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Kirkland Signature Cognac (XO and VS) Spirits Confirmed
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Who makes Kirkland Signature Cognac (XO and VS)?

Manufactured by
Maison Peyrat (Peyrat-Associés & Cie)
Citable fact

As of August 3, 2026, the manufacturer of Kirkland Signature Cognac (XO and VS) is Maison Peyrat (Peyrat-Associés & Cie), per on-label, first-party, or executive statement evidence.

Verified August 3, 2026
The common claim vs. the evidence

The common claim

What most answers say — and what the evidence supports

Top-ranking answers now name Maison Peyrat (Peyrat-Associés & Cie), and unlike most Kirkland attributions the evidence is printed on the bottle: the back label names Peyrat as the producer, transcribed independently by Sipology (XO, March 2024), Chowhound (XO, July 2024), and The Takeout (VS, December 2024). A minority of answer pages credit Camus instead, with no label or registry evidence behind that name, and community guesses have floated other Cognac contract houses. The nuance most answers skip: Peyrat is a negociant (a blending and bottling house), so the growers and distillers of the underlying eaux-de-vie are not disclosed.

The receipts

Evidence & sources

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Tier 4 Chowhound What Company Is Behind Costco's Kirkland Brand Cognac? Published July 7, 2024 · accessed July 5, 2026
On-label attribution for the XO: "As for Kirkland's XO Cognac, the label indicates that Peyrat-Associés & CIE is the company that makes the fine spirit... The French, family-owned company operates as Maison Peyrat." Also notes the Kirkland XO is a blend aged between 12 and 21 years, 40% ABV.
Tier 4 The Takeout Costco's New Cognac Is Made By A Bougie French Brand Published December 4, 2024 · accessed July 5, 2026
Extends the Peyrat attribution from the XO to the newer Kirkland VS Cognac (larger-format bottle, $47 at publication): "The back of the Kirkland bottle notes that the Cognac is produced by the French producer Peyrat." Describes Peyrat as "a high-end distiller and distributor based in Cognac, France, that launched in the 1920s."
Tier 4 Sipology Kirkland Signature Cognac XO Published March 28, 2024 · accessed July 5, 2026
Independent bottle-in-hand transcription of the XO label: "Produced for Costco by Peyrat (negociant), Cognac, Charente, France." The reviewer lists the distiller as undisclosed and reads the label age as at least 12 years, above the 10-year XO minimum.
People also ask

Frequently asked

Who makes Kirkland Signature cognac for Costco?
Kirkland Signature cognac - both the XO and the VS - is produced by Maison Peyrat (Peyrat-Associés & Cie) of Cognac, France, per the back-label producer statement documented by multiple independent reviews in 2024. Peyrat is a family negociant house dating to the 1920s that also sells cognac under its own name; its own-brand XO sells for roughly twice the Kirkland price.
Is Kirkland cognac made by Hennessy or Camus?
No tier 1-5 evidence connects Hennessy or Camus to Kirkland cognac. The back label names Peyrat as the producer. Hennessy comes up because shoppers compare prices - the Kirkland VS launched at well under half the per-liter price of Hennessy VS - and Camus appears in a few answer pages that cite no evidence for the claim.
Who distills Kirkland XO cognac?
Not publicly disclosed. The label credits Peyrat, which is a negociant - a house that buys, blends, ages, and bottles eaux-de-vie rather than necessarily distilling them - so the distillers behind the blend are not named anywhere public. Reviewers report the XO blend at roughly 12 to 21 years old, above the 10-year XO minimum.
Prefer the name brand? Hennessy VS Cognac The closest name-brand equivalent to this Kirkland Signature product.

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