{"title":"Sami-Odi - Revered, Cult Syrah, Redefining the Barossa","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 22px;\"\u003eSAMI-ODI - MUSEUM RELEASE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"line-height: 120%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eFraser McKinley’s Sami-Odi is a deeply personal, small-scale Barossa project focused exclusively on Syrah. Working primarily with old vines from the Hoffmann family’s Dallwitz vineyard in Ebenezer, and since 2020, from his own Our Hill vineyard in Angaston planted with wife Andrea—McKinley produces three wines annually in minuscule quantities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"line-height: 120%;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eA former winemaker at Torbreck and Standish, he began Sami-Odi in 2006 as a hobby, leasing a small parcel and crafting three barrels. Today it supports his family but retains its original ethos: respect for land and vine, early picking guided by pH rather than sugar, no acid additions, minimal sulfur, gentle extraction by foot, and gravity handling.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"line-height: 120%;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eFor Fraser, pH is the compass, a stylistic choice that determines balance and ultimately where the wine will land. As a result, fruit is harvested earlier than is typical in the Barossa, often as early as February, capturing freshness and natural equilibrium from the site. In the winery, intervention is minimal: no added acid of course, a modest sulfur addition, gentle foot pigeage, and gravity handling.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"line-height: 120%;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eami-Odi has become one of Australia’s most revered cult producers, with long waiting lists and only tiny allocations available. Here we have a small range os his \"Little Wine\" which is highly complex and rich, and not so little.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"line-height: 120%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"line-height: 120%;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"line-height: 120%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"nv-sami-odi-little-wine-15-syrah","title":"NV Sami-Odi ‘Little Wine’ #15 (Syrah)","description":"\u003cp id=\"tastingNote\" class=\"o-p c-tasting__description-main-blurb\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen1282393_180=\"779\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen1282393_180=\"779\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time1282393_180=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired1282393_180=\"1\"\u003e\"I adore the sense of detail in the Sami-Odi wines. It's like bonsai winemaking; Fraser's mastery of blending and eye for both the beauty of an assemblage and the aesthetic appeal of the packaged wine never fails to astound me. Sourced from five plots within the Hoffmann family's Dallwitz vineyard (the oldest vines planted prior to 1912) and an un-vintaged composition of casks. Bright magenta-splashed crimson with a flair of ripe satsuma plum, blueberry, boysenberry and blackberry fruits. Layers of exotic spice, olive tapenade, raspberry pip, pastis, cherry conserve, subtle wood spice and dried citrus blossom. Superb depth of fruit, silty-fine kinetic tannins and a seam of fine, minerally acidity; it's in the finest of form. Skateboarding geeks will get a kick out of the label, a rendition of Christian Hosoi's first pro-model deck from a sketch by his father, Pops Hosoi. Again ... detail.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"o-p c-tasting__description-main-blurb\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen1282393_180=\"779\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen1282393_180=\"779\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time1282393_180=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired1282393_180=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e97 Points - Dave Brookes, Halliday \u003cem\u003eWine Companion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Randall's Fine Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44147365576884,"sku":null,"price":169.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/NV_Sami-Odi_Little_Wine_15_Syrah.png?v=1771222381"},{"product_id":"nv-sami-odi-little-wine-11-syrah","title":"NV Sami-Odi ‘Little Wine’ #11 (Syrah)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-block ecom-core core__block elmspace ecom-50t4jdygcdc\" data-core-is=\"block\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-row ecom-core core__block ecom-cm3vbfyd85m\" data-id=\"ecom-cm3vbfyd85m\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-deep=\"3\" class=\"core__row--columns\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-column ecom-core ecom-ewy6w5k1tl9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"core__column--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"core__blocks\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"core__blocks--body\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-block ecom-core core__block elmspace ecom-l3f4ccw5dp\" data-core-is=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-row ecom-core core__block ecom-qvejak31z8\" data-id=\"ecom-qvejak31z8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-deep=\"4\" class=\"core__row--columns\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-column ecom-core ecom-qc6of5fxml\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"core__column--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"core__blocks\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"core__blocks--body\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-block ecom-core core__block elmspace ecom-umfwouifqra\" data-core-is=\"block\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-element ecom-product-single ecom-product-single__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-product-single__description-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-product-single__description-container\" data-show-type=\"full\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-product-single__description--paragraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-html-des\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unvintaged assemblage composed of casks from 2021 (46%) , 2020 (18%), 2019 (16%), 2018 (2%), 2017 (9%), 2016 (5%) \u0026amp; 2015 (4%). Sourced from their six treasured plots within the Hoffmann’s ‘Dallwitz’ vineyard from vines planted in 1996, 1995, 1994, 1960, 1927 \u0026amp; the oldest vines planted prior to 1912.