1960 Unico

70% Tinto Tino, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, Malbec and Albillo. Aged for a total of eight years. 63,000 bottles and 2,000 magnums. From magnum. Transparent ruby. Pungent, slightly agricultural, still compelling nose. Fruit only slightly fading. A little chunky – less fluid than the 1962. (JR)

More Bordeaux grapes (30%) than most. 70% Tempranillo and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. More orange at the rim that the other wines from the 1960s. Less concentrated and structured! Broad and sweet but without the nerve and framework of the 1964, say. A little more tamed, softer and less distinctive. But very sweet and mild and friendly. I’d love to see this next to a 1961 bordeaux. Flattering but very lively. (JR)

Again an unusual vintage that I tasted for the first time. 70% Tinto Fino, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Merlot, Malbec and Albillo. The winter was cold and rainy, while the spring was mild but also rainy followed by a warm summer. The wine spent the first year in the fermentation vats, followed by three years in big-volume oak vats and in a combination of used and old barriques for a total of eight years. 63,000 bottles and 2,000 magnums were produced. The bordelais bottles were sold between 1982 and 1986 and the magnums in 1988. Colour is a little deeper than the 1967. Powerful. Fully mature, a little on the way down, sustained by the acidity. (LG)