Ardbeg Blaaack 20th Anniversary Committee Release 700ml 50.7%

Matured in the finest Pinot Noir casks from New Zealand

Details
700ml: 50.7%
Region: Islay
Cask type: NZ Pinot Noir
Bottler: Ardbeg distillery
Bottled: 17th of December 2019
Release date: 28th of April 2020 (Southern Hemisphere)

Bottling Notes

Ardbeg Blaaack is a feisty Limited Edition bottled in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Ardbeg Committee, founded in the year 2000.

To mark such a momentous occasion, the Distillery vowed that the casks used to honour their global flock would be right on the nose. For the first time in Ardbeg’s history, they’ve rounded up Pinot Noir casks from the country that lies the furthest distance from Islay – New Zealand, that other remote island nation where sheep have been known to outnumber the locals by 7:1.

Distillery manager Mickey Heads comments:
….. “Ardbeg Blaaack is the best possible way to pay tribute to our tearaway fans who, like us, are shorn to be wild! Among the whitewashed walls of Islay stands a black sheep – Ardbeg. This claim will be truer than ever on Ardbeg Day, as the Distillery’s iconic seawall is painted black for the occasion. ‘Baaars’ across the world will be stocked, with visitors getting the chance to taste special black cocktails, take part in a whole host of sheepish games and even sign up to have their head sheared by a ‘baaarber’.”

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