Veritas (Rolf Binder) "Heinrich" Barossa Valley 2001

Red/rust.

Nut, menthol, sea salt aromatics. Meaty/savory fruit underneath. Salami too.

Spherical in the mouth, with a saline/acid edge at the periphery. Menthol, licorice and red fruit flavors melded nicely with light tannin. An unusual inexpensive Aussie - this has actually developed in the bottle.

Day 3 - Huge menthol aromatic action now, with dried fig, cured meat and salt underneath. Still completely mouth-filling with fig, meat and saline flavors.

$20 on release. 40% Shiraz, 40% Mataro (Mourvedre), 20% Grenache.