Tiffon Bottle Catalogue (last updated Oct 12, 2024)

(119 bottles from 35cl and up, but still incomplete)

Tiffon was founded by two men, Médéric Tiffon and monsieur Roy, in 1875. The current owners are descendants of Sverre Braastad who married Edith Rousseau, granddaughter of Tiffon, in 1913. They introduced the Braastad brand in 1990, but Tiffon is still produced in abundance too.

The most commonly used emblem is that of a woman holding two shields, sometimes with the iconic building on Chai Île Madame in the background. This emblem is also used by Braastad.
Another emblem they have used is that of racehorses.

 

Contents:

1. Stars and bottles without age statement
2. VS
3. VSOP
4. Supreme
5. XO
6. Extra
7. Vintages
8. Limited editions
9. Decanters
10. Magnums

1. Stars and bottles without age statement

Fine cognac maison Fine champagne Fine champagne, 42° Fine champagne

probably 1930-40s  With importer details underneath 1950s; emblem in a triangular background emblem in octagonal figure  3stars, 40° and 73CL indicated; Italian import (early 1960s)  half bottle

2. VS

   700ml indicated 1L bottle 0.5L, not indicated VS, Russian import (click to see backside) VS, different shape of bottle;

3. VSOP

VOP, 42° high shoulder (1950s) 42° VOP, high shoulder, emblem in an octogon and different stopper VOP (1950-60s)

High shoulder, 42° indicated VSOP, high shoulder, 40° and 75cl indicated (1960-70s) VSOP, high shoulder, 40° and 75cl indicated; Italian import (1970s) VSOP, 40° and 73cl (1960s)

VSOP in the shoulder blob Tiffon emblem on the shoulder blob

With the emblem of two race horses 700ml  Organic, 700ml Organic, 750ml Still searching for a bottle with this 750ml label

2020s

4. Supreme

Supreme (in between VSOP and XO); 2024

5. XO

70cl 70cl, with emblem of race horses content not indicated 700ml 750ml indicated; click to see a label in close-up Same label, but different shape of bottle

6. Extra

  Extra, 50 ans d'age  

Dark letters  Extra in orange letters Extra in light brown letters Extra is not indicated Label is mocha brown

7. Vintages

1900 grande champagne; 750ml 1906 I think this is a fraud. This necl label has numbers in an aberrant colour, the border is different from the border around the main label and there is no year on the main label. This is a three-star bottle to which a year was later pasted.

1955, Tr@es Vieux Cognac 1961 Fins bois 1962 Petite champagne 1973 Petite champagne, bottled by BB&R 1995 Fins bois 1995 Fins bois; with cognac printed below 1995 1995 Grande champagne  1995 Grande champagne; with cognac printed below 1995 1995 Grande champagne for Malternative

8. Limited editions

8.1 Cuvées:

Cuvée Quart de Siècle; aged for 25 years Cuvée Quart de Siècle; different capsule and with a paper duty seal Cuvée Demi Siècle, with a copper coloured capsule; aged for over 50 years Cuvée Demi Siècle, with a dark coloured capsule Cuvée Trois Quarts de Siècle; aged for over 75 years Cuvée Centenaire; aged over 100 years

8.2 Vieux and Très Vieux:

Vieux Superieure, without an emblem on the label Vieux Superieure, with an emblem on the label and a red capsule Très Vieux fins bois Très Vieux grande champagne

8.3 Chateau de Triac:

Grande Réserve Single Vineyard Single Vineyard, fins bois Single Vineyard, fins bois; with a red capsule Reserve de Famille; with Tiffon indicated on a seperate label Reserve de Famille

8.4 Adventure:

Sandefjord Lufthaven Toro 1956-2006, 100cl Edition South Pole 1911, 50cl (2011) North Pole, XO; 1L Fram (ship) 1L; 2012 Spitsbergen, 1L   

 

8.5 Bottled for Berry Brothers & Ruth:

Superior Quality Superior Quality Superior Quality Old borderies Petite champagne 19:22 41.2% Petite champagne 19:22 43% Petite champagne 19:22 45%

8.6 Bottled for the Scotch Malt Whisky Society:

5.1 A tapestry of flowers, grande champagne 5.2 Herby goes bananas, grande champagne 5.3 Blood orange sorbet, grande champagne 5.4 Hothouse splendor, petite champagne 70s Chart Topper, XO (2019)

8.7 Other limited editions:

Grande champagne Cigar cognac, for Dominique London, 700ml For bartenders, 70cl Lot 75 borderies; produced for Malternative Très Vieille Réserve; produced for Malternative Très Vieille Réserve; for Moscow International Travel Service VS 'Réserve', special blend; 0.5L Field trip, Lot 45 petite champagne; produced for Swell de Spirits; 50cl (2020s) Espolin (20212) Kieltraktaten (treaty of Kiel, 1814); 1L, 2014 Lot 90, Grape of the Art (2024) V.45, Old Master; 500ml (2024)

XO Oily Blend; for a Russian company Year 2000 bottle

9. Decanters

1962 Petite champagne (2010s) L'Esprit de Tiffon; pre-phylloxera cognac (2014) 3ème Millénaire, XO (1990s)

10. Magnums