Faustino Rivera Ulecia Joven Tempranillo Grenache 2023
$25, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Rioja (Spain)
This wine is a joy to drink. Its berried flavours are sweet and velvety, its spice notes are tucked attractively into the fruit, it throws floral aromas exuberantly from the glass and it finishes with a sound, soft, nutty deliciousness. Buy this. Drink this. 92 points.
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.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
