Ideal Wine Company has learned that luxury brandy company Remy Martin recently released its latest limited edition Fine Champagne Cognac.
Luxury brand Remy Martin
Founded by a French wine-maker of the same name in 1724, Remy Martin is an incredibly reputable, high class Cognac brand. We stock the Remy Martin XO Champagne Cognac here at the Ideal Wine Company and really enjoy its incredibly rich, smooth and complex qualities.
Remy Martin continues to impress brandy enthusiasts all over the world. The company won the Supreme Brand Champion 2016 Award from industry publication The Spirits Business. They heralded Remy Martin for finding ways to promote its Fine Champagne Cognacs to consumers. Carrying this work forward, Remy Martin recently released its new expression, Carte Blanche à Baptiste Loiseau, the first in its new limited edition Fine Champagne Cognac line, to the world.
Limited edition Cognac
Business blog The Moodie Davitt Report writes that just 7,000 bottles of this new expression were made. The product is the first to be created by 34 year old Baptiste Loiseau, who was appointed Remy Martin’s new Cellar Master in 2014. Loiseau selected one cask from the Gensac-la-Pallue cellar, one of Remy Martin’s 26 cellars, for this inaugural Carte Blanche edition.
Remy Martin recently invited 50 global media guests to the cellar for a special tasting. Speaking at this event, Loiseau explained: “I wanted to show the true sense of Fine Champagne when I was given ‘carte blanche’ by the company to reveal its treasures. I tasted every eau-de-vie that had been set aside by previous cellar masters for their ageing potential.
“One day here at Gensac-la-Pallue I found something very precious and decided to reveal it at the percentage proof at which it appeared naturally in the cask. It is very special, with the youngest eau-de-vie at 20 years and others in the blend above that. It is a question of time and the transmission of values from previous generations. What moved me was that it possessed the style of the house. It is harmonious, rich, intense and has extraordinary length.”
Future plans
Talking about releasing future expressions of Carte Blanche, Loiseau continued: “It is about when the time is right and the blend is right. I am already looking and have some ideas, having tasted all of the eau-de-vie that we hold in the search for the first expression. It should offer something different. That could mean it contains stocks that are younger than 20 years and it could be from other cellars.”
It takes great experience, knowledge and above all patience to be a great Cellar Master. As he has shown with the released of Carte Blanche à Baptiste Loiseau, Remy Martin’s new Cellar Master could ensure the brand continues developing and releasing standout Fine Champagne Cognacs. It’ll be really exciting to see how Baptiste Loiseau safeguards and advances Remy Martin’s reputation for producing excellent Cognacs that are popular around the world!
