Imperial 1998 Exclusive Bottled 2010 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 42%

A bottle of Imperial distilled on 9 September 1998, matured in a refill sherry hogshead and bottled on 14 June 2010 by Gordon & MacPhail for the Exclusive collection. This bottle was imported to Spain and distributed by Amer Gourmet.

This is bottle number 135 of 378; it was bottled from cask number 1223.

Imperial was built by Thomas Mackenzie in 1897, the year of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The timing was poor and the distillery was mothballed in 1899. Bad timing would plague the distillery throughout its life, and it was only open for six years from 1919 to 1925 before it closed again and remained silent for another 30 years. After reopening, expansion, more mothballing, and more reopenings, the distillery closed for the last time in 1998. A 10 year old bottling was released in 2000 by owners Allied Distillers. Imperial was demolished in 2013 and Dalmunach distillery now stands on the site.

This Imperial 1998 Exclusive sold at our online auction for £100