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Chivas Regal 12 Year Old vs Compass Box Artist Blend
No flavour axis separates them, so the difference on record is disclosure: Chivas Regal 12 Year Old states 12 years, Compass Box Artist Blend states no age.
Compiled by WhiskeyCask Editorial · Last verified 2026-07-30
Specifications side by side
| Chivas Regal 12 Year Old | Compass Box Artist Blend | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Blended scotch | Blended scotch |
| Origin | Scotland | Scotland |
| Age | 12 years | No age statement |
| Strength | Not published | 43% ABV |
| Cask | Not disclosed | First-fill ex-bourbon barrel, custom medium-toast French oak, re-vatted Palo Cortado sherry-seasoned butt |
| Bottle | 700 ml | 700 ml |
| RRP observed | £33 | £37 |
| Per 10cl | £4.71 | £5.29 |
| Per litre of alcohol | — | £123 |
| Chill-filtered | Not stated | No |
What separates them
Both from Scotland.
Chivas Regal 12 Year Old states 12 years; Compass Box Artist Blend states none.
Compass Box Artist Blend lists first-fill ex-bourbon barrel, custom medium-toast french oak and re-vatted palo cortado sherry-seasoned butt. Chivas Regal 12 Year Old publishes no cask detail at all.
Chill filtration: Chivas Regal 12 Year Old does not say, Compass Box Artist Blend is not.
Colour: Chivas Regal 12 Year Old silent, Compass Box Artist Blend natural colour.
Chivas Regal 12 Year Old: specifications not yet producer-confirmed.
What the price buys
Compass Box Artist Blend is £4.00 dearer a bottle than Chivas Regal 12 Year Old.
Chivas Regal 12 Year Old publishes no strength, so we will not cost it per litre of alcohol.
Flavour, compared
View as table
| Axis | Chivas Regal 12 Year Old | Compass Box Artist Blend |
|---|---|---|
| Peaty | 1 | 2 |
| Sweet | 7 | 6 |
| Fruity | 6 | 7 |
| Spicy | 4 | 5 |
| Woody | 4 | 5 |
| Sherried | 4 | 4 |
| Cereal | 5 | 6 |
| Oily | 5 | 6 |
No axis reaches the 3-point gap we call meaningful. Widest is peaty, 1 against 2.
Level only on sherried, 4 each.
Each bottle in its own right
Chivas Regal 12 Year Old
Soft, honeyed and inoffensive. Built for mixing rather than contemplation.
We cannot publish an ABV for this bottle. Chivas' own domains return HTTP 403 to us on every path, Pernod Ricard's brand page omits strength, and no major retailer exposes it in product data — so the widely repeated 40% is not something we can source. The blend is anchored to Strathisla, the oldest continuously operating distillery in Scotland, founded 1786.
Full record →Compass Box Artist Blend
Bright orchard fruit and cream with a dry, spiced finish. Proof that a blend can be interesting.
Compass Box publishes the complete recipe by percentage, which no large blender does: 45% Cameronbridge grain, 22% Linkwood, 10% Clynelish, 10% Balmenach, 8% a Highland malt blend in custom French oak, 5% Linkwood in a Palo Cortado butt. Component ages are the one thing conspicuously absent. Formerly sold as Great King Street Artist's Blend.
Full record →No overlap in what we list them for: Chivas Regal 12 Year Old for mixing and value, Compass Box Artist Blend for value at 43%, transparency and first blended scotch.
Where these specifications come from
Producer and retailer pages for Chivas Regal 12 Year Old and Compass Box Artist Blend: pernod-ricard.com, reservebar.com, compassboxwhisky.com, cdn.shopify.com. Figures are what those pages published when we last checked them, on 2026-07-30.