Rating 93
Style
Brandy
Produced In Cognac
France
ABV 40%
Availability Year Round
Price $130.00 
Reviewed By
Reviewed 2025-10-14

Jean Fillioux Tres Vieux Review

If 80 proof (40 percent ABV) is often a sign that little thought went into the bottling outside of, “How many bottles can we squeeze out of this cask?,” that is hardly the case here. Despite the bare minimum proof, this X.O. Extra (over 25 years old) is bold in both flavor and mouthfeel. The nose offers notes of vanilla bean, marmalade, and slightly tart orchard fruit. The palate is spicy, with notes of wood. Every time you return to the glass you find a new flavor to seize on. Produced by fifth-generation owner Christophe Fillioux who harvests his own grapes, makes the wine, and then distills it, this is a Cognac for Cognac lovers.

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POINTS
Jean Fillioux Tres Vieux
If 80 proof (40 percent ABV) is often a sign that little thought went into the bottling outside of, “How many bottles can we squeeze out of this cask?,” that is hardly the case here. Despite the bare minimum proof, this X.O. Extra (over 25 years old) is bold in both flavor and mouthfeel. The nose offers notes of vanilla bean, marmalade, and slightly tart orchard fruit. The palate is spicy, with notes of wood. Every time you return to the glass you find a new flavor to seize on. Produced by fifth-generation owner Christophe Fillioux who harvests his own grapes, makes the wine, and then distills it, this is a Cognac for Cognac lovers.

Reviewed On: 10-14-2025
93
POINTS
Jean Fillioux Tres Vieux
If 80 proof (40 percent ABV) is often a sign that little thought went into the bottling outside of, “How many bottles can we squeeze out of this cask?,” that is hardly the case here. Despite the bare minimum proof, this X.O. Extra (over 25 years old) is bold in both flavor and mouthfeel. The nose offers notes of vanilla bean, marmalade, and slightly tart orchard fruit. The palate is spicy, with notes of wood. Every time you return to the glass you find a new flavor to seize on. Produced by fifth-generation owner Christophe Fillioux who harvests his own grapes, makes the wine, and then distills it, this is a Cognac for Cognac lovers.

Reviewed On: 10-14-2025