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Rare 200-year-old Tiffon Cognac launches

The Tiffon Cognac house will tonight unveil a very rare blend made from 200-year-old Cognac which pre-dates the arrival of phylloxera.

L’Esprit de Tiffon, a Cognac which pre-dates the arrival of phylloxera, will be unveiled in Warsaw tonight

L’Esprit de Tiffon is created with a range of rare distillates from the estate’s private cellar, all of which pre-date phylloxera which appeared in the Cognac region around 1875.

Just 150 individually-numbered decanters of this Grand Champagne Cognac will be available and will be unveiled tonight (17 June) in Warsaw.

“We could not offer this exceptional liquor to Cognac lovers if it had not been for my grandfather, who bought very old eaux-de-vie in the 19th century and kept them in his private collection,” said Richard Braastad, Maître de Chais of the Tiffon house.

“The Cognac is part of my family’s heritage. The spirit of the place, the spirit of Tiffon, is inside each bottle of the liquor.”

Each decanter is engraved and comes in a specially designed case along with a book by renowned Cognac expert Nicholas Faith on Tiffon Cognac and its owners the Braastad family, as well as the history of the Cognacs used in the production of l’Esprit de Tiffon.

“To find a blend, that is made entirely from pre-phylloxera Cognac, basically doesn’t exist. It’s a window into another time, something that just wasn’t available. Until now,” said Edward Bates, an expert from the Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac.

The Cognac was created for Wealth Solutions, a company which provides “demanding connoisseurs and collectors” with exclusive wines and spirits, works of art and other collectibles, to offer to their customers.

Founded in 2007 it boasts more than 7,000 clients and has previously offered rarities such as 1953 Glenfarclas, 1964 Karuizawa one of the oldest Japanese whiskies in the world and one of the oldest Scotch whiskies ever offered as well as Glen Grant 1948 by Gordon & MacPhail.

The launch of the l’Esprit de Tiffon can be watched online on the Wealth Solutions website, while a preview video about the Cognac can be viewed here.

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