Head to head · unusually close flavour match
Chivas Regal 12 Year Old vs Johnnie Walker Blue Label
No flavour axis separates them, so the difference on record is disclosure: Chivas Regal 12 Year Old states 12 years, Johnnie Walker Blue Label states no age.
Compiled by WhiskeyCask Editorial · Last verified 2026-07-30
Specifications side by side
| Chivas Regal 12 Year Old | Johnnie Walker Blue Label | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Blended scotch | Blended scotch |
| Origin | Scotland | Scotland |
| Age | 12 years | No age statement |
| Strength | Not published | 40% ABV |
| Cask | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Bottle | 700 ml | 700 ml |
| RRP observed | £33 | £149 |
| Per 10cl | £4.71 | £21 |
| Per litre of alcohol | — | £532 |
| Chill-filtered | Not stated | Not stated |
What separates them
Both from Scotland.
Chivas Regal 12 Year Old states 12 years; Johnnie Walker Blue Label states none.
Neither producer publishes cask types.
Neither states chill filtration.
Chivas Regal 12 Year Old: specifications not yet producer-confirmed.
What the price buys
Johnnie Walker Blue Label is £116 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 | Johnnie Walker Blue Label |
|---|---|---|
| Peaty | 1 | 3 |
| Sweet | 7 | 7 |
| Fruity | 6 | 6 |
| Spicy | 4 | 5 |
| Woody | 4 | 5 |
| Sherried | 4 | 5 |
| Cereal | 5 | 5 |
| Oily | 5 | 7 |
No axis reaches the 3-point gap we call meaningful. Widest is peaty, 1 against 3.
Identical on sweet, fruity and cereal.
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 →Johnnie Walker Blue Label
Silky, honeyed and faintly smoky. Immaculately made, and priced for the box as much as the liquid.
Diageo's own page states no age at all, framing selection by rejection rate instead — only one cask in 10,000 qualifies — with some components from closed 'ghost' distilleries.
Full record →No overlap in what we list them for: Chivas Regal 12 Year Old for mixing and value, Johnnie Walker Blue Label for gift and occasion bottle.
Where these specifications come from
Producer and retailer pages for Chivas Regal 12 Year Old and Johnnie Walker Blue Label: pernod-ricard.com, reservebar.com, thebar.com. Figures are what those pages published when we last checked them, on 2026-07-30.