Vintage Sardines Lulu - 2018

La Perle des Dieux – LULU Vintage Sardines 2018
Aged 7 Years

The limited edition La Perle des Dieux Lulu Vintage Sardines 2018 are now 7 years old and have a particularly delicate 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 are still (or especially then) a true delight even after a decade.

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. This way, the sardines become softer with age and intensify their flavor, melting in your mouth like butter, while younger vintages are still firmer in texture.

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. The sardines are only caught off St. Gilles Croix de Vie and between the islands of Yeu, Ré, and Noirmoutier.

Vintage Sardines 2018 – 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 2018 motif is called: Lulu en sari Indien, which means Lulu in an Indian sari dress and shows Lulu with a sari and an umbrella.

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 de 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 about, one by Delphine Cossais (La Mademoiselle) and the other by Coralie Joulin (Lulu), which have shaped the reputation of La Perle des Dieux.

Of course, it's not just the enchanting 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 and canned fresh from the catch. 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.

Content 115 g – Drained weight 86.3 g