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| Hi, this is one of our (almost) daily tastings. Santé! |
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May 4, 2026 |
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WF's Little Duos,
today two Imperial for Asia and two horses |
Let’s sample two more malts from the Imperial distillery, which was demolished and replaced by Dalmunach, which began production in 2014, at a time when the whisky tide was rising. We’re also starting to see more and more young Dalmunach expressions from independent bottlers, incidentally, but let’s focus on these two Imperials, which appear quite similar… |
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Imperial 27 yo 1998/2025 (52/5%, The WhiskyFind, for CYD Taiwan, bourbon barrel, cask #11, 125 bottles) 
Colour: light gold. Nose: fresh apple juice, chalk and limestone, grist and leaven, greengages and green tea, then touches of angelica. Nothing to fault in all this naturalness. With water: it becomes softer, more refined, more on candied citrus and, above all, on pure barley, sweet and majestic. Mouth (neat): fairly explosive on the palate, with even more chalk mixed with grey pepper, small green pear, apple and pomelo. It is rather taut like a wee bow and continues frankly onto grass. With water: it quite likes water, and it is green pepper that steals the show, if you enjoy that as much as we do here at WF HQ. Very fine austerity in the end. Finish: long and still peppery, with basil, nettle, or grass juice, you know those herb reductions that starred chefs and others have been making for some years now. Tropical fruits appear in the final signature. Comments: very fine, even if this sort of profile slices you up a little. Or perhaps because of that?
SGP:461 - 88 points. |
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Imperial 27 yo 1998/2025 (52.6%, Lucky Choice for 2nd Anniversary Anchor, bourbon barrel, cask #119, 175 bottles)
Another flamboyant horse, of course for the year of the horse. Or is it the Cavallino Rampante of a certain Italian car brand? Colour: light gold. Nose: we rather expected this, we are extremely close, it may well be the same malt in the end, the tiny little nuances could stem from a warehouseman having changed his aftershave during the maturation of this barrel. Or perhaps they changed the cat’s kibble? Or was one barrel two rows closer to the door? With water: the same. Mouth (neat): a hair’s breadth fruitier on the arrival, or perhaps not. With water: no real difference, beyond what our imaginations may… imagine. Finish: the same. I do rather like this finish on green tea and not quite ripe kiwi. Comments: truly very fine whiskies. We shall see what Dalmunach will deliver in twenty years, if our planet has not completely exploded by then…
SGP:461 - 88 points. |
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