Imperial 1997 ElD The Single Malts of Scotland
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Imperial |
| Bottler | Elixir Distillers (ElD) |
| Bottling Series | The Single Malts of Scotland |
| Vintage | 1997 |
| Bottled Year | 2018 |
| Age | 21년 |
| Cask Type | Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 50.5% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
white wine
air Nose
fully on raw barley, paraffin, candle wax, and grated orange peel. That’s not a lot of aromas, I agree, but they do the job so far. With water: diesel and boat engine oil, plus raw wool and hessian, with only touches of pineapple and grapefruit in the background. Did Imperial have a subsidiary on the coast? Now it would rather go towards bubblegum after five minutes. Wine gums
restaurant Palate
very good, very interesting, pretty unusual. As always, you can’t tell if there’s something from the cask’s previous content, in this case plain and pure peat, but what’s sure is that it’s much smokier than your average ex-refill Speysider. And more lemony. Rather feels like an excellent blended malt, there, I said it. Unless they used to do very small peated batches at Imperial? With water: well, not so sure anymore. Whatever, it’s very good. Juicy Fruits, jelly beans, pomelos… and not much smoke that I can still get. Maybe was that me
timer Finish
medium, fruity, almost bonbony, and yet never, ever dull. Banana sweets