The latest details. Finally an official confirmation from The Glenmorangie Company...
Available - From 1 September
Location - UK, Europe and selected Asian markets
Price - In UK, GBP69.99 (US$110) per 70cl bottle
The Islay-based distillery will launch Ardbeg Galileo next month to commemorate an experiment earlier this year that saw molecules of Ardbeg travel into space.
Galileo comprises whisky distilled in 1999 and comprises Scotch matured in ex-marsala casks from Sicily and then balanced with first-fill ex-Bourbon casks.
Overall: Well, they keep on doing it, don't they. Another Ardbeg bottling that has balance, depth, doesn't stray too far from its roots, yet offers plenty more in spades. It has maturity, where previous bottlings have disappointed and the influence of the Marsala is just sublime. Yes, old Ardbeg is perhaps in the pantheon of THE all time great whiskies, but we really think that the distillery is hitting a golden era of production with bottlings like this.
In the words of the great Freddie Mercury - 'Galileo, Galileo Figaro Magnifico...'
Ett (censurerat) jippo (som vanligt) men nog hänger man på låset ändå (som vanligt ) 799 pistoler fr.o.m. 1/9.