette Valley dairy
Region
Willamette Valley
Age
5.5 years
Season
Autumn
Finish
Grass-hay finish
The Selection
Why No. 14 entered the Reserve.
Most Vorfreude animals become Market provisions. Reserve begins differently — an animal enters the Reserve only when her individual character warrants being documented separately.
Selected for her balanced frame and the character of her fat — white, waxy, and distributed in fine, even threads rather than large pockets. After five years on pasture, her muscling had developed slowly and evenly, the kind of density that grass finishing produces over time. She promised a clean, structured beef rather than a rich, heavy one.
The Release
Aging
32days
Method
Dry-aged hanging
Season
Autumn 2026
Fat
White, waxy, fine even threads.
Texture
Fine, moderate density.
Clean on entry, with a long, buttery close.
The Cuts
From No. 14.
One animal produces a finite collection of cuts. These are the selections currently remaining from No. 14.
From No. 14
Reserve Cuts
Vorfreude Reserve
No. 14
One animal. Documented from origin to release.
VFR / RESERVE / 014 / 2026