Baerii, Uruguayan
Acipenser baerii
Black River region, Uruguay·Uruguay·Accessible
Uruguay has emerged as a serious Southern Hemisphere caviar producer. Polanco's Baerii offers a fresh, mild profile with a clean, slightly sweet finish — and the counter-season harvest (Southern Hemisphere summer) makes it a useful year-round sourcing option.
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Pop
medium
Finish
Clean
Texture
smooth
Grain
small
Colour
dark grey
Blini service
Recommended
Fresh and mild; a solid blini choice. The counter-season freshness is a genuine advantage for spring/summer events in the Northern Hemisphere.
Pairings
- Champagne
- Brut NV Champagne, Argentine Brut Nature
- Wine
- Albariño, Verdejo
- Spirits
- Chilled vodka
Production
- Source
- farmed
- Producer
- Black River Caviar / Polanco (Uruguay)
- Processing
- malossol
- Grade
- classic
Legal & sourcing
Farmed Baerii; fully legal in the US.
CITES Appendix II — international trade requires documentation. Wild harvest is banned; all commercial product is farmed.
At a menu
South America's flagship caviar — counter-season freshness, reliable value.
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