I am a fan of JWB so wanted to revisit this for review(had several years ago). Similar with the smoked honey and malt its a nice drinker in that regard. Its got some of the pine sap character from the red though and there is a dose of kingsford ash. Those slightly bitter notes combined with a higher price makes Double Black a notch below 12yr in my book. Still an enjoyable pour and I would never turn it down but the regular Black is more rounded and a better value......83/100.......As the tragic super massively talented Amy Winehouse once sang "I go back to black".......all that said I destroyed this bottle pretty quick so its totally quaffable