Vintage Sardines Lulu – 2022

La Perle des Dieux – LULU Vintage Sardines 2022
Aged 3 Years

The limited edition La Perle des Dieux 2022 Lulu vintage sardines have now aged for three years in the tin and already have a fine and aromatic taste. You can buy them in our sardine shop, both online and offline. 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 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 in 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 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 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 2022 – Coralie Joulin

Last but not least, the beautiful, annually changing motifs designed by illustrator Coralie Joulin make La Perle des Dieux Lulu vintage sardines collector's items. The 2022 motif is called: Le Flamenco de Séville, which means "The Flamenco of Seville." After the carnival in Venice, Melle Lulu has traveled further around the world to Spain, dancing to the rhythm of the famous dance and showing off her fan.

La Perle des Dieux – Sardine Shop 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 manager of a Parisian fashion store before she founded La Perle des Dieux in 2005 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 is how the two wonderful series of vintage sardines were created, 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 hand-cleaned and tinned 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