Vintage Sardines – 2022

La Perle des Dieux – Vintage Sardines 2022
Aged 3 Years

The limited edition La Perle des Dieux Vintage Sardines 2022 have been on the market for three years now, and already offer a fine and aromatic taste. These vintage sardines (Sardines Millésimées) are caught at the end of the sardine season, when they have a particularly high fat content of about 12%. This is necessary so that these special sardines can mature so well and remain a true delight even after a decade (or especially then).

To ensure the vintage sardines last a long time, we recommend turning the tins every 6 months so that the sardines remain well covered with oil on all sides. This way, the sardines become more tender and intensify their flavor with age, melting in your mouth like butter, while younger vintages are still firmer in texture.

The vintage sardines for La Perle des Dieux are fished in France, off the coast of Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, a small commune southwest of Nantes, which still largely relies on fishing today. The sardines are only fished off St. Gilles Croix de Vie and between the islands of Yeu, Ré, and Noirmoutier.

Vintage Sardines 2022 – Delphine Cossais

Not least, the beautiful, annually changing motifs, designed by illustrator Delphine Cossais, make La Perle des Dieux vintage sardines a collector's item. The latest motif for 2022 is called: Mlle Perle et son marin une décennie d'amour, which means Mademoiselle Perle and her sailor: a decade of love! It shows the lovers on their honeymoon in the turquoise waters of Polynesia. 10 years of sardine love. Bon Appetit, because the way to a heart is through the stomach!

La Perle des Dieux – The Sardine Business Goes Female

La Perle des Dieux is arguably the most feminine cannery among sardine producers. No wonder, since founder Claudie Vardelle was for a long time the manager of a Parisian fashion store before she founded La Perle des Dieux in 2005 together with Philippe Gendreau, whose family had been producing canned fish for 4 generations. It was also her idea not to illustrate the colorful metal tins with fish or fishermen, but to find young female artists who would take a completely new approach to designing canned fish. This led to the two wonderful series of vintage sardines, one by Delphine Cossais (La Mademoiselle) and one by Coralie Joulin (Lulu), which have shaped the reputation of La Perle des Dieux.

Of course, it's not just the charming exterior that makes La Perle des Dieux sardines so special. The sardines are caught off the coast of Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, once a famous fishing port, and carefully cleaned by hand while fresh, then packed into tins. For the recipes of the flavored sardines and anchovies, basic ingredients of the best quality are used, and delicious canned fish is produced according to traditional or newly inspired recipes.

Contents 115 g – Drained weight 86.3 g