If Chivas Regal XV 15 is your bottle and you'd like the same evening for a little less, the closest answer comes from the same house: Chivas Regal 12, at $60, gives a Chivas Regal XV 15 drinker about 95% of what their own bottle does. That's the whole story in a line, and I'll spend the rest of this walking you around it.
Chivas Regal XV 15 is a grand, generous blend, and I mean grand warmly. The nose opens on marmalade, almond and cinnamon buns, and there's an extra layer of lush fruit here because part of it has rested in cognac casks; to my palate the cognac stays respectful of the scotch rather than talking over it. The whole thing is thoroughly integrated. On the palate it turns luxurious and velvety, all rich dark fruits and toffee, with that cognac fruit encircling the blend and a little wood spice to close. It's built for frosty winter nights, and that is exactly when I'd reach for it.
| slot | 08-13 | 08-20 | 08-27 | 09-03 | 09-10 | 09-17 | 09-24 | 10-01 | 10-08 | 10-15 | 10-22 | 10-29 | 11-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list / member | 88.99 m 86.00 observed | 88.99 m 86.00 observed | 88.99 m 86.00 observed | 88.99 m 86.00 observed | 88.99 observed | 88.99 observed | 88.99 observed | 88.99 observed | 88.99 observed | 88.99 observed | 88.99 observed | 88.99 observed | 88.99 m 86.00 observed |
| basis | mean | median | sd | min | max | range | cv | se mean | latest | own-range pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 88.99 | 88.99 | 0.00 | 88.99 | 88.99 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.00 | 88.99 | 100 |
| member | 87.84 | 88.99 | 1.51 | 86.00 | 88.99 | 2.99 | 1.7% | 0.42 | 86.00 | 38 |
| moments | m1 mean | m2 var | m3 skew | m4 ex-kurt | 95% band of the mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 88.99 | 0.00 | null | null | 89.0 – 89.0 |
Drink Chivas Regal XV 15? The Chivas Regal 12, at $60, gives you about 95% of what it does for 67% of the price. Vanilla sponge, cut flowers, a little marzipan, an everyday pour. Save the XV 15 for a frosty night. More on it in this week's piece.
Hand a Dewar's 18 drinker the Chivas Regal XV 15 and they'd pay 83% of what their own bottle costs, mostly for it not being from the Highlands. That suits the Dewar's drinker after a softer, fruitier dram for frosty nights. More on the Chivas Regal XV 15 in this week's piece.
Chivas Regal XV 15 is $89. About 22 standard drinks in the bottle. That works out at $4.03 a pour at home. A pint at the pub runs about $6.28 a standard drink. More on the Chivas Regal XV 15 in this week's piece.
Chivas Regal XV 15: marmalade and cinnamon buns on the nose, dark fruit and toffee on a velvety palate, wood spice on the finish. It's $89 this week, about where it usually sells, and we've seen it from $86 to $89. More on it in this week's piece.
Marmalade, almond and cinnamon buns, then dark fruits and toffee rolling in velvety, with a little wood spice to close. The cognac cask sits politely beside the scotch, and I'd keep this one for frosty nights. Chivas Regal XV 15 is $89, and that's where this week's piece starts.
Love the Chivas Regal XV 15? The Chivas Regal 12 pours vanilla sponge, cut flowers and marzipan, and for $60 it gives a Chivas Regal XV 15 drinker about 95% of what that bottle does at 67% of its price. Pour one this winter and see — more in this week's piece.
Hand a Dewar's 18 drinker a glass of Chivas Regal XV 15 — marmalade, almond, those cinnamon buns on a frosty night — and they'd put it at 84% of what their own bottle sets them back, docking it mostly for not hailing from the Highlands. The rest is in this week's piece.
Chivas Regal XV 15 comes to $4.03 a pour at home, about 22 standard drinks in the $89 bottle. A pint at the pub sits nearer $6.28 a standard drink. If a quiet dram sounds like your evening, pour one and see. More in this week's piece on Chivas Regal XV 15.
Marmalade, almond and cinnamon buns, then dark fruits and toffee over a velvety palate: Chivas Regal XV 15 is $89 at Dan Murphy's this week, about where it usually sells, sitting between $86 and $89 whenever we've seen it. More on it in this week's piece.
Chivas Regal XV, rated 92. Marmalade and cinnamon buns, then dark fruit and toffee — velvety smooth, wood spice on the finish. $89 this week, which is what it usually sells around. That's $4.03 a standard drink, against $6.28 for a pint at the pub.
A mate's fortieth, and I've been handed the good stuff in the backyard. Birthday boy drifts over, nose in the glass. "Vanilla sponge and marzipan in here, little waft of smoke at the end. What've you given me?" "Chivas Regal 12 — $60 at Dan's."
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.
Fancy the Dewar’s 18 but wondering what tastes most like it for less to pour? That bottle is Chivas Regal XV 15. It gives a Dewar’s 18 drinker about 89% of what the Dewar’s 18 itself does, and it manages all of that for 68% of the price.
If you drink Chivas Regal XV 15, the question is a fair one: is there something close for less money? There is, and it comes from the same house. Chivas Regal 12, at $60, gives a Chivas Regal XV 15 drinker about 95% of what their own bottle does. Same family, same signature, a good deal of the way there.
| # | candidate | price | CEARP | price − CEARP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chivas Regal Charles LeClerc 16YO 700mL | $99.99 | $87.86 | +12.13 |
| 2 | The Glenlivet 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $125.00 | $87.05 | +37.95 |
| 3 | Chivas Regal 12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky 1L | $55.30 | $86.15 | -30.85 |
| 4 | The Glenlivet 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $184.99 | $85.66 | +99.33 |
| 5 | Chivas Regal 12 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky 700mL | $59.95 | $85.63 | -25.68 |
| 6 | Aberlour 12 Year Old Double Cask Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $105.00 | $84.41 | +20.59 |
| 7 | Aultmore AULTMORE® 12YO Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $115.99 | $84.17 | +31.82 |
| 8 | The Singleton of Dufftown 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $69.00 | $83.97 | -14.97 |
| 9 | Aberlour 14 Year Old Scotch Whisky 700mL | $159.99 | $83.58 | +76.41 |
| 10 | Glenlivet 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 1L | $88.19 | $83.52 | +4.67 |