Atze’s Corner Mob Barossa Valley Montepulciano 2025
- 92
- $35
- Drink by: 2026-2031
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You are wondering why this wine is called the Mob? Apparently, it has to do with a mob of sheep which managed to get into the small, just one hectare, vineyard, which is located in the Koonunga sub-region, and made their presence felt in a rather devastating way. The vines have overcome this and, in 2025, delivered a small crop of Montepulciano. Just 150 dozen. Maturation is for a year and a half in older French oak hogsheads. Vibrant purple with a deep crimson rim, the nose reveals aromas of plums, blackberries, spices, chocolate, earthy notes, mushrooms and leather. A savoury style, this is full throttle on flavour. It would make a cracking wine for your next gourmet barbecue. The wine finishes with fine tannins and a supple texture. An attractive example of the variety, enjoy this for the next three to five years.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
