Veritas 2001 Hanisch is due for release in August or September. The wine is dark purple with a bright but vivid intensity and has a brooding nose of great depth and complexity. If you think this wine is just all about flavour you would be selling it way short, it’s just as much about structure which in this case is simply excellent. The deep pure persistent fruit is currently dominated by profuse drying tannins that between them are mouth numbing but with its exceptional depth and structure there is absolutely no doubt that in the long haul this will be a stunning wine.

Savoury dark fruit, plums, chocolate, aniseed, mint etc all combine to present a well developed and stylish level of complexity. Although this is a full bodied wine it’s not a huge blockbuster or overdone but it demands time, at least till 2008 or beyond. Currently rated as Excellent the rating should improve in time. This is one of the best wines to ever come from this winery, and that’s saying something. Forget testicle tearier, this is a scrotum detacher.

Copyright © Ric Einstein 2003

TORB,

Is this wine tough to find in Australia? Does the winery accept visitors? I'll be in Australia the first 2 weeks of September, and this looks like a must find. Thanks.

Winetex- shield thine eyes.

TORB-
There are ladies in the house! Southern ladies even.
Must admit, those odd Oz expressions slap a smile on my face every time.
The task at hand is now to find this rarity.

Gentlemen-I take TORB's comments to mean---and I prescribe the following precaution
---wear a cup when drinking this shiraz.

Hoonan,

Veritas has a tasting room at the winery. Rolf and Christa Binder are often there. Their mom used to run the tasting room.

\bob

At least Torb's descriptors are not boring!