Remy Martin Louis XIII

The Louis was full of complexity showing more fruitiness as brandy does with elegant Asian spices, sweet overtones of berry and more than a touch of vanillin. It is quite soft and perhaps a touch fruity on the palate. It enrobes the palate with a warm fruitiness and an awesome peacock’s tail of a finish, fanning out into spice, leather, vanilla and caramel. These were more than just icing on top of the cake. -rv

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Edited to fix my roman numerals

Is this label correct? I thought it was a Louis XIII not Louis VIII. This stuff retails for about $1300/bottle if it is what I think it is.

Yes this is what you think it is,thanks Skwid I didn't even catch that.

I'm not a fan of cognac, but I've heard of this stuff, of course.

To an uneducated palate, is this worth that kind of money?

I guess I have the same question about Johnny Walker Blue: Do you need to be a connoisseur to appreciate these ultra-expensive liquors?

I thought this was great. But...I would rather spend the money on wine.

The funny thing is that these very expensive cognacs or scotches would be much less of a burden on my wallet than wine. I have few qualms about spending $100 for a great bottle of wine, which will be consumed in an evening. If I bought a bottle of scotch or cognac for $100, it would take much longer for me to drink it all. So my $100 would go farther with the liquor than the wine, and I'd probably wind up spending less (assuming I stopped buying wine and switched over).

Rothko: to answer your 1st post, it would help if an individual had experience with Cognac VS, VSOP, XO, & higher before trying this classic bottling. Then, that individual has something to compare it to (as opposed to a person that never drinks Cognac) & orders this “for the label/name”. Obviously, that individual will NOT get the most out of this bottle & I would argue that it would be a waste.

…But, that would applies not to just Cognac, correct (i.e. Wine, cheese, coffee, food, etc…).

To answer your 2nd post: I know what you are saying that a bottle of expensive Cognac goes a long way… And, a bottle of wine is gone that night. And, you know what: I collect/buy both in great quantities & enjoy both beverages. And, yes, I buy a bottle of $120.00 Cognac that lasts me for months…

But, guess what? – I buy less & less Cognac. And, more & more wine. I like Cognac, I LOVE wine. Given a choice, it’s a no-brainer: I dump Cognac like yesterday’s garbage.

P.S.: I also approach it a little differently now: I no longer buy Cognacs in the $80.00-$120.00 range. I buy Cognacs in the $120.00-$300.00 range/bottle. WHY?!? I don’t drink as much anymore (solely due to the fact that I drink much more Dessert Wine now after dinner – thank you VC). So, that rare opportunity/occasion that I pull out a Cognac as an after-dinner drink, I want to make it a “good” one.

P.S.: Of course, I 1st have to finish all my existing Cognac XO bottles that I bought in the past.

Question....I have a unopened bottle of Louis, I am guessing that this bottle will age forever but do I need to stored it like wine?

For what it's worth the empty Louis XII bottle fetches around $250-300 so when you order a pour at a restaurant, 20+% of the price is for glass not Cognac.

rickym13: No special storage is needed for Cognac. But, most do keep it in their wine cellars to enhance the display.

Bob_Summers: that’s interesting. I know that empty Tiffany & Co. boxes fetch $4.00-$5.00/per on EBay. Amazing isn’t? People will pay money for such items eventhough they did not buy it as to showoff/boast in front of others. Amazing.

Years ago I worked for a well respected restaurant company here in Toronto. Courvoisier's master blender came and tasted their entire product line with us. Including what was at the time, and may still be, the most expensive cognac in existence.

I wish I had been able to enjoy it more then as I am fairly certain I won't be tasting it again any time soon. Unfortunetly no tasting notes either, but I do recall the feel of it in my mouth, lasting impression to be certain.

Jump, I know about this Courvoisier Espirit, not that I ever tasted it (just know of it). BUT, it is NOT the most expensive Cognac produced. I have seen more than a few bottles in the $7,000-$10,000 range/per. Not shocking to those in the Cognac-world.

And, of course, they've found/recovered Cognacs from 1700, 1800s that are considered, well...priceless.

A wino friend of mine had a Cognac from 1850s. Imagine what that costs.

But, even today they produce Cognacs in the range that I mention above...

Cognac may very well be the MOST expensive alcoholic beverage produced: $300, $400, $500/per bottle is NOT @ all a shocking figure for a bottle of Cognac.

And, also realize that many Cognacs are bottles in Swarovski crystals & such...

lcc,

this bottle also retails in the $6,500-7500 range and contains cognacs from the 1800's. Certainly there can't be that many cognacs in any kind of circulation that demand such a high price. could there?

Yes, I believe not many.

I have seen this bottle in the $4K range in catalogs.

Finally! A solution to the conundrum "oh, what to do with all these Tiffany boxes cluttering up the house!"

From what I heard, they are running out of this, so dealer cost used to be $800, now it's up over $900.

If you buy for $1300, you are getting ripped off in my opinion, but after $500 or so, does it really matter? lol.


QOH, roflmao.

Great price,

a few years ago was at Sandels in Mo Bay.

Asked for a Remy, said they were out

Asked for a Drambouie, siad they were out, "hold I'll check the back room"

Came back and said he found sime Remy XIII asked if this would do. yep, we sure did enjoy a few of those on the beach.

Nothing like all you can drink for FREE!!!!!