Ardbeg 17 Year Old 2002 Release 70cl

Ardbeg 17 Year Old 2002 Release 70cl

Now increasingly hard to find, this expression was introduced in 1997 when The Glenmorangie Company acquired Ardbeg from previous owners, Allied Lyons. At that time, the distillery was emerging from many years of reduced production with long periods of inactivity. This meant that there was only enough stock of aged whisky to keep the Ardbeg 17 Year Old on shelves until 2004, at which point it was discontinued for good. A tantalising glimpse of the spirit from of Scotland’s greatest distilleries at the end of the 20th century.

Assembled originally from stocks distilled before the distillery went into mothballs in 1981, Ardbeg’s 17-year-old was the oldest entry-level official bottling on the Scotch whisky market at the time. The distillery had made very little whisky during the 1980s and 1990s, but the extraordinary quality and popularity of these 17-year-olds helped spark Ardbeg’s renaissance.

40% ABV

70cl