The 1960 Bordeaux vintage was (I’m told by somebody who remembers 🤭) considered to be light, relatively inexpensive, and to be enjoyed while the superior 1959s matured.
It was the biggest crop since the frost-bitten 1956 vintage. There was a shortage of wine so the 1960s were well-bought.
Caught between the twin peaks of 1959 and 1961, Château Mouton Rothschild’s 1960 – when the estate was still ranked as a “Deuxième Cru” (Second Growth) – was one of the best examples of this overlooked year.
Arden’s bottle of Mouton 1960 came from a cellar in deepest Sussex and is in as good a condition as could be expected for its age.
The label for this Mouton vintage was by Jacques Villon (1875-1963), whose proper name was Gaston Duchamp.
He was brother of the sculptor Duchamp-Villon and the painter Marcel Duchamp.
Villon’s abstract image is captioned “ils vont dans les vignes, les oiseaux…” (“They go in the vineyards, the birds…”)
See Mouton and other 64-year olds at https://ardenfinewines.com/product-category/vintage-2/?filter=true&product_cat=1960
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