Year 0 - 12
The first years establish the health and character of the fish. Water quality, feed and space are observed with patience and precision.
OUR COLLECTION
The sturgeon is a true symbol of strength, resilience and longevity.
Each caviar begins with an ancient species and a patient journey shaped by water, time and exacting care.
The Sturgeon: The taste of a 200-million-year journey
Older than the dinosaurs and refined through centuries of craft, sturgeon carries a rare history. Maison Rocheval respects that long journey in every selection.
20 YEARS OF CULTIVATION
Year 12 - 20
As the sturgeon matures, its development is monitored closely. Nothing is hurried; each species follows its own rhythm.
Year 20
Only at full maturity can the harvest be considered. The timing decides the integrity, texture and expression of every pearl.
Understand the product
As a living product, its grain, texture and flavor is read fresh with every selection rather than reduced to a number. A number cannot hold what changes by the week.
Rich · Creamy · Cheese
Amour Caviar
Acipenser schrenckii
Amour opens with cream, then butter, followed by a soft lactic warmth that lingers rather than lifts. Salinity is almost an afterthought, allowing the caviar to read closer to cultured cheese than to the sea.
It is the gentlest caviar in the collection, and often the most persuasive.
At the table
Warm blini, crème fraîche, soft egg, potato. Amour rewards richness and simplicity, or anything with enough fat to meet it halfway. Acid and smoke should be used with restraint to allow its quiet character a chance to speak.
- SPECIES
- Acipenser schrenckii
- COMMON NAME
- Amour Caviar
- PEARL SIZE
- 2.8mm – 3.2mm
- SALT
- 3.0% – 3.5%
- COLOR
- Dark grey to golden olive
- TASTING NOTES
- Rich · Creamy · Cheese
QUALITY CAN NEVER BE RUSHED
From careful consideration to salting, every gesture protects the grain and preserves the character of the harvest.
Careful consideration
Purity, no additives
Each harvest is read as a whole. Colour, firmness, moisture, aroma and finish must align before the Maison makes its selection.
Salting process
Significant lower salting
Salt is applied with restraint. Enough to reveal depth and preserve the grain, never enough to conceal the caviar’s natural expression.
