Did you know?
As it is mentioned in other sections of Truffes.com, the most expensive and highest in demand truffles are the Périgord Black Truffle or Black Diamond
—the species which truffes.com is devoted to—, and the Piedmont White Winter Truffle. An overview on the characteristics of white truffles is included below.
For a complete set of information on the Périgord Black visit: The Black Diamond.
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The best black truffles undoubtedly come from France, where winter black truffles are more commonly called the Diamond of Perigord. This exquisite mushroom tuber melanosporum grows in the Provence region of France from December to March. During this season the truffle markets are abundant of this delicious tuber, black with a dark marbled interior, characterized by an earthy and chocolaty flavor. The summer black truffle, tuber aestivum vitt or “truffe de la St. Jean
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