Chivas Regal 18 Year Old Japanese Oak Finish 48% Travel Retail Exclusive 1 Litre

Chivas Regal 18 Year Old Japanese Oak Finish 48% Travel Retail Exclusive 1 Litre

A rare find. Chivas Regal at 48% and in mizunara!

Each drop of the Chivas Regal 18-year-Old Blended Scotch whisky has been finished in First Fill Japanese Oak casks, a rarity even amongst Japanese whiskies. These remarkable casks are made using delicate Japanese Mizunara Oak that are up to 200 years old, making them not only difficult to source but also difficult to work with. Handcrafted by a team of talented and highly experienced master coopers, the oak imparts wonderfully well-balanced notes of sweet clementine, pears, vanilla, and exotic spices. The resulting finish is an intriguing marrigage of Scottish complexity and passion with Japanese elegance and refinement. This exquisite blend is non chill-filtered to maintain its deep amber hue.

The first Chivas Regal blend was launched by Chivas Brothers in 1909, a premium brand that quickly developed a big market in the US. While Prohibition put a temporary halt to its success ten years later, it also allowed Canadian distillers, Seagram, to become the biggest drinks company in North America, and they targeted Chivas Brothers straight away when buying into the Scotch market. They acquired the firm in 1949, adding Strathisla to its portfolio, and building a further three more distilleries. Over the years they also acquired the assets of Campbell Distillers and The Glenlivet Distillers, positioning it as one of the largest whisky companies in Scotland. The Seagram empire eventually collapsed in the early 2000s, with its Chivas Brothers arm picked up by Pernod-Ricard, along with Allied Domecq in a separate acquisition, bringing over the Ballantine's brand. Chivas now produces two of the top three selling blends in the world, and its distillery portfolio, with Glenlivet as its flagship brand, is rivalled only by that of Diageo.

A limited edition Chivas Regal 18 year old released exclusively for Travel Retail.

48% AB

100cl