Pages tagged Speciale
Varieties
Utah Beach
The oyster of the D-Day shore at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, by the Baie des Veys. Of the Manche's three crus it is the soft, crunchy one, sold as a spéciale.
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Isigny
A Normandy oyster grown on tables in a sheltered estuary fed by four marshland rivers, prized for fleshiness and sold as the 'spéciale d'Isigny'.
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Spéciale de Claire
The meatier Marennes-Oléron grade: finished in clay ponds, with at least 10.5% meat, more volume in the mouth and more sweetness than a Fine.
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Tsarskaya
A spéciale from Parcs Saint-Kerber in Cancale, created in 2004, grown three to four years and sold with a filling index above 10.5%.
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Gillardeau N°2
A family-house oyster from Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, raised partly in Ireland and Normandy, laser-marked with a G, and sold on the generosity of its meat.