Imperial 11 Year Old 1998 NC2 Duncan Taylor

Imperial 17yo 1995/2013 Douglas Laing, Director’s Cut, #9527

My third encounter with Imperial was rather unexpected. After a long day of wading through mud, patches of ice, melting snow and rocks in Jotunheimen. I finally arrived at the DNT fjellstue Leirvassbu. As the valley was still a frozen wasteland I decided to spend the night in the lodge, instead of setting up my tent. To my surprise they had a...

Score 87/100

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 2010, 11 y.o. Single Cask, sherry-enhanced

What an explosion of impressions! Andy really hit the mark here - start off with the heady aroma of baked apples and raisins. Follow that with the mellow taste, creamy with a hint of peat - but just a hint! Very fruity finish with more cream. The ladies should like this one! Independent bottler.

Score 90/100

Imperial 20 Year Old 1995 Signatory Vintage

I was somewhat surprised when I found in my archives that so far I have only tried six Imperial. There are plenty of bottlings on the market, despite the fact that the distillery was closed in 1998 (since October 2014, the brand new Dalmunach is operational on the site). This one came from the stables of Signatory and is bottled at cask strength...

Score 86/100