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Single cask Imperial matured in ex-Bourbon American oak, distilled in 1982 and bottled by Duncan Taylor at 22 years old. 293 bottles, 52.8% cask strength, 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 1982 and bottled by Duncan Taylor at 22 years old, for its Rare Auld range. Single cask number 3788 yielded 293 bottles, released for Germany.
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 22 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 its natural cask strength of 52.8%, without dilution, 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 a sherry note. The long maturation draws tannins from the oak, drying the finish into clean wood.
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