1996 Veritas "Heysen Vineyard" Shiraz Barossa Valley This wine has so much

This wine has so much complexity and subtlety it would have been a shame to drink it out of substandard glassware

Healthy medium red

hinting at a fun but elegant GSM

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1996 Veritas "Heysen Vineyard" Shiraz Barossa Valley This wine has so muchA strong argument can be made that that the two Shiraz cuvees ("Hanish" and "Heysen") are the top wines from Veritas. This wine, made from 30 year old vines that average 2. 5 tons of fruit per acre, tips the scales at a whopping 15. 1% alcohol, although you would never know it when tasting this super concentrated wine. It is a killer Shiraz, with an opaque purple color, peppery, tar, sweet, layered, jammy blackberry fruit, hints of subtle new oak, and