Whisky Review: Imperial 1995 18Y Jack Wiebers

Interestingly, this has a misprint that affected a couple dozen of the original bottles. Least peaty Islay ever!

Imperial 1995 18 Year Jack Wiebers / %52.7 / £166

Tasted with a splash of bottled water

This bottle is an “Islay Single Malt” Imperial, distilled in 1995, and bottled in 2013 by Jack Wiebers for Whiskyschiff Luzern. This is bottle 194 of 298, cask number 50038, cask strength, and non-chill filtered.

• Color: deep copper (1.0)
• Nose: green grapes, alcohol, buttermilk; lemon
• Taste: thick cream, oaky vanillas, cut grass,
• Finish: a bit short, but pleasantly warming

Whiskybase seems to think this is a 15 year old, in which case I am superbly impressed, but the bottle dates suggest it’s an 18 year old, which is right about where I would place it myself.

Rating: 87/100