Imperial 1997 First Fill Sherry Cask Gordon & Macphail Cask Strength Collection

Imperial Signatory Cask Strength 1995 16yo

Maltmadness have some interesting info on this distillery and it does seem to be one of the most obscure ones. As of 2013 it has been demolished with plans in place to build a new distillery. At 57.8% I've added water immediately. The nose is a bit odd - hard to decipher but I get burnt sugar with a bit of earthiness. Toffee-liquorice becomes...

Score 71/100

Imperial 17 Year Old 1995 Lord of the Drams

The first Lord of the Drams bottling, a 14 Year Old Macduff from 1997, I found to be somewhat lacking, truth be told. Only with a good dollop of water did it become palatable. While I know that Stijn, the man behind LOTD, is very knowledgable about whisky. So it must have been me. His second baby is this Imperial from 1995, named Idunn after the...

Score 84/100

Imperial 17 Year Old 1998 Gordon & Macphail for The Whisky Mercenary

The Whisky Mercenary - aka Jürgen Vromans – surprises us with his 20th bottling already. This time he selected an Imperial, bottled by Gordon & Macphail in their Exclusive range, meaning it comes at 50% ABV. It is quite pale, having matured on a refill sherry hogshead. The spirit left the stills on 9th September 1998 and was bottled on 28th...

Score 85/100

Imperial 19yo (1995/2015) Signatory Vintage

I already talked about, how Imperial, apart from being one hell of a classy Speysider, could well become the new Littlemill. Due to its unique profile, recoqniqable , anise driven profile, it is listed high on my distillery list. And the good people behind Signatory seem to agree. Especially when it comes to 1995 vintage releases. According to the...

Score 85/100