Lot presentation

Ardbeg Of. Kildalton The Ultimate

The wine

Ardbeg Kildaton was launched in 2014 to support the Kildaton Project in partnership with the North Highland Initiative (NHI), a charity programme that provides support to rural communities in the Northern Highlands. It is named after one of the United Kingdom’’s oldest Celtic crosses, which is found in Islay and was sculpted in approximately 800. Matured in bourbon and sherry casks, the whisky stands out for its light peat. It follows an older version distilled in 1980 and bottled at cask strength in 2004.

About the Producer Ardbeg

Scotland, Isle of Islay. Distillery operational. Owner: LVMH - Diageo

Founded in 1815 by McDougall & Co. in the south-east of Islay, near the Kildalton Cross, Ardbeg's malt was for a long time overshadowed by its neighbours and competitors Lagavulin and Laphroaig.It was under the patronage of the McDonald family (Glenmorangie Plc), who bought the distillery in 1997, that it was able to develop its potential and introduce the public to the treasures sleeping in its vaults. Between September and November 1997, no less than three bottlings - two of which would become great classics - were released on the market, the Ardbeg 17 Year Old, Ardbeg 1978 and Ardbeg Provenance 1974. The following decade was rich in single cask, cask strength bottlings matured in sherry and bourbon casks, each more impressive than the next. And it was dressed in a new green bottle with confident Celtic-Gothic aesthetics that Ardbeg flooded the market for fans of malts dominated by aromas of smoke, peat and tiger balm.