Mookie Blues oyster

Mookie Blues

Damariscotta River · Atlantic Coast, USA · Crassostrea virginica

Low-moderate brine with a sweetness that arrives early — the genetic selection for sweet flavor shows up before you've finished the liquor.

Salinity2/5
Sweetness4/5
Minerality2/5
Umami3/5
Texturecreamy
Finishsweet
Shellmedium, deep-cupped

The melon sweetness is the unusual thing about this oyster. Acid flattens it. You're here for the fruit character — eat it clean.

Pair with

Blanc de Blancs Champagne or CrémantGrüner Veltliner (Smaragd or Federspiel)Off-dry Alsatian Riesling (Vendanges Tardives)

Details

Cultivationbottom-culturedAppearancemedium · deep-cupped

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