Faustino Rivero Ulecia Gran Reserva 2016
- 94
- $75
- Drink by: 2024-2036
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Again, a blend of Tempranillo and Garnacha, this is the pinnacle of the Rioja range. The colour is a deep ruby red. We have aromas of strawberries, red fruits, red cherries and tobacco leaves. This is finely balanced, complex and exhibiting excellent length plus fine tannins and juicy acidity. A wine which lingers with persistence, this will provide at least ten to twelve years of pleasure. Impressive stuff.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
