Black Winter Truffle

Tuber Melanosporum Vitt

Harvest: Mid-November to Mid-late March
Source:  Marche region

Details: The most prestigious of the black truffles, and second to only the White truffle (Magnatum Pico) in culinary value. It lacks the garlicky and parmesan-cheese notes of the white truffle, but in return offers earthy, musty, nutty, and even chocolaty aroma and flavor. The Tuber Melanosporum Vitt is known in Italy as the “Truffle from Norcia”. The French refer to this same delicacy as the “Truffle de Perigord.”