Les Mouettes d’Arvor Sardines Vintage 2024 Season, 115g

Les Mouettes d’Arvor Vintage 2024 Season Sardines are a celebration of Breton cannery tradition. Carefully selected sardines from the 2024 season are hand-packed in olive oil, preserving their naturally rich flavour, firm texture and delicate savoury character. Simple, classic and beautifully made, this is the kind of tin that reminds you why a great sardine needs very little embellishment.

Produced in Concarneau, Brittany, by Les Mouettes d’Arvor, these vintage sardines reflect generations of know-how and a respect for exceptional fish. The vintage designation marks the season of packing, making each tin a small snapshot of that year’s catch. Enjoy them now for their freshness and clean flavour, or keep a few tins aside: sardines continue to soften and develop in the oil over time, becoming richer and more integrated.

At 115 g, it is an ideal size for a simple lunch, a refined snack or the centrepiece of an unfussy aperitivo. Serve at room temperature and make sure to use the olive oil from the tin—it is too good to waste.

Serving suggestions

• Serve on toasted sourdough with salted butter, lemon and cracked black pepper.
• Add to a salad of white beans, tomatoes, shallots and parsley.
• Spoon over warm baby potatoes with capers and a Dijon vinaigrette.
• Layer onto crispbread with crème fraîche, radish and fresh dill.
• Make a classic sardine sandwich with buttered baguette and pickled onions.
• For ageing, store unopened tins in a cool, dark place and turn them over occasionally.