Imperial 23yr 1995 — The Whisky Trail / 52.7% ABV
Tasted with a drop of bottled water
Just 173 bottles of this ex-bourbon barrel #7859 Imperial, distilled in 1995 and bottled in 2019 at 23 years old. This is again a Japan-exclusive, bottled for Whisk-e, but with a much stronger ABV at cask strength then the ’94 25 year old I tried from this series.
- Color: burnished (1.1)
- Nose: raw pears, musk, cantaloupe, honeysuckle; cut grass and lime juice
- Taste: butterscotch, cream, some butyric acid; sparkling lemonade and foamed milk
- Finish: medium, very sweet; vanilla
Not bad, this Imperial; a very light and floral dram with some of the classic creaminess showing up!
Rating: 81/100
