What wine to serve with oysters?

Oysters are considered to be part of a festive meal, which is why they are often eaten as part of a meal.food and wine pairing. Depending on the recipe, cold or hot oysters, the wine may be different. Here are a few tips for a good association vin huitres. Find all our wines in stock on the site! We want our customers to be able to taste rare and authentic wines. Our wines are 100% in stock. Delivery is at a fixed price (Metropolitan France rates): €7 to a relay point & €10 to your home.

A few wine estates to pair with oysters:

Zind-Humbrecht

Gustave Lorentz

Alain Graillot

Paul Jaboulet

William Fevre

A. Bergère

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What wine to serve with oysters as an aperitif?

Visit oysters served as an aperitif are generally raw and cold. The best wine with oysters is unmistakably that of the region in which it was raised. Languedoc oysters are best enjoyed as an aperitif, a convivial moment.
Served raw, the obvious associations are :

• Bouzigues, raised in the Etang de Thau in the Hérault region of France, has a subtle iodized taste that goes very well with Alsatian Riesling,
• Leucate, with its nutty flavour, goes perfectly with Crozes-Hermitage white of the Rhône Valley. Concerning great white Burgundy winesyou'll notice a superb association with the Chablis as well.

 

 

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What wine to serve with oysters as a starter?

To start the meal, oysters can be served cold, raw or warm. For Atlantic oysters, wines from the South-West, Pays de la Loire and even Alsace are ideal. Then, the choice between dry and semi-dry wine is simply a matter of taste.

• Belon oysters are farmed from north to south Brittany, and the rarest of the species is the "Pied de Cheval" from Cancale, which generally weighs between 300 and 500 g. Wine for Belon oysters must be white: Champagne Muscadet, Loire Valley Wines Sancerre, Vouvray.
• Marennes d'Oléron is a "Fine de Claire" oyster, and the best wine pairing for this oyster is undoubtedly the Champagnefollowed by Poully-fumé, a Chablis premier cru or a Riesling.

 

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Which wine goes with hot oysters?

The question is often asked: what wine goes with warm oysters? This is the exception that proves the rule when it comes to pairing wine and food with oysters. In fact, you can drink a red wine with warm oysters, such as Côteau Champenois-Bouzy, or a red wine, such as Côteau Champenois-Bouzy. Graves red wine. But in general, we associate warm oysters with dry white wine such as Chablis grand cru Preuses or a Jurançon; poached oysters dry Alsace white wineOne of the many Rieslings, again a matter of choice.
The recommended wine and food pairing is only an indication; wine with oysters is traditionally white, sometimes red for a change, but never rosé. The best wine with warm oysters is certainly a Champagne.

The food and wine pairing must enhance both the food and the wine. With oysters, only a dry wine can bring out the full range of flavors and mouthfeel, from iodized to fruity to tangy. Oyster gobblers and chewers alike need to discover the distribution and hierarchy of flavors in tasting with this food and wine relationship.

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