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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. 287 bottles, 46%, from a Speyside distillery closed since 1998.
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Description
With Imperial demolished in 2013 and silent since 1998, bottlings like this are among the last records of a lost Speyside distillery. This single cask was filled in 1995 and bottled by van Wees at 19 years old, for its The Ultimate range. Single cask number 50179 yielded 287 bottles, released for the Netherlands.
Imperial worked to a fruity, lightly floral house character, the product of tall stills and a comparatively light spirit cut. 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. Recorded bottle notes run to fresh orchard fruit, green, leafy notes and vanilla. The long maturation draws tannins from the oak, drying the finish into clean wood.
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