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Single cask Imperial matured in ex-Bourbon American oak, distilled in 1995 and bottled by van Wees at 19 years old. 318 bottles, 46%, from a Speyside distillery closed since 1998.
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Description
Founded at Carron in 1897 and demolished in 2013, Imperial produced its last spirit in 1998, leaving a finite and shrinking stock of single malt. This single cask was filled in 1995 and bottled by van Wees at 19 years old, for its The Ultimate range. Single cask number 50167 yielded 318 bottles, released for the Netherlands.
The distillery's large stills gave a clean spirit rich in esters, floral and faintly waxy, typical of Speyside before its closure. This bottling matured in ex-Bourbon American oak. Across 19 years, the toasted staves released vanillin, which reads as vanilla, and oak lactones, which carry coconut, while the cask char filtered heavier sulphur notes from the spirit.
Bottled at 46%, the ex-Bourbon wood supplies furfural for toasted almond, eugenol for clove and warm spice, and maltol for a soft toffee sweetness. The long maturation draws tannins from the oak, drying the finish into clean wood.
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