Sami Odi
Sami-Odi
Little Wine #11 Syrah
My first Little Wine #11 from Sami Odi. An unvintaged assembly of casks from 2021 (46%); 2020 (18%); 2019 (16%); 2018 (2%); 2017 (9%); 2016 (5%); & 2015 (4%). The multi vintage adoption adds different dimensions - quite unique. The wine is a deep Ruby with a youthful purple tinge. Light in that it dances on the palate but there is no escaping that profound palate intensity from those old vines. Dark and luscious fruits. Blueberries and blackberries. Little Wine is meant to be drunk young, even Fraser says that, but can be cellared. Fresh, intense and powerful. I have drunk older Little Wines and the premium Cuvée but have found the extra cellar time doesn’t add the expected complexity. I have a bottle of Baby Tui, surprisingly all from the excellent 2012 vintage to put this cellaring idea to the test at some stage in the future. — 3 months ago
Failla
Singler Vineyard Pinot Noir
Had at Wally’s with Sami and Jess delish — 2 years ago
Sami-Odi
Hoffmann Dallwitz Syrah
Sami-Odi
Little Wine #10 Syrah
Amazing nose, long finish…. As close as SQN in the far east! — 4 months ago
Terre di Talamo
Vento Maremma Toscana IGT Vermentino
Thanksgiving 2023, from Sami — a year ago
Sami-Odi
DW-Old Barossa Valley Syrah 2013
Nothing to add to my previous note of May 11, 2019 nearly 3 years ago. I must admit I don’t see a lot of savoury development with time in cellar. They are delicious when you first open them and 3 years later, much the same with that solid core of old vine fruit and silky tannins still dominating proceedings. — 3 years ago
Sami-Odi
Little Wine #7 Syrah
Opened this one 24hrs ago, yet it still comes across as primary and youthful. Big wine, full bodied, baked fruit cobbler, vanilla, baking spices, ink, licorice, black pepper. Beautiful and balanced, also due to a judicious dosage of fine acidity. Long, uplifting finish with wonderful tannines - dusty and ripe.
‘Unvintaged’ blend of 2017, 2016, 2015 and a pinch of 2012. — 3 months ago
Sami-Odi
Little Wine #9 Syrah
An assemblage of casks from 2019 (42%), 2018 (37%), 2017 (13%), 2016 (4%), and 2015 (4%). From plots within the Hoffmann Dallwitz vineyard with the oldest vines dating back to 1912. 6,451 bottles filled. Great depth - sweet exemplary fruit. Notes of spice and plush black fruits. Lush silky tannins go without saying. The demand for Sami-Odi wines has gone through the roof in recent years in Australia. A wine shop is currently asking over $500 AUD for this wine. I paid $50 from Fraser. Had my final bottle on 7th January 2025 when Georgie was home for Christmas/New Year. With consistent notes. Not much change to these with extended cellaring. The main change is the increase in value in the secondary market. Amazing it is being sold for $500 for a wine which cost $50. — 7 months ago
Sami-Odi
Our Hill Shiraz
This is a new Cuvée for Sami-Odi called Our Hill. Label says OH. Notes later. A brilliant wine from the Eden Valley. Delectable only just identified this wine which I drank 27 weeks ago which is totally acceptable because even by Fraser’s standards of eccentric labelling, the Our Hill is ultra eccentric and rare. Only 815 bottles filled and a limit of only 3 bottles per client. An interesting experiment as the fruit came from the Eden Valley from old Shiraz blocks from 4000 cuttings from friends of Fraser’s. Top quality and unique is all I can remember from 27 weeks ago. — 3 years ago
Steven Lee
xmas 2024 wine 5. Non vintage. Very good. Very fruity, very rhubarb and perfumed — a month ago