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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. 280 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 50206 yielded 280 bottles, released for Belgium.
Fed by Saladin box maltings and distilled on four stills, Imperial produced a gentle, floral malt valued more as blend filling than as a single malt in its own right. 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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