1990s James MacAthurs Imperial 12 YO 65% Abv 4cl

This is an un - open, an appears to be a 4cl fill level

Imperial 12 yo (65%, James MacArthur, early 1990’s)

Colour: Gold.

Nose: Coffee, quite some cherries, quince jelly, burnt notes… With Water-  the malt gets farmier, with also some beautiful waxy/resinous notes (beehive, paraffin, camphor, coffee drops, bitter almonds…) And the coffee is superb now, like a high-end Italian espresso. A magnificent nose.

Mouth: Sherry, definitely, and even more body and ‘compactness’, dried oranges, walnut liqueurs, liquorice, wax… There’s more tropical fruits, that is, dried figs, dates, longans and lychees, macadamia nuts, all that with lots of body. Notes of dried herbs and  fir honey.

Finish is very long, creamy and Smyrna raisins…