Sami-Odi Hoffmann Little Wine 11 Syrah NV

Sami-Odi is a small winery in the Barossa Valley producing the smallest about of Syrah at the highest quality. The grapes come from separate selected pots from Barossa's finest vineyards. Wine maker Fraser McKinley tends to use organic principles, producing his wines using whole bunches., and sometimes blending across barrels, sites, and vintages. In 2014 he was named the Young Gun of Wine. 

Sami-Odi ‘Little Wine’ #11 (Syrah)
An unvintaged assemblage composed of casks from 2021 (46%), 2020 (18%), 2019 (16%), 2018 (2%), 2017 (9%), 2016 (5%) & 2015 (4%).

Sourced from our six treasured plots within the Hoffmann’s ‘Dallwitz’ vineyard from vines planted in 1996, 1995, 1994, 1960, 1927 & the oldest vines planted prior to 1912.

6427 bottles were filled.

Label: Retna Study (Marquis Lewis) – Painted 2018, Reworked with L’Ultime stripe 2021.

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. - Mike Bennie, The Wine Front, 94 Points

The Finer Details
Style - Red Wine
Varietal - Syrah
Country - Australia
Region - Barossa Valley, South Australia
Vintage - Non-Vintage
Bottle Size - 750ml
ABV - 14.1%