Faustino Rivero Ulecia Joven 2023
- 92
- $25
- Drink by: 2024-2027
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This youthful, fresh and bright style of red is a blend of Tempranillo and Garnacha, most of it from the Rioja Alta. Fermentation is in stainless steel. The colour here is a ruby/garnet. The nose offers bright cherry notes supported by florals and raspberries. This is ripe and delicious, a medium length wine with good acidity and chewy tannins made in a vibrant, fresh and more than gluggable style. Drink now for three years. Love it.
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.
