Fox Point

Great Bay · Atlantic Coast, USA · Crassostrea virginica

New Hampshire's Great Bay is one of the most productive shellfish environments in the Gulf of Maine system — not because New Hampshire gets much credit for it.

Salinity4/5

Sweetness1/5

Minerality4/5

Umami3/5

Texturefirm

Finishbriny

Shellmedium, deep-cupped

The brine is the statement. Acid is redundant here.

Pair with

Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine sur lieBrut ChampagneCold dry stout (nitrogen-poured)

Details

Cultivationbottom-culturedAppearancemedium · deep-cupped

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