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Lots of blackberry and black cherry fruit here, with iodine, bay leaves and some graphite. Iron, too. Firm and wonderfully fresh, with a medium to full body and a muscular tannin frame. Length and density here.\" \u003cstrong\u003e98 Points - James Suckling\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dark fruited, inky and soft, maraschino and booze-soaked currants, fresh though, tannins high, a sense of concentration and depth. Gravelly grip comes through, some hazy paprika smoke notes in perfume and palate too. Fresh finish, more sweet currant and red liquorice notes, fennel, mushroom and this interesting weak brandy character. It’s beautiful, highly perfumed and hearty at once. A more intense, deeper release of this wine, but the sum of parts makes for very lovely stuff, indeed.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e94 Points - Mike Bennie, \u003cem\u003eThe Wine Front\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-block ecom-core core__block elmspace ecom-y486pnjakh9\" data-core-is=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-row ecom-core core__block ecom-ocx1x4uyyfd\" data-id=\"ecom-ocx1x4uyyfd\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-section__overlay\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-section__overlay\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-block ecom-core core__block elmspace ecom-kepg9fmqcwe\" data-core-is=\"block\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-row ecom-core core__block ecom-k73naeir2ul\" data-id=\"ecom-k73naeir2ul\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-section__overlay\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Randall's Fine Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44147803127988,"sku":null,"price":215.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/Sami_Odi_Little_Wine_11_Syrah_NV.png?v=1771289939"},{"product_id":"nv-sami-odi-little-wine-14-syrah","title":"NV Sami-Odi ‘Little Wine’ #14 (Syrah)","description":"\u003cp data-gtm-vis-has-fired1282393_180=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time1282393_180=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen1282393_180=\"779\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen1282393_180=\"779\" class=\"o-p c-tasting__description-main-blurb\" id=\"tastingNote\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 'Little Wine' is Fraser's un-vintaged assemblage of syrah from the ancient vines of the Hoffmann's Dallwitz vineyard. For those who want to embrace their inner wine geek, this year's breakdown is as follows: 37\/32\/12\/8\/4\/3\/1\/2\/1% 2024\/2023\/2022\/2021\/2020\/2019\/2017\/2018\/2016 \u0026amp; 2015. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-gtm-vis-has-fired1282393_180=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time1282393_180=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen1282393_180=\"779\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen1282393_180=\"779\" class=\"o-p c-tasting__description-main-blurb\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Deep, dark Doris plum, black cherry, boysenberry and blueberry fruits with glimpses of raspberry pip top-notes. Deeply cut with exotic spice, turned earth, tapenade, wild strawberry, anise, chocolate-dipped cherries and dried flowers. There's a nice plumpness to the fruit as it fans out on the palate, all pure and harmonious; the interplay of fine acidity and tight, fine, sandy tannin catching the eye and drawing the drinker's attention and sense of wonder. Detailed, fresh and wonderful drinking \u003cstrong\u003eas always and a clear example of a wine where the whole is more than the sum of its parts.\u003c\/strong\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-gtm-vis-has-fired1282393_180=\"1\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time1282393_180=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen1282393_180=\"779\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen1282393_180=\"779\" class=\"o-p c-tasting__description-main-blurb\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e97 Points - Dave Brookes, \u003cem\u003eWine Companion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Randall's Fine Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44149338931380,"sku":null,"price":198.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/NV_Sami-Odi_Little_Wine_14_Syrah.png?v=1771375660"},{"product_id":"nv-sami-odi-little-wine-13-syrah","title":"NV Sami-Odi ‘Little Wine’ #13 (Syrah)","description":"\u003cp id=\"tastingNote\" class=\"o-p c-tasting__description-main-blurb\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen1282393_180=\"779\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen1282393_180=\"779\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time1282393_180=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired1282393_180=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Little Wine #13 is different to most of the other Little Wines; in this case with a smaller portion of the ‘current vintage’ (2023) and that’s just what was my assessment of 2023 at the time. Some of the wines just didn’t look ready from 2023, they were turbid, with smells and flavours that needed time to settle, so I picked out the barrels I was comfortable with, lighter in alcohol yet dark in colour, and blended accordingly”, states Fraser. This is 2023 (27%), 2022 (36%), 2021 (19%), 2020 (7%), 2019 (6%), 2018 (2%), 2017 (1%), 2016 (1%) \u0026amp; 2015 (1%). It sings from the glass. So bright and refreshing, it feels like one of the more ‘youthful’ or ‘energetic’ Little Wines at release, silky in texture, ultra-perfumed, red and blue berry fruited with woody spices, hazelnut, anise, alpine herbs, green pepper and green olive seamlessly woven through the bouquet and palate. Tannins are very fine, light on, brushed-satin kind of texture, and while there is intensity here, a levity, purity and scintillating freshness. Lots of detail in darker fruit, spice, mineral character, and toasty-woody notes. Utterly delicious, and a bit more raring to go.