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Ail Rose de Lautrec
Pink-streaked garlic from Lautrec, in the Tarn — milder and sweeter than white garlic, and one of a handful of European garlics to carry both a Label Rouge and an IGP.
Pre-orders are closed
The story
Ail Rose de Lautrec has grown in the Tarn, in south-west France, for centuries. Its pink-streaked cloves are milder and sweeter than ordinary white garlic — a subtle warmth that deepens a dish rather than dominating it.
It carries a Label Rouge and an IGP (Indication Géographique Protégée), one of the very few garlics in Europe to hold either. The harvest comes once a year, in midsummer, and the braids are hung to dry in open barns through the late-June heat.
We bring a small quantity to Reykjavík each year, in late summer. It sells through quickly, so we keep a list — leave your name and you’ll hear first, before it reaches the shop floor.
Pre-orders are closed
The pre-order list is now closed. The garlic is landing in the shop this week.
Everyone on the list will get an email from us — or a phone call or a text — when their garlic is ready.
Whatever isn’t reserved is sold in the shop at Skólavörðustígur 4a, open 11–18 Monday to Saturday, closed Sundays.
What to expect
Timing
The harvest is in July, and the garlic is then hung to dry for about two weeks. After that it has to make its way to Iceland — around four weeks or so — so we expect it in hand by the end of August or the start of September.
Quantity
Limited — we carry as much as storage and logistics allow. Those on the list get first access when it goes on sale.