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

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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