Faustino Rivero Ulecia Rioja Organic Tempranillo 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson reviews a bottle of Faustino Rivero Ulecia Rioja Organic Tempranillo 2024.

Faustino Rivero Ulecia Rioja Organic Tempranillo 2024
$35, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Rioja/Spain.

This is one of those semi-light wines that somehow manages to get under your skin. It’s the combination of open-weave fruit and dry, spicy tannin that does it; it’s the wine equivalent of the loud/soft combination that’s so effective in music. This wine tastes of stewed red cherries, balsamic notes, leather and blood orange, and while the fruit itself could be brighter/fresher the finish is sound and satisfying. 90 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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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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