Imperial 1979 CA Authentic Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Imperial |
| Bottler | Cadenhead's (CA) |
| Bottling Series | Authentic Collection |
| Vintage | 1979 |
| Bottled Year | 2002 |
| Age | 18년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 61.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
짙은 호박빛이 잔에 잠겨 있다. 1998년에 문을 닫은 임페리얼이 1979년 원액을 셰리 호그스헤드에서 18년 보낸 뒤 카덴헤드의 어센틱 컬렉션으로 61.2도에 병입된 희귀한 보틀이다. 향에는 마른 자두, 호두, 향신료가 차례로 떠오르며 사라진 스페이사이드 증류소의 깊은 셰리 캐릭터가 또렷이 깃들어 있다. 입에서는 향신료와 가죽이 묵직하게 입을 채운다. 여운에는 호두 껍질과 흙의 잔향이 길게 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
yeah, it’s one of those powerful monsters that Cadenhead were issuing at the time. No sweetness, no roundness, only flints, rocks, apple peelings, sour wood, plasticine, and sulphur. Plain sulphur, not burnt sulphur, that’s very different. With water: vegetables. Beans, perhaps, asparagus, artichokes, Greek yoghurt… How very ‘mid-1990s Cadenhead’s’!
restaurant Palate
quite superb! The nose was almost unbreakable, but this is pure lemon juice. Yuzu sauce, concentrated cinchona, unripe lime… Takes your tongue hostage, in a way, but that’s most pleasant – no you don’t need to be a masochist to enjoy this palate-batterer of a whisky. With water: truly superb, in its very own, very austere style. Petroly riesling
timer Finish
long, kind of fat, and yet fully mineral