1/The Chivas Regal 12 sits at $60 at Dan Murphy's, twelve years old at 40%, and it drinks like an everyday luxury: a nose of vanilla sponge and marzipan, an oily palate of malty toffee and cake, then cocoa, hazelnut and a last waft of smoke. It usually sells around $60.
2/Here's the stand-in: for a Chivas Regal XV 15 drinker, the 12 gives about 95% of what the XV 15 does, for 67% of its price. Most of what the XV 15 offers, on the table most nights, and an easy one to pour a glass of and judge for yourself.
3/And what does a Chivas Regal XV 15 drinker give up by reaching for the Chivas Regal 12? Mostly three years of age, and some of the sherry and dried fruit, and beyond that not a great deal changes in the glass.
4/So a yes for each: the Chivas Regal XV 15, at $89, is still the one for its fans on a frosty night, all marmalade, almond and dark fruit. The 12 is the one for every other evening. Pour whichever suits, and if you've only known the XV 15, give the 12 a try.
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