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The XO is, paradoxically, the oldest of the Louis Bouron core range. At 50 years in oak, it carries far more age than the legal XO minimum (ten years), and is the most refined of the family's main cuvees. The blend is built around a higher proportion of Petite Champagne (around 50 percent), which gives it its hallmark elegance.
Where the Tres Vieille Reserve at 40 years old amps up oak intensity, this 50-year-old XO does the opposite. The colour is light, almost gentle, and the wood remains in the background. This is a fine, delicate cognac shaped by time in old oak rather than by aggressive new barrels.
One of the finest cognacs in this age bracket, ideal for collectors and connoisseurs who prize finesse over intensity.
Louis Bouron is a 5-generation family estate at Chateau de la Grange, Saint-Jean d'Angely (97 hectares across Fins Bois, Borderies and Petite Champagne). Their cognacs carry age statements that far exceed the legal minimum for each category, and are bottled without added sugar or caramel.
Distinct from the rest of the range, the XO comes in a different, rounder bottle with a striking oval label centred on the brand crest and the bold XO mark. A neck band repeats Cognac Bouron / XO. 70cl, 40% vol.
Serve at room temperature, neat, in a tulip-shaped cognac glass. The XO rewards patience, give it time to open in the glass and the fruit and vanilla notes will deepen. Outstanding on its own, or paired with a fine piece of dark chocolate.
Relative to the Grande Reserve and the Tres Vieille Reserve, this is the lightest and most delicate, showing more finesse, which is interesting given that it is the oldest of the lot. Nice syrupy texture. More dainty and soft-spoken. More delicate, syrupy, honeyed fruits: yellow plums, mirabelle,...
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Louis Bouron is a family-run Cognac house based at Château de la Grange in Saint-Jean-d’Angély. Founded in 1832, the estate has remained in the same family for five generations and works from its own vineyards across Borderies, Petite Champagne and Fins Bois. The range is built around long-aged, traditional Cognacs, from a 20-year-old Napoléon to rare century-old and pre-phylloxera bottlings. Natural, historic and deeply authentic, Louis Bouron is a house for drinkers looking beyond the obvious names.
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