The Grey Coarse Salt "Gros Sel Gris" is harvested and processed by Binet 1660, a family-sized company based in the small town of Batz-sur-Mer in the Pays de la Loire region. The Grand Cru de Batz salts are naturally created from the sea water that becomes trapped in the patchwork of interconnected salt pans that dot the marshes. The warm summer winds cause the water to evaporate, leaving its salt crystals behind: shaped by the action of weather, winds and temperatures, the produced salt shows different granulometries and strenght in mouth depending on the conditions it was created with.Salts are drained for 9 to 12 months before being sorted by hand, grain by grain. Neither sifted nor crushed, they are authentic, rich, rare and original, allowing various uses for each Grand Cru de Batz collections. Unlike fleur de sel, which forms on the top of the water, the Gros Sel Gris comes into direct contact with the argile, the mineral-rich clay at bottom of the salt pan, from where the salt is harvested. It is this that gives it its grey tinge as well as its high magnesium content. Its raw taste and intense flavor leaves an authentic feeling in mouth.
