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SMOS Imperial 1995 KWM Cask

SMOS Imperial 1995 KWM Cask

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!SOLD OUT! - We are looking at a new Imperial cask!

Evan's note - we did get more Imperial KWM casks - more than we could have ever hoped to! The days of getting casks from this closed and demolished distillery are sadly behind us now, though!

We are absolutely thrilled to have our first-ever exclusive single cask of Imperial. This 23 year old is from an ex-Bourbon barrel, bottled at 47.7%. Just 212 bottles are coming, and we don't expect them to last long. The last Imperial we had was nearly $300, and it was bottled at 43%. This one is cask strength, and it is a stunning tropical fruit bomb! We haven't seen a whisky from Imperial at our shop in over a year!

 

700 ml
Region:Scotland > Speyside
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Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: soft, floral and elegant; honeyed with clotted cream and French butter; melons and citrus fruits; over ripe bananas, mango and papaya; French pastries and fruit flan right from the oven; powdered sugar and botanical gardens.

Palate: soft, creamy and floral; waxy with vanilla, and more honey, clotted cream and French butter; fatty; massively fruity: more citrus, melons, mango, papaya and bananas, though the latter are a touch greener than the nose let on; delicate toasted oak and elegant spices.

Finish: drying, coating and creamy; long and elegant with the same decadent fruity notes of the palate.

Comment: we are grateful and humbled to have had the opportunity to bottle this cask; not only is Imperial increasingly rare, but easily one of the most underappreciated closed distilleries; this is as fine an example of it as we could have hoped to offer, and we are thrilled to be able to offer it at such a reasonable price.