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 AOC Pas Dosé Integral Charles Ellner

Bourgogne AOC Chardonnay 2023 Domaine de Vauroux

Chablis AOC 2023 Domaine Droin Jean-Paul & Benoit

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

Côtes de Provence AOC Rosé Miraval 2024 Château Miraval

Chablis Premier Cru Vaucoupin AOC 2024 Domaine Michaut

Terre Siciliane IGT Chardonnay La Stanza del Re 2023 Cantine Fina

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Nature Cuvée 1564 2018 Castello Bonomi

Alta Langa DOCG Pas Dosé Cuvée 36 Mesi 2018 Gancia

Petit Chablis AOC 2023 Simonnet-Febvre

Champagne AOC Authentique Brut Gervais Gobillard

Chablis AOC 2023 Domaine de Chaude Écuelle

Valul lui Traian IGP Cru Manastirea Rohrbach 2021 Gitana Winery

Chablis AOP 2024 Reine Pédauque

Petit Chablis AOC 2023 Labouré-Roi

Champagne AOC Brut Grand Blanc de Blancs Gosset

Champagne AOC Brut Grande Cuvée 173ème Édition Krug

Alta Langa DOCG Brut 2020 Duchessa Lia