Description
Meatier than a conventional fine de claire verte, the Clara Blue is the ideal choice for those seeking an oyster with a fine, crisp texture, a leaner, watery structure, and a balanced touch of salinity. Its flavor profile is fascinating, where merroir and terroir create a unique experience. Its distinctive green color, highly prized in France, is the result of the Navicula Blue microalgae, which thrives in certain clay claires of Marennes-Oléron.
This marine algae delicately tints the gills of the oyster that feeds on it, giving it its emblematic emerald hue and elevating it to the category of the most exclusive oysters. During its refinement in special claires where the navicula blue thrives, the Clara Blue softens its saline essence and absorbs subtle nuances from the mineral environment. This process gives it a unique flavor profile in the oyster world: a vibrant freshness that begins with marine and marsh notes, evolving into a gentle sweetness characteristic of claire-raised oysters, with final notes slightly evoking nuts.
