Our products Fonteneau oysters
Product available all year round, without milk during the summer.
La Fine de Claire is a juicy, slightly fleshy oyster with a taste of the land. Very appreciated by consumers who love the “iodized taste of the sea”.
Caliber N ° 0 - N ° 4 (depending on product availability)
Product available from November to May.
This is the top of the range Fine oysters from Claire Marennes-Oléron. Slightly more fleshy than the Fine de Claire, rich in water and balanced in flavors. The Fine de Claire Verte Label Rouge has the unique characteristic of associating the whiteness and greenness of the gills, testimony to its greening in Claire.
Caliber N ° 2 - N ° 4 (depending on product availability).
The Claire Special is selected from the start by the oyster farmer : it must have a regular shape, roundness and particular thickness; its pronounced concavity announces a volume of flesh greater than the oyster Fine de Claire.
Green or white, the taste of the Speciale de Claire differs from that of the Fine de Claire by the more assertive consistency of its flesh, by its volume in the mouth and by a remarkable balance of sweetness and salinity.
Product available from November to March.
These oysters are raised at very low density (2-3 oysters / m2) in La Claire where they stay for 6 to 9 months. During its stay, the oyster will achieve a high flesh content and crunchy firmness, as well as a pronounced terroir flavor that lasts in the mouth.
Caliber N ° 0 - N ° 3 (depending on product availability).
Product available year round.
The Fonteneau Special “La Reserve” has been selected on strict quality criteria such as flesh content, texture and shape. Oysters have a firm texture and a unique sweet taste. This special oyster reveals a wilder and steeper aroma, which depending on the palate will leave a nutty flavor in the mouth. The reserve is the result of more than 50 years of expertise in raising and refining our production on an exceptional protected site, transmitted by previous generations. This is an oyster for real oyster lovers looking for new flavors and sensations.
Caliber N ° 0 - N ° 4 (depending on product availability).
Product available year round.
Its hard shell and high flesh content make this oyster perfect for cooking on the barbecue or in the oven. A different tasting to appreciate oysters. Amaze your guests ...
Caliber: No.0 (> 151gr); available in baskets of 8 oysters
Product available from August to October - direct cabin sale only.
Imperial prawns are penaeid shrimps reared in France, in the Atlantic marshes since the 1980s. It is a species that lives in sandy-muddy bottoms, which withstands temperatures of 5 to 32 ° C and salinities of 15 to 40 ° / °°. These conditions are met in the oyster beds of the Atlantic coast, an ideal environment for breeding them. raises these shrimps in its oyster beds. The post larvae are released in May: they weigh a few mg.
They are pre-grown in oyster beds for 1 month (20 to 40 shrimps per m²), fished out at 1g and put back in the water in June at a very low density in clears:
1 to 2 shrimps / m² maximum.
