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Latricières-Chambertin

[French]

One of the nine grand cru vineyards in the commune of Gevrey-Chambertin, producing some of the finest celebrated red wines of Côte-de-Nuits, Burgundy. Chambertin was Napoleon’s favourite wine. Eight villages are entitled to hyphenate their names with Chambertin. Alexander Dumas once said "Nothing makes the future look so rosy as to contemplate it through a glass of Chambertin". The main grape variety is Pinot Noir. It borders on Chambertin in the north, Mazoyères-Chambertin in the east (across the road), and on Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru vineyard Aux Combottes in the south. (AOC 1937).

laurel

[French]

Bay leaf

laurier (commun)

[French]

Bay leaf. Sweet bay.

lavagnon

[French] plural lavagnons

A type of small clam which is not regarded as edible.

lavagnons charentaise

[French]

Tellin, a small type of clam, shelled and mixed with puréed onions, butter and parsley.

lavande

[French]

Lavender. The leaves may be used to perfume biscuits (US: cookies), ice creams and confection. They are used in Provence.

lavaret

[French]

Whitefish. Pollan or vendace. A small relation of char or lake whitefish and is a slightly oily freshwater fish Lake Geneva, prepared in the same way as trout. It can be baked or fried.

Le Bouca

[French]

A soft to firm goat’s milk cheese with good flavour from Touraine.

Le Bourricot

[French]

A semihard cow’s milk cheese ripened in straw and made in dairies in Cantal in the Auvergne.

Le Brin

[French]

A mild, elastic, creamy cow's milk cheese from Rhône-Alpes. It is hexagonal in shape with an orange-tinged washed rind.