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Les huîtres Tarbouriech
The world is your oyster...
Discover two exquisite delights from the House of Tarbouriech: the Spéciale Tarbouriech® and L’huître Seven®.
For the past two generations, the same passion has flourished in the Tarbouriech family – creating noteworthy and delicious oysters. The story began in the 1960s with a small oyster farm, but has since grown thanks to Florent Tarbouriech’s quest to produce a unique Mediterranean oyster and find perfection in his calling. Daughter Florie later joined the team and together, the Tarbouriech duo has established a sophisticated brand and a superb selection of shelled treasures.
Spéciale Tarbouriech®
The creation of the Spéciale oyster range is rooted in its Mediterranean origins and particular cultivation methods. The Thau lagoon is exceptionally rich in nutrients and provides excellent conditions for the development and constancy of flesh in oysters. The technique of gluing the oysters independently on ropes allows the oysters to develop harmoiusly under the trays where the ropes are suspended.
Throughout their growth, and with the help of the balmy sunshine of the Mediterranean, the oysters spend several periods out of the water. This daily raising helps the oysters to bloom and become more refined before they are plunged back into the familiarity of the Thau lagoon.
The aquatic properties of the Thau lagoon and the power of the Minstral wind both contribute, over the months, to the Spéciale oysters’ exquisite quality. Distinguished by their brilliant white nacre, their shell is tinged
with a rosy pink and a lace motif that al most seems chiselled out like a ‘perfect imperfection’. The Spéciale oyster is a rare gem and the crowning glory of this accomplished family.
7 par Florie Tarbouriech
Seven oysters by Florie Tarbouriech are nurtured just below the sea surface, rocked gently by the tide in the Thau lagoon. “I was dreaming about a different kind of oyster, which my friends could eat standing up at parties; a small, crunchy, fleshy oyster with a pinky white shell,” says Florie. It is the seventh creation to come from Tarbouriech’s ‘oyster garden’ in the south of France and offers a new experience when it comes to enjoying the clean, fresh flavours of pink oysters. The idea of the Seven range is to encourage a new clientele to discover and taste oysters. Dynamic, modern and thoroughly contemporary, even first time triers will find it difficult to resist!
L’Esturgeonnière is a Living Heritage Company, a mark of recognition from the French State that is put in place to reward French firms for the excellence of their traditional and industrial skills. Perlita has a shelf life of up to 9 months.
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