Sometimes I have to reign myself in from writing up a wine made by my Aussie buddy Peter Logan but it has been a while so hopefully I can be excused this time. He has such a vast portfolio of wines in his range that I could write up one a week and it would be late summer time by the time I’d done them all. He’s the coolest guy I know and anyone who’s ever had the pleasure of visiting his cellar door in Mudgee, New South Wales can vouch for the fact that it is the coolest of them all. Cool is term Peter is always referring to, not in a vain sense of the word but literally. You may not associate Australia with the word ‘cool’ but the vineyards where the grapes are grown for the Logan range genuinely come from a part of the country that is regarded as cool climate and it is this that makes his wines such a joy. My choice this week is his entry level Apple Tree Flat Shiraz – £10 (currently on offer for £7.50). Exceptionally well made and with an added element of polished wine making that brings charm and balance. Nice clean briary fruit and spice with an excellent weight. The perfumed aroma shows characters of red berries and fresh earth with a floral lift. The fleshy palate has bright flavours of mixed berries, plums and spice. Utterly confident you won’t find a better value wine elsewhere.
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