1/Royal Salute 21 sits at $210 this week. Love it? The Chivas Regal 18 gives a Royal Salute 21 drinker about 86% of what the Royal Salute 21 does, for 60% of the price.
2/Chivas Regal 18, $125 at Dan Murphy's. Eighteen years old, bottled at 40%. The nose: vanilla, almond slice, toffee, a little sweet oak. The palate warms slowly through malt, dark fudge, leather and raisin. A long, warm finish of oak and chocolate.
3/What a Royal Salute 21 drinker gives up with the Chivas Regal 18 is mostly the name on the label and three years of age. So: Royal Salute 21, $210, still the one for its fans. Chivas Regal 18, $125, the one for every other night.
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