Imperial (silent) Gordon & MacPhail Private Collection Single Cask #5619 Whisky 42 Year Old · 1979 Vintage

70cl · 49.2% ABV
£3,249.95

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HTFW Cat. No: LP16972
Cask Strength Single Cask

Founded in 1897 by Thomas MacKenzie, the opening of the rather grandly named ‘Imperial’ distillery coincided with Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, no doubt an influencing factor in its naming! Sadly the distillery closed just one year after opening, with a 20 year gap in production.

This rare 1979 vintage bottling by independent bottler Gordon and MacPhail showcases a beautiful example of this closed distillery. A single Re-fill American Hogshead was used drawing only 61 bottles.

Product Details

Distillery/Brand Imperial (silent)
Bottler Gordon & MacPhail
Region Speyside
Age 42 year old
Alcohol ABV 49.2% ABV
Vintage 1979
Year Bottled 2021
Cask Wood Type American Oak
Cask Number 5619
Number Bottled 61
Country of Origin Scotland
Packaging Wooden Box

Tasting Notes

Nose

Sweet honeycomb notes mingle with vanilla custard and a subtle hint of beeswax polish. Cocoa powder unfolds with pecans and soft-baked apple.

Palate

Ripe red apples intertwine with clove-studded tangerine. Malted biscuit flavours come to the fore accompanied by chocolate-covered hazelnuts and faint Seville orange zest.

Finish

A full and long finish with black pepper and light herbal tones.

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Imperial (silent)
(im-PEER-ee-ul) Imperial was founded in 1897 by Thomas Mackenzie in Carron, and the name was chosen to mark Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in the same year. Its history was unusually stop-start from the beginning: the distillery closed after just a year, reopened in 1919, fell silent again in 1925, returned in 1955, was mothballed in 1985, reopened under Allied Distillers in 1991, and then stopped for the last time in 1998. Chivas Brothers acquired the site in 2005, and Imperial was later demolished to make way for Dalmunach, which opened on the same site in 2015.
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