Nose follows through to the finish. The Sherry and American Oak influences are undeniable, you could get it without the bottle, tube and everything in between telling you 14 times. But what it doesn't tell you is the delightful, almost playful palate held in between two fantastic barrels. While wine snobs chase decades old Burgundies for the supple taste of leather to show, we have a mere 12 yr whiskey that envelopes the tongue like fresh leather boots. All silk and no grain, Balvenie's Doublewood showing may lack the nuance of their older showings, but at the price point: no one gives you better boots to pull up.