Readers looking for a restrained style should check out the low-key 1999 Shiraz Brookman. With 13.5% alcohol, modest for a Clarendon Hills, this dark ruby/purple-colored wine offers a spicy nose of black fruits intermixed with ketchup and vanilla. The wine is excellent, full-bodied, pure, ripe, and impressive. It is measured and elegant.
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