Truffle Sensory Analysis
Fri. 16 October 2026
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Truffle Sensory Analysis and guided tour of MUDET

Truffle Sensory Analysis and guided tour of MUDET

It is certainly easy and pleasant to smell the scent of Tuber magnatum Pico, the precious and rare Alba White Truffle, but it is much more difficult to encode its finer organoleptic characteristics.

Truffle Sensory Analysis can help you.
An immersive experience guided by Sensory Analysis judges from the National Truffle Study Centre, where you can discover the organoleptic characteristics of Tuber magnatum Pico.

How can you choose a truffle?
How can it be best tasted and its quality identified?
How can you store it and what are the best ways to eat it?
A Sensory Analysis judge from the National Truffle Study Centre unveils the secrets of the world’s most famous mushroom through olfactory tastings, sensory tests and hands-on experience.

MUDET
530 square meters that tell the story of an extraordinary product of the land all year round: the naturalistic, historical, cultural, and gastronomic aspects of a hypogeal fungus that has achieved worldwide recognition over the years.

The Museum Tour
MUDET is housed within the building surrounding the Cortile della Maddalena, a historic city complex overlooking the main street, Via Vittorio Emanuele.
The museum’s layout unfolds along a 140-meter exhibition path divided into four thematic sections. The ten rooms include a laboratory space and tell the world of truffles through 140 meters of thematic graphic illustrations, multimedia devices, and a collection of over fifty thematic objects on display.

The event is simultaneously translated into English.

The €35.00 fee includes:
– the Sensory Analysis of Truffle,
– admission to MUDET – the Alba Truffle Museum,
– a guided tour of MUDET – the Alba Truffle Museum.

4.00 p.m.
€ 35,00
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Cortile della Maddalena / Sensory Analysis Room of MUDET (The Truffle Museum)
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Cortile della Maddalena / Sensory Analysis Room of MUDET (The Truffle Museum)

Cortile della Maddalena, entrance from Piazzetta Giovanni Falcone, Alba

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Cortile della Maddalena / Sensory Analysis Room of MUDET (The Truffle Museum)

MUDET - Alba Truffle Museum is the place where these relationships are revealed and the truffle experience becomes accessible all year round. The truffle is a precious mystery , the fruit of a delicate balance between soil, plants, climate, animals and people . Here, the world of truffles is discovered through science and storytelling, history, inspiration, play, art, and the testimonies of its protagonists.