Imperial 1979 Centenary Gordon & Macphail

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 1995 Signatory for K&L, cask 50135

Nose: Rich honey, and very cereal and grainy. All great stuff. Some vanilla and cake frosting. Sweet lemon custard with a slight edge to it. A few drops of anise. Essence of summer flowers with a side of wild strawberries. (with water) Lots more sugary sweetness and buttery sweet cake frosting. Vanilla. Just a few echoes of the flowers and wax....

Score 87/100

Imperial 19 Year Old 1995 Un Chill-filtered

Imperial is no more. The distillery – that was more closed than open – has been demolished. At the site Chivas Brothers built a modern distillery in 2014: Dalmunach. We’ll try an older release from Signatory from a series of which they have already released quite a bit of bottles. This is a vatting of two hogsheads, cut to 46%. Summery and...

Score 85/100

Imperial Duncan Taylor Dimensions 1995-2012 bottle 219/282

Pretty light in colour. Hot, but light. Rosewater and flowers. Very floral. Chewy and meaty flavours on first taste. Some salty flavour, not quite jerky, then turns slightly sour and dirty. Like actual dirt flavours.

Score 78/100