Vintage Sardines – 2023

La Perle des Dieux – Vintage Sardines 2023
Aged for 2 years

The limited edition La Perle des Dieux Vintage Sardines 2023 were eagerly awaited by connoisseurs and are now two years aged, boasting a fine and aromatic flavor. 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 for these special sardines to mature so well and to be a true delight even after a decade (or especially then). After a few years of maturation in the tin, the La Perle des Dieux Vintage Sardines 2023 are a gourmet treat for connoisseurs.

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 makes the sardines softer with age and intensifies their flavor, and they melt in your mouth like butter, while younger vintages still have firmer flesh.

The vintage sardines for La Perle des Dieux are caught in France off the coast of Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, a small commune southwest of Nantes, which still largely depends 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 2023 – Delphine Cossais

Not least, the beautiful, annually changing designs by illustrator Delphine Cossais make La Perle des Dieux vintage sardines a collector's item. The 2023 motif is called: L'heureuse nouvelle de Melle Perle, which means Madame Perle in happy anticipation and shows Madame Perle with a baby bump.

La Perle des Dieux – Sardine Business Goes Female

La Perle des Dieux is probably the most feminine cannery among sardine producers. No wonder, as founder Claudie Vardelle was for a long time the head of a Parisian fashion store before she founded La Perle des Dieux in 2005 together with Philippe Gendreau, whose family has 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 by Delphine Cossais (La Mademoiselle) and 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 special. The sardines are caught off the coast of Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, once a famous fishing port, and carefully cleaned by hand and placed into tins while still fresh. For the recipes of the flavored sardines and anchovies, basic ingredients of the best quality are used, and delicious canned fish are produced according to traditional or newly inspired recipes.

Content 115 g – Drained weight 86.3 g