Lot presentation

Imperial 1997 Morrison & Mackay Càrn Mòr Celebration of the Cask n°1611 - One of 130 - bottled 2019 Worl

The wine

An Imperial single cask (#1611) distilled in March 1997, matured in a bourbon cask and bottled by Morrison and MacKay in January 2019 for the Carn Mor range in the single cask category Celebration of the Cask. Based in Perth, Scotland, Morrison and MacKay releases independent bottlings of both single malts and blends, including Old Perth. In 2017, it also opened its own distillery, Aberargie, in the town of the same name. A limited edition of 130 bottles.

About the Producer Imperial

Scotland, Speyside. Distillery closed. Owner: Pernod Ricard.

Founded in 1897 by Thomas Mackenzie (owner of Dailuaine-Talisker Distilleries Ltd) to provide relief to its close neighbour Dailuaine, Imperial was in production for only a few months from the summer of 1898, before closing in 1899. In the space of just one century, the distillery was closed more often than it was in production. Its malt would be used in leading blends such as Teachers, Long John, Old Smuggler and Ballantine's, leaving little room to develop a range of single malts. Only Allied Distillers, which became the owner in 1989, would offer a 15 year old version in its Special Distillery Bottling range. For the rest, one would need to dig through the stocks of independent bottlers, and yet here also they are generally rare. Imperial is definitively an endangered malt.