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e97 Points - Mike Bennie, \u003cem\u003eThe Wine Front\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Randall's Fine Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44149347909812,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/NV_Sami-Odi_Little_Wine_13_Syrah.png?v=1771374747"},{"product_id":"nv-sami-odi-little-wine-9-syrah","title":"NV Sami-Odi ‘Little Wine’ #9 (Syrah)","description":"\u003cdiv data-core-is=\"block\" class=\"ecom-block ecom-core core__block elmspace ecom-50t4jdygcdc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-id=\"ecom-cm3vbfyd85m\" class=\"ecom-row ecom-core core__block ecom-cm3vbfyd85m\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"core__row--columns\" data-deep=\"3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-column ecom-core ecom-ewy6w5k1tl9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"core__column--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"core__blocks\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"core__blocks--body\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-core-is=\"row\" class=\"ecom-block ecom-core core__block elmspace ecom-l3f4ccw5dp\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-id=\"ecom-qvejak31z8\" class=\"ecom-row ecom-core core__block ecom-qvejak31z8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"core__row--columns\" data-deep=\"4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-column ecom-core ecom-qc6of5fxml\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"core__column--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"core__blocks\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"core__blocks--body\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-core-is=\"block\" class=\"ecom-block ecom-core core__block elmspace ecom-umfwouifqra\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-element ecom-product-single ecom-product-single__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-product-single__description-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-show-type=\"full\" class=\"ecom-product-single__description-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-product-single__description--paragraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ecom-html-des\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Quite extraordinary depth and richness here with profound aromas of blackberries, dark chocolate, blood plums, espresso and baking spices. The plushness of the palate is phenomenal. So smooth, silky and perfectly balanced. A show-stopper. An unvintaged ‘assemblage’, composed of casks from 2018 (48%), 2017 (29%), 2016 (12%), 2015 (9%) \u0026amp; 2012 (2%), all sourced from plots within the Dallwitz vineyard with vines planted in 1996, 1995, 1960 and prior to 1912. Drink or hold.\" \u003cstrong\u003e97 Points - James Suckling\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Textural glory, sumptuous detail, a svelteness that draws in all that fruit, spice, earth, sweetness, savouriness and sense of young and old material. Kaleidoscopic flavour, exceptional length of ripe dark berry fruit, briary herbal detail and very fine-feeling red-earthy, slightly ferrous tannin shaping the wine and extending it incredibly. The bouquet is so enticing; pot pourri strong in dried rose petal, faint game meat, old leather and spice cupboard, wild forest berries on briar – true perfume. So much to say, so very, very good. You’d say it’s a more substantial Little Wine, but loses none of its energy and sheer delight.\" \u003cstrong\u003e97 Points -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMike Bennie, \u003cem\u003eThe Wine Front\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Randall's Fine Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44149348532404,"sku":null,"price":290.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/NV_Sami-Odi_Little_Wine_9_Syrah.png?v=1771375154"},{"product_id":"nv-sami-odi-little-wine-10-syrah","title":"NV Sami-Odi ‘Little Wine’ #12 (Syrah)","description":"\u003cp class=\"o-p c-tasting__description-main-blurb\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen1282393_180=\"779\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen1282393_180=\"779\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time1282393_180=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired1282393_180=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn unvintaged assemblage composed of casks from 2022 (49%), 2021 (23%), 2020 (11%), 2019 (8%), 2018 (1%), 2017 (4%), 2016 (2%) \u0026amp; 2015 (2%).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourced from six treasured plots within the Hoffmann’s ‘Dallwitz’ vineyard from vines planted in 1996, 1995, 1994, 1960, 1927 \u0026amp; the oldest vines planted prior to 1912.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Fraser McKinley has worked with shiraz from the epic Hoffmann vineyard since the wine's inception in 2007. The Little Wine is a multi-vintage assemblage from 2022 (49%), 2021 (23%), 2020 (11%), 2019 (8%), 2018 (1%), 2017 (4%), 2016 (2%) and 2015 (2%). As always with Fraser's wines, the fruit purity is stunning. Ripe, textural and spice- laden. Macerated satsuma plum, black cherry and blackberry, panforte, pressed flowers, dark spice, liminal mountain herbs and charcuterie. There is a beautiful flow and density to the fruit here, toothsome, layered and concentrated but fresh in the mouth with fine gravelly tannins as its base. Detail is the key here, the wine finishing long and true.\" \u003cstrong\u003e96 Points -\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDave Brookes,\u003cem\u003e Halliday Wine Companion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Randall's Fine Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44149947629748,"sku":null,"price":279.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/sami_odi_little_wine_12.png?v=1771471100"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/collections\/Sami_Odi_5.png?v=1772431147","url":"https:\/\/randalls.net.au\/collections\/sami-odi-revered-cult-syrah-redefining-the-barossa-99-2022-produttori-barbesaco\/syrah-shiraz.oembed","provider":"Randall's Fine Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}