Oysters

Elite food and aphrodisiac par excellence, oysters represent a fine and refined food that can enhance a dinner for two like that of Valentine's Day. There are various types of oysters but a main division can be made between flat oysters, with a softer and more delicate taste, and concave oysters, more fleshy and with a light brackish taste. Unlike what one might think, champagne is not the ideal pairing for oysters, although considered an enviable pair as both symbol of high status . For concave oysters , the saline minerality of a Muscadet is better accompanied by that of the mollusk, as well as a Chablis which derives from the particular soil from which it originates, rich in marine fossils including oyster shells. With flat oysters the ideal pairing could fall on a Riesling, provided that Auslese, a Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi, fresh and balanced, or a Chardonnay of Sicily, with sweet and citrus scents. Strange but true, an interesting alternative for any type of oyster lies in sweet wines such as Moscato d'Asti or an old vintage Sauternes.

Chablis AOC 2023 Joseph Drouhin

Rias Baixas DO Finca A Pedreira 2024 Bodegas Fulcro

Valul lui Traian IGP Cru Manastirea Rohrbach 2021 Gitana Winery

Champagne AOC Brut Grand Blanc de Blancs Gosset

Campo de Calatrava DOP Sauvignon Blanc - Albariño Vulcanus 2024 Encomienda De Cervera

Petit Chablis AOC 2023 Labouré-Roi

Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru AOC Réserve Guy Charlemagne

Champagne AOC Premier Cru Extra-Brut Parallèle Blanc de Blancs Colin

Alta Langa DOCG Pas Dosé Cuvée 36 Mesi 2018 Gancia

Petit Chablis AOC Fortis 2023 Patrick Piuze

Chablis AOC 2023 Domaine de Chaude Écuelle

Champagne AOC Authentique Brut Gervais Gobillard

Champagne AOC Bouzy Grand Cru Réserve Brut Dom Basle Delavenne

Chablis 1er Cru AOC Vaillons 2023 Louis Moreau

Chablis AOC 1er Cru Montmains 2023 Domaine de Chaude Écuelle

Chablis AOC 2023 Simonnet-Febvre

Champagne AOC Brut Nature Zero Tarlant

Contessa Entellina DOC Chardonnay La Fuga 2024 Donnafugata