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Single cask Imperial matured in ex-Bourbon American oak, distilled in 1995 and bottled by van Wees at 20 years old. 302 bottles, 46%, from a Speyside distillery closed since 1998.
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Imperial closed in 1998 after a century of sporadic production and was taken down in 2013 to make way for Dalmunach, so its whisky now comes only from a closed distillery. This single cask was filled in 1995 and bottled by van Wees at 20 years old, for its The Ultimate range. Single cask number 50245 yielded 302 bottles, released for Europe.
Imperial's spirit was light and fruity, the Speyside character built for blending, which is part of why single malt releases stayed uncommon. This bottling matured in ex-Bourbon American oak. Across 20 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 citrus and a faint medicinal note. The long maturation draws tannins from the oak, drying the finish into clean wood.
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