Faustino Rivera Ulecia Crianza 2021

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Faustino Rivera Ulecia Crianza 2021

Faustino Rivera Ulecia Crianza 2021
$35, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Rioja (Spain)

This Crianza – a blend of Tempranillo and Grenache – shows a bit more oak than the other reds in the Faustino Rivero Ulecia range, evident in the creamy vanilla flavours and textures. Oak works as a positive here, and it does because it teams so well with the plum and red cherry fruit flavours, and also with the toasty, choc-orange notes, and too with the lacings of fragrant herbs. It’s a medium-weight red wine but it spreads across the palate nicely, and the gently rusty/rustic nature of the tannin and the finish overall is an attractive final touch. Red wine drinkers everywhere would enjoy this wine. 92 points.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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