A legacy on the move
Nine generations, on the same estate since 1798, carrying the word of Cognac around the world.
Expression I
VSOP
Coppery with golden highlights. Woody notes of vanilla and roast over peach, pear and stewed fruit — round and silky on the palate, with vanilla and oak carrying the finish.
IWSC Bronze 2026Expression II
XO
A mahogany robe with coppery highlights. White flowers — jasmine and iris — then ripe fruit and fig. Smooth and elegant, marked by dried apricot, coffee and ginger.
IWSC Silver 2026The brand in motion
Rooted. Never Still.
The roots stay in the Charente; the bottles travel. Jacques Menier spent more than forty years carrying the name across Asia, and Thomas gave a decade in China to the same road. What began in the cellar at La Rigoletrie is now poured in bars far from it — the house coming to life, one glass at a time.
At the bar
“The smoothest Cognac in the world!”
“They dare to create, to dream, and to push traditions forward.”
“The only Cognac you need in your collection!”
La Maison
Family Estate
Jacques Menier spent more than forty years travelling across Asia with bottles and stories; Thomas Menier gave a decade in China to the same task. Between them they set out to make the smoothest cognac in the world.
Pierre Huort, a local winemaker, acquires the land that becomes the Domaine de la Rigoletrie.
The oldest eaux-de-vie of the estate are distilled. Some are still preserved today.
Jean-Isidore Huort marries Marie-Ameline Chevet and rebuilds the main house; their initials still stand above the door.
Jean Menier marries Ginette Huort, uniting two families of the estate.
Jacques Menier settles at La Rigoletrie as the seventh generation on the land. Thomas is born there the same year.
Jean H. Menier is born — the ninth generation of the family on the estate.
From the family archive
