Chivas Regal 12 year Premium scotch whisky miniature. 1990s France.
Condition: Collector-Please note as this is a vintage/rare/limited edition bottle, conditions of bottle/label and liquid level can vary - Some years can varied and as estimations only (example: estimated 1970s/80s).
Fill level: On the shoulder.
Whisky still produced: Yes.
Category: Blend.
Distillery: Still producing.
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Miniature.
Bottling Year: 1980s
Stated Age: 12 years old.
Casktype: Not stated.
Strength: 40%.
Size: 50 ml
Colouring: Unknown.
Chill-filtered: Unknown.
Bottle code:
Country Origin: Scotland.
Market: Italy.
Chivas is truly a household name when it comes to whisky. This old bottling of Chivas Imperial 18 Years old is completely different from its modern counterpart. It has a strength of 43% and is said to have a more pronounced honey flavour.
Tasting notes;
Appearance/colour; Antique Bronze.
Nose; Sweet with dominant green apple aromas
Palate; Light, hints of wood and apples
Finish: Sweet vanilla-like aftertaste
Distillery History:
Chivas Brothers traces its history back to a grocery business selling quality provisions, wine and spirits in Aberdeen in 1801. In 1836, James (26 years) and John Chivas (22 years) left their home in Overton of Dudwick, to find work in Aberdeen. Their cousin Alexander Chivas found them jobs – James working for William Edward, the grocer in Castle Street, and John with D.L. Shirres, merchant and hat maker in George Street.
James and John Chivas were two brothers that were born near Aberdeen in the early 1800s. James was born in 1810 and John in 1814. They were part of a family of 11 other brothers and sisters born to Robert and Christian Chivas in the parish of Ellon. They formed Chivas Brothers in 1857.
A Royal Warrant was originally granted by Queen Victoria to James Chivas in 1843, as ‘Purveyor of Grocery for Her Majesty in Ordinary’. The first Royal Warrant for Scotch Whisky was granted to Chivas Brothers as ‘Purveyors of Scotch Whisky’ in 1923. Chivas Brothers no longer hold a Royal Warrant.
In 1853, a new Act permitted vatting under bond for individual distilleries and The Spirit Act of 1860 allowed whisky from different distilleries to be blended without payment of duty. This opened the door for modern blending and it is believed that James Chivas created his first Brand Name blended whisky during this time. The Chivas traditions in the art of blending have been passed on to blenders and master blenders over the years.
James and his successors created seven branded whiskies before Chivas Brothers created Chivas Regal in 1909.
Charles Stewart Howard started blending for Chivas Brothers when he and Alexander Stewart took over Chivas Brothers in 1895. By 1909, Chivas Brothers had extensive knowledge and expertise on aging and blending whiskies and had built up extensive stocks of maturing whisky. The first Chivas Regal was created by Master Blender Charles Howard, a blended whisky containing whisky 25 years old produced primarily for the North American Market. Often considered the world’s first luxury whisky.
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