Vintage Sardines Lulu – 2017

La Perle des Dieux – LULU Vintage Sardines 2017
Aged 8 Years

The limited edition La Perle des Dieux Lulu Vintage Sardines 2017 have now matured in the can for 8 years and boast a particularly delicate and aromatic flavor. These vintage sardines (Sardines Millésimées) are caught at the end of the sardine season when they contain 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 perhaps especially then).

To ensure the vintage sardines keep for a long time, we recommend turning the cans every 6 months so that the sardines remain well covered in oil on all sides. As they mature, the sardines become softer and their flavor intensifies, melting in your mouth like butter, whereas younger vintages have a firmer flesh.

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 that still largely relies on fishing. The sardines are only fished off St. Gilles Croix de Vie and between the islands of Yeu, Ré, and Noirmoutier.

Vintage Sardines 2017 – Coralie Joulin

Not least, the beautiful, annually changing motifs, designed by illustrator Coralie Joulin, make La Perle des Dieux Lulu vintage sardines a collector's item. The 2017 motif is called: Le défilé de Lulu, which means Lulu's Parade and shows Lulu in a corset as a mermaid with fish.

La Perle des Dieux – Sardine business goes female

La Perle des Dieux is probably the most feminine cannery among sardine producers. No wonder, because 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 has been producing canned fish for 4 generations. It was also her idea not to illustrate the colorful metal cans with fish or fishermen, but to find young female artists who would take a completely new approach to designing canned fish. This is how the two wonderful series of vintage sardines came into being, those by Delphine Cossais (La Mademoiselle) and those by Coralie Joulin (Lulu), which have shaped the reputation of La Perle des Dieux.

Of course, it's not just the enchanting appearance 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 are carefully cleaned by hand and filled into cans while still fresh. For the recipes of the flavored sardines and anchovies, basic ingredients of the best quality are used and delicious canned fish is produced from them according to traditional or newly inspired recipes.

Content 115 g – Drained weight 86.3 g