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.

Champagne Brut Rosé Premier Cru AOC Prestige Duval-Leroy

Chablis AOC 2022 Simonnet-Febvre

Rheingau QbA Riesling Trocken Steinberger VDP Ortswein 2023 Kloster Eberbach

Champagne AOC Brut Impérial Moët & Chandon

Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru AOC Réserve Guy Charlemagne

Champagne AOC Bouzy Grand Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs Lumière Delavenne

Champagne AOC Grand Cru Bouzy Brut Nature Delavenne

Alsace Réserve AOC Riesling 2023 Hunawihr

Chablis AOC 2022 Joseph Drouhin

Champagne AOC Bouzy Grand Cru Brut Tradition Original 60/40 Delavenne

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

Chablis AOC Grand Cru Vaudésir 2020 Louis Moreau

Chablis AOC Premier Cru Vosgros 2022 Gilbert Picq

Chablis AOC 1er Cru Montmains 2022 Domaine de Chaude Écuelle

Champagne AOC Brut Cornalyne Dom Caudron

Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore DOC San Paterniano 2020 Tenuta Mattei

Champagne AOC Brut Premier Cru Petite Vallée

Monthélie AOP Blanc 2022 Parent