Rémy Cointreau
Rue Joseph Pataa
16100 Cognac
Tél. : +33 (0)1 44 13 44 13
With its origins in Cognac, in the Charente region, and dating back to 1724 with the winemaker Rémy Martin, the French spirits group Rémy Cointreau was officially born in 1990 from the merger of Rémy Martin (the group's flagship cognac, which celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2024) and Cointreau (liqueurs). With sales of 1.2 billion euros, the group boasts a portfolio of exceptional spirits. Each of its unique brands (Rémy Martin, Louis XIII, Cointreau...) is the guarantee of its own know-how and heritage, while transmitting and sharing a common culture of excellence.
Rémy Cointreau was formed in 1990 from the merger of the holding companies of the Hériard Dubreuil and Cointreau families. These companies control E. Rémy Martin & Cie SA and Cointreau & Cie SA respectively. But the Group's history is also the result of successive alliances between companies in the same businesses, i.e. in the Wines and Spirits sector.
Earlier, Rémy Martin was founded in 1724 by the winegrower of the same name. Two hundred years later, in 1924, the company was taken over by André Renaud, the man behind the current reputation of the brand and the group. Cointreau, a specialist in liqueurs, was founded in 1849 by brothers Adolphe and Edouard-Jean Cointreau in Angers. In 1875, the famous liqueur of the same name was invented from bitter orange peel. Maximilien Cointreau, who joined the company in the 1950s, married one of André Renaud's two daughters. From this union was born the family relationship between the companies, which later merged. In 1965, André Rénaud died, leaving the house to his daughters. It should be noted that their spouses, André Heriard-Dubreuil and Maximilien Cointreau, engaged in a bitterly contested struggle for supremacy for many years, which almost led to their downfall. It was not until the final merger with Cointreau in 1990 that this conflict came to an end.
In 1989, the Galliano liqueur brand (resold in 2006) and the Mount Gay rum brand were acquired, as were the Bols liqueur brand (resold in 2006) and the Greek Metaxa brand in 2000. In 2009, the company withdrew from the Maxxium distribution joint venture, which it had joined in 1999, and returned to focusing on its core Rémy Martin and Cointreau brands. Rémy Martin continued to diversify, acquiring the champagne houses Charles Heidsieck (in 1985) and Piper-Heidsieck (in 1988), both still owned by Rémy Martin, before selling them to EPI in 2011. In addition to the main Rémy Martin and Cointreau brands, Rémy Cointreau also owns the Bruichladdich (Scotch whisky), Metaxa (brandy), Passoa (liqueur), Mount Gay (rum) and Saint Rémy (brandy) brands. In all, the group employs around 1,000 people worldwide.
Rémy Martin is produced at four sites. Cognac base wines come from 150 hectares of vineyards owned by the company, as well as from over 2,000 contract growers, for a total of 8,000 hectares of vineyards in the Grande Champagne and Petite Champagne Cognac regions. Half of all Cognac varieties are made from Grande Champagne wines, which is why all bottles are labelled “Fine Champagne”. Barrels are made in the Limousin region, in the company's own cooperage. The range includes the brands “Club”, “XO” with an ageing time of several decades, “Extra Perfection” and “Louis XIII”. Over 20 million bottles are produced each year, representing 15% of the global cognac market. Of this total, 95% is exported to 165 countries. In China, there's the Dynasty Winery joint venture project.
The Rémy Cointreau group, with sales of 1.2 billion euros, specializes in liqueurs and spirits (Rémy Martin, Louis XIII, Cointreau...). Éric Vallat (53, HEC) is Managing Director. He began his career in investment banking before joining Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior, before becoming Chairman of Bonpoint and CEO of J.M. Weston. He was also CEO of Rémy Martin and Chairman of Mount Gay Rhum.
In its impressive and highly diversified brand portfolio, the Rémy Martin Group constantly strives for excellence with brands that are the result of singular know-how and heritage, each serving the spirit of the group based on shared values: the mastery of time (Cognac and Rum), the love of terroirs, while putting people, time and the land at the center of these values.
Maison Rémy Martin, the parent company of the group's two cognac brands - Rémy Martin and Louis XIII - manages all the necessary resources, all of which are pooled.
Since 1927, Maison Rémy Martin has been committed to absolute quality: its eaux-de-vie come exclusively from the terroirs of Grande Champagne and Petite Champagne, in the heart of the Cognac AOC. It's in these light, chalky soils that the vine roots penetrate most easily and deeply, allowing the best of the terroir to be extracted. These eaux-de-vie are still distilled using traditional methods, on lees, and with small stills to bring out the complexity and intensity of the aromas. There's a close link between the ancestral vines of Grande Champagne in Cognac, the gourmet sugar cane of Oxford Plantation in Barbados, the sun-drenched vines of Samos in Greece, the golden barley of the French Alps, the Pacific Northwest of the USA and Islay in Scotland. In these lands, the House selects the very best that nature has to offer. The importance of terroir is paramount.
On the creative side, the Houses benefit from the outstanding skills of creative souls such as Carole Quinton, Cécile Roudaut, Adam Hannett, Baptiste Loiseau, Constantinos Raptis, Frédéric Revol and Trudiann Branker. These talents cultivate singular know-how that is passed down from generation to generation within the Maisons. Know-how and creative zeal drive each employee. As Maison Rémy Martin so aptly puts it: it takes a century and four generations of cellar masters to make a Louis XIII decanter.
There's a close link between all these brands that have defied time since their birth. Mount Gay in 1703, Rémy Martin in 1724, Cointreau in 1849, Bruichladdich in 1881, Metaxa in 1888. In each period and epoch, the group strives to respectfully nurture the eternal youth of its brands. In the Grollet winery in Cognac, the cellars of St. Lucie in Barbados, Bruichladdich on Islay, Kifissia in Greece, Seattle in the USA or Saint-Jean-d'Hérans in France, Rémy Martin gives time to time. 5 years, 10 years, 100 years... Time flows peacefully in its cellars. And as Mount Gay is wont to say: “it's ready when it's ready, never before...”.
Recognizable by its crystal decanter, Louis XIII cognac is an authentic journey through the aromas of time. Louis XIII has left its mark on mythical journeys and royal dinners around the world. Served in the bar car of the emblematic Orient-Express, or aboard the Concorde at Queen Elizabeth's banquet in Versailles, this exceptional cognac has toured the world many times since its first shipments in the late 1870s. Louis XIII became one of the jewels in the crown of French luxury and art de vivre. Both a jewel and a work of art, the crystal decanter adorned with fleurs-de-lis, the royal symbol, requires the patient work of 11 crystal craftsmen.
Louis XIII is a complex blend of eaux-de-vie sourced exclusively from Grande Champagne, Cognac's premier cru. Since its origins in 1874, each generation of cellar masters has selected the oldest and most exceptional eaux-de-vie from their cellars for Louis XIII cognac. Today, cellar master Baptiste Loiseau selects the finest eaux-de-vie to be passed on to his successors.
Made from crystal for generations, the emblematic Louis XIII decanter is mouth-blown by the finest master glassmakers. Louis XIII has the fragrance of exceptional eaux-de-vie and the aroma of Time. With notes and aromas evoking myrrh, honey, dried rose, plum, honeysuckle, cigar box, leather, fig and passion fruit.
The history of Rémy Martin cognac - which celebrates its 300th anniversary this year - has been built around the ambition to capture the absolute essence of cognac. Since 1724, the house of Rémy Martin has been run by talented men and women, who have succeeded in making a piece of French territory the bastion of one of the world's finest cognacs: Cognac Fine Champagne, an emblematic blend of eaux-de-vie from the Grande and Petite Champagne crus.
Rémy Martin uses only grape varieties from the most sought-after vineyards, Grande Champagne and Petite Champagne, whose soils offer the ideal conditions for perfect ripening of the grapes. Once distilled, the eaux-de-vie are endowed with a rich, harmonious palette of aromas. More than any other, they are particularly well-suited to ageing. They form the core of the Rémy Martin cognac collection, refined over more than three centuries.
To mark its 300th anniversary, the Maison Rémy Martin has unveiled a year-long celebration around the world, with a special bottle and box entitled “La coupe 300ème Anniversaire”. For three centuries, the House has combined expertise and innovation to build an excellence that stands the test of time. As Marie-Amélie de Leusse (President of the Rémy Martin Group) points out: “For 300 years, the House of Rémy Martin has passed on its knowledge and expertise from one generation to the next. Today, this extends beyond the family heritage, and we are working with all the House's partners to achieve sustainable excellence together. We have all inherited a responsibility to protect our soils for future generations. By partnering with winemakers in Grande and Petite Champagne, sponsoring new talent around the world, we strive to perpetuate this family legacy for the next 300 years.”
A radiant symbol of 300 years of transmission, the “Coupe 300è Anniversaire”, available in a very limited edition since January 11, 2024, is a tribute to the House's heritage and its vision for the next 300 years. This original creation was created by Cellar Master Baptiste Loiseau from Rémy Martin's “Réserve Perpétuelle”, a precious collection of exceptional eaux-de-vie, exclusively from the Grande Champagne terroir, safeguarded and handed down by generations of cellar masters. Located in the heart of the Cognac region, Grande Champagne is renowned for the exceptional aromatic quality and ageing potential of its eaux-de-vie.
To create this Coupe 300è Anniversaire, Baptiste Loiseau drew on the previous Coupe du 290è Anniversaire, itself nourished by eaux-de-vie from the Coupe du 275è Anniversaire, and enriched this collective work with a selection of elegant, harmonious eaux-de-vie from the terroir of Grande Champagne. His creation weaves an invisible link between past and present, between generations of talent always looking to the future. Inspired by the iconic shape of the Coupe 250è Anniversaire created in 1974, the decanter of the Coupe 300è Anniversaire is highlighted by embossed lines, symbolizing the trace of the Centaur javelin, the Maison's iconic emblem since 1870. The decanter is presented in a bespoke wooden box containing a special note from the Maître de Chai and a unique QR code giving access to exclusive digital content on the Rémy Martin website www.RemyMartin.com
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1724 Rémy Martin cognac house founded
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