Remy Martin Cognac Louis XIII 1980 St Louis Cristal

Starting in the early 1980s, Rémy Martin Louis XIII introduced a new generation of bottles, marked by a revised design and several notable changes. The logo now appears between the mentions “Cristal de Baccarat” and “Bouteille de liqueur.” Bottles once again feature engraved numbering, at first done by hand and later by machine. This numbering consists of one or two letters followed by four digits.

The stopper in the shape of a Fleur de Lys was redesigned with a solid core, newly produced and individually numbered. Capsules also evolved: the old-style gold capsule (1980–1989) was gradually replaced by a new-style gold capsule (1990 and later), combined with a metal-stamped stopper mounted on cork.

Another significant change was the disappearance of paper labels, replaced by transparent plastic stickers with gold lettering indicating the content and the importer. The traditional hanging tags and information cards were no longer included with these bottles.

Gold stoppers permanently replaced the earlier white ones, and packaging was modernized: a red square box with a truncated pyramidal lid and gold lettering replaced the former octagonal box.

These bottles, produced by both Baccarat and Saint Louis, were all numbered, including both bottle and stopper. Versions made by Saint Louis are much rarer on the American and European markets and appear to have been primarily intended for export to Asia, though they do exist.

This generation, marketed from 1980 to 2002, remains the longest-running in the history of Louis XIII. With the exception of minor cosmetic adjustments, the special editions “Rendez-Vous 2000” (1999) and “Celebrate 2000” retained this same iconic design.