2010 Unico

94% Tinto Fino, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon. Spring frost in May but fine thereafter. Yield 25 hl/ha. Bottled June 2016: 85,185 bottles, 3,362 magnums, 228 double magnums and 36 Impériales. From magnum. Transparent crimson. Quite a bit paler than the 2012. Opulent, voluptuous and relatively evolved on the nose. Lifted, heady. Sweet molasses sensation. Rich and edgy. This has developed quite fast and is very Spanish (cf 2012). Essence of Tempranillo sculpted into a glass. Excellent acidity and vivacity.

Silky and polished, with a medium to full body and very fine, tight tannins. Layers of sour cherries, Spanish cedar, nutmeg, lemon peel, balsamic and licorice. Intensely spicy throughout. Goes on for minutes. Still needs time. Tasted from magnum. Try after 2023.

Opaque violet. Intensely perfumed, expansive black and blue fruit preserve, potpourri, Moroccan spice and botanical herb scents are complemented by smoky mineral and vanilla flourishes. Sappy, penetrating and deeply concentrated on the palate, offering vibrant, mineral-laced black currant, bitter cherry, chewing tobacco, mocha and floral pastille flavors that deepen and turn sweeter on the back half. Shows superb focus and vibrant, floral lift on the wonderfully long, youthfully tannic finish, which leaves behind cherry liqueur, candied violet and spicecake notes.