BeauSoleil

Miramichi Bay · Atlantic Coast, Canada · Crassostrea virginica

Warm-bread in the liquor — yeasty, specific, not generic.

Salinity4/5

Sweetness4/5

Minerality4/5

Umami2/5

Texturefirm

Finishsweet

Shellmedium, deep-cupped

BeauSoleil's defining quality is its delicacy and that yeasty, bread-warm aroma. Heavy acid collapses both. If anything, a drop of very sharp Champagne mignonet

Pair with

Blanc de Blancs Champagne or CrémantMuscadet Sèvre-et-Maine sur lieDry Cider (Norman or Quebec)

Details

Cultivationsuspended-trayAppearancemedium · deep-cupped

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