Ardbeg

Ardbeg Blaaack Committee Release, Pinot Noir Wine Cask, 2020, 50.7%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 19
Average Score
Avg 89
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Description

Ardbeg Blaaack Committee Release is a limited edition Islay single malt Scotch whisky, released in 2020 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Ardbeg Committee. This unique expression was matured in New Zealand Pinot Noir casks, a first for Ardbeg, imparting a rich and fruity character with notes of cherry, chocolate, and smoke. Bottled at 50.7% ABV, it is non-chill filtered and known for its intensely peated profile.

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Cask type
Pinot Noir Wine Cask
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Peated
Single cask
No
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
New Zealand
Cask no.
N.A
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
Mickey Heads
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
N.A
Has box
No
Closure
N.A
Presentation
Striking black bottle design
Series highlights
Committee Release, 20th Anniversary of the Ardbeg Committee, Ardbeg Day 2020 release
Historical context
20th anniversary of the Ardbeg Committee (founded in 2000)
Special release
Committee Release, exclusive to Ardbeg Committee Members
Allocation
Ardbeg Committee Members
Nose
Deep peat, red berries, black cherries, citrus, violets, dark chocolate, cinnamon, oak, woody smoke, liquorice, baked pastries, seaside, iodine, salty coastal notes, overripe grapes, mint.
Palate
Cherry jam, dark chocolate, spicy anise, mocha, juicy fruitiness, stone fruit marmalades, sooty, sticking plasters, rubber, spent coffee grounds, mentholated oak, black cherries, smoky peat, pastries, coffee, aniseed, fennel, strawberry jam, summer berries, heavy peat smoke, pepper, tobacco, plum, fruitcake, burnt caramel, oily, tannins, leather, burnt toast, smoked raspberry, woodsmoke, coal, cedar, antiseptic, orchard fruits, peppery, prickly peat smoke, vanilla, hot burning wood, hay, red wine, fresh berries, coastal notes, iodine, astringent, oak.
Finish
Smoky oak, berry jam, lingering soot, tingly pepper, sticky wood tannins, long, bold, peat smoke, dried red chilli, warm tar, dirty, ashy & spicy peat, cherry & blackberry ice cream, liquorice, soft wood smoke, dry, dark chocolate, dark roast coffee, smoked meats, campfire embers, toasted barley bread, minty, juicy berries, warm peatiness, medicinal, coastal notes, nutty oakiness, hazelnuts, overripe grapes and plums.
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