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What do we mean by royal, exactly? To explain, emerging into the spotlight of a world fame
we need to look back into history. Louis XIII which dates from the 19th century.
was born during the 3rd Republic in 1874. A
few years earlier, a farm labourer had discove- Pierrette Trichet, director of the laboratory at
red a metal bottle dating from the 16th century
that had been lost during the battles between Rémy-Martin, had to prove her qualities as an
Catholics and Protestants. Thanks to his keen
interest in history, Paul-Emile Rémy-Martin exceptional ‘nose’ to enter the closed shop of
recreated the bottle in glass and put into it a
blend of precious eaux-de-vie that had been the tasting panel, before assuming the res-
kept for over fifty years. Thus the cognac Louis
XIII was born, named after the king who sup- ponsibilities of cellar master. Mission accom-
ported cognac’s production.
plished, she has now passed on these
The royal initiative forever established the
name of Rémy-Martin. Today your bottle of responsibilities to Baptise Loiseau, an agri-
Louis XIII is no longer made of glass but of
crystal. It holds the most prized of cognacs, hai- cultural engineer with extensive experience in
ling from the best vineyards of Grande
Champagne. Behind thick, protective walls, the vineyards of France, and of the world. He
the cognac slowly ages in the cellars before
joined Remy-Martin in 2007 and developed
and deepened his expertise after an initial pro-
cess which required the tasting of some 2000
eaux-de-vie. In the space of a hundred years,
he now becomes the fifth cellar master of this
illustrious house.
Claude Marpaud
www.remymartin.com
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