Imperial 1994 Gordon & Macphail

Imperial 15 Year Old 1995 Signatory

It is always exciting to discover a new single malt. Today, I am trying my first ever Imperial. It is a lesser known distillery that was more closed than it was open. This bottle was released last year by The Nectar, a Belgian bottler. The nose is creamy, even waxy, with buttercups and vanilla in the lead, followed by pineapples on syrup. Some...

Score 79/100

Imperial 1990/2013 22 Year Old Mackillop’s Choice

Imperial distillery was founded in 1897 by Thomas Mackenzie, an entrepreneur who already owned two other malt whisky distilleries, Dailuaine and Talisker. Its construction coincided with Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and the year that the British Prime Minister, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, hosted the first Imperial conference – hence the name...

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 19 Year Old 1995 Signatory

This whisky is literally a week shy of being 20 years, as it was distilled on 18th September 1995 and bottled on the 11th September 2015. Quite pale, this is taken from a cask in the Signatory warehouses. They seem to have an unlimited stock of Imperial, as they have bottled dozens of casks from 1995 with the numbers 50XXX. So this bottling is...

Score 83/100