Vintage Sardines Lulu – 2016

La Perle des Dieux – Lulu Vintage Sardines 2016
Matured for 9 Years

The limited edition La Perle des Dieux Lulu Vintage Sardines 2016 are particularly fine and aromatic in taste, thanks to 9 years of maturation in the can. 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 especially then). Secure the last cans of this vintage.

To ensure the vintage sardines last a long time, we recommend turning the cans every 6 months so that the sardines remain well covered with oil on all sides. This way, the sardines become softer with age and their flavor intensifies, melting in your mouth like butter, while younger vintages still 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 town southwest of Nantes, which still largely relies on fishing today. The sardines are only caught off St. Gilles Croix de Vie and between the islands of Yeu, Ré, and Noirmoutier.

Vintage Sardines 2016 – Coralie Joulin

Not least the beautiful, annually changing motifs, designed by the illustrator Coralie Joulin, make La Perle des Dieux Lulu vintage sardines a collector's item. The 2016 motif is called: De fil en aiguille, which means from one thing to another, and shows Lulu in a corset with a 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 had been producing canned fish for 4 generations. It was her idea not to illustrate the colorful metal cans with fish or fishermen, but to find young female artists who would take a whole new approach to designing canned fish. This is how the two wonderful series of vintage sardines came about, those by Delphine Cossais (La Mademoiselle) and those by Coralie Joulin (Lulu), which have shaped La Perle des Dieux's reputation.

Of course, it's not just the charming exterior that defines La Perle des Dieux sardines. The sardines are caught off the coast of Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, once a famous fishing port, and carefully cleaned by hand and packed into cans while fresh. 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