Liquid Gold

Every wanted to know what is considered an exquisite bottle of cognac? The Louis XIII is from Rémy Martin and is made of 100% Champagne grapes. The cognac is blended from eaux de vie, some of which are more than 100 years old. The wine is aged in tiercons, barrels that are hundreds of years old, all done in a cellar isolated from the rest. The crystal carafe dates back 150 years when Paul-Emile Rémy Martin bought a Venetian-style decanter decorated with fleurs-de-lys and named his cognac Louis XIII in homage to the period in which his family settled in the Cognac region of France and to the king under whose reign Cognac was officially recognized as a category.

This liquid gold is of golden mahogany color, extraordinary aromas of banana guava and fig. Intense wood flavors with layers of flavor, including figs, prunes, dried apricot and vanilla. All this is in a hand blow Baccarat crystal bottle sleeping in a satin lined jewel box. All well deserving of this rare cognac.

A 750 ml bottle of Louis XIII may be priced as high as US$3,000; however the average price range is $1,900 - $2,500. "Louis XIII Black Pearl" is a limited edition cognac packaged in 786 individually numbered Baccarat dark crystal carafes. The edition completely sold out within two months. Decanters were sold in Tokyo for 1 million yen ($9,494 US). At Vancouver International Airport a Rémy Martin Louis XIII Black Pearl 1.5 liter bottle was sold to a Chinese couple for US$34,000. On 15 June 2011 the cognac house launched a Jeroboam bottle of Louis XIII, a magnum decanter with the price of €16,000 ($22,600).