Only 1300 bottles were produced from two ex-Pedro Ximenez Sherry casks
70cl: 55.1alc
Region: Islay
Cask type: Pedro Ximinez Sherry Butts
Bottler: Ardbeg Distillery
Distilled: 1998
Release Date: 2011
Bottle Stamp: L11 116 8ML
Fittingly embossed with a charging bull on the front label and affectionately named ‘El Diablo’, this rare Ardbeg bottling is drawn from just two Spanish ex-Pedro Ximenez Butts and bottled at cask strength to celebrate the 2011 Islay Festival of Music and Malt “Feis Ile” making it the closest example of an actual ‘finished whisky’ that Ardbeg’s ever produced.
Featured in the ‘1001 Whiskies You Must Try Before You Die’ publication, it’s the only bottle available for sale in Australia and we’re proud to have it right here at the Old Barrelhouse in our ever-growing portfolio of rare whiskies. It comes with the original, festival black gift bag displaying el diablo and would make great company in any serious whisky or Ardbeg collection.
A rare beast indeed!
Brooding and full-bodied with a smouldering Spanish flavour. Enter the bull ring where the musky scents and thick oil dance around a horned rush of something altogether more bovine and leathery. Hot tar and dusty smoke rise as ‘el diablo’ circles… But the real change comes at first sip, where tarry coffee, ripe figs and intense smoked plums commence a raging bullfight of flavours on your tongue. Olè